Oreo The Dog Is Dead, Blame Game Is Not

This sounds just like what Days End Farm Horse Rescue did to their animals... They euthanized the horses and didn't respond to the offers of adoption/rescue transfers prior to the killings. Horrible. RIP Oreo... so much potential :( http://ourmaggie.awardspace.info

This dog should have been euthanized from the very get-go. Thrown off a balcony-like six stories? What a waste of money to fix her than decide to kill her. If you are going to save the dog, then go all the way. But a dog that badly injured SHOULD have been destroyed in the beginning. The dog was probably aggressive because it was in pain.

I think it was tactically incorrect to euthanize Oreo. If so many people are willing to take it, have them sign a waiver of right to sue, and let that adoptive agency adopt the dog who will eventualy destroy Oreo, which chances are they would have. But at least nobody would be the wiser and no bad publicity because it would be out of the ASPCA's hands. That's exactly what I would have done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJEksJqRvUQ

R.I.P Oreo, We all failed you.

If the behaviorists at the ASPCA deemed her a lost cause, it probably came after a lot of discussion. They are funded by member donations and cannot afford to piss a mass of people off over one animal. Unless another group with similar resources stepped up to claim her--AC&C, Peta, etc.--it would have been foolish to release her into the custody of even the most well-meaning rescue organization.

This is NO different from the weirdos who tune into Nancy Grace and get up to go to candlelight vigils every time one little missing white girl is found dead and reported by the media. Meanwhile, hundreds disappear every year w/out so much as a mention.

Ill say it again, this is not about the dog. These people are making it about themselves.

These people are making it about themselves., Yep, they want to gather supporters, media and money off Ores's death. They are the worst people for animals. Juat as bad as the animal abusers.

You're talking about PETA, right?

Your hatred for PETA is sickening and redundant.

I'd be delighted to attend the candlelight vigil if someone would throw Nancy Grace off a roof.

LMFAO.

jesus christ you people are suckers. this happens a thousand times every goddamn day. you act like this is a special case.

either join the animal rights wackos or go adopt a dog today.

The thing about this story that I have a hard time with is nursing the dog back to health, only to euthanize her. She was thrown from 6 stories, must have been in terrible pain. If killing her is the "humane" thing to do, why not stop her suffering. They chose to go through extensive medical treatment to heal her, and then killed her. Just sounds backwards to me.

If they had euthanized Oreo immediately, you'd have the same knee-jerk reaction from some people you're seeing now. "You can't make that decision so quickly," they'd say. It takes time to properly evaluate a dog's personality. She was probably on painkillers for at least the first few weeks, so little pain was involved. They spent three months observing, studying and evaluating her, which is why they're confident they did the right thing, unlike armchair experts who come to a snap decision that any dog including this one can be rehabilitated, even without having had any contact with the animal. Although it's not really a "decision" so much as an expression of their personal feeling that no dog should be put down for any reason. Oreo could have chomped down on somebody and still these people would say, "Well, she just needs time, she's still in pain."

Isnt it great that the US is so rich and problem-free that people actually get to complain incessantly about the death of a vicious out of control animal, as if its the worst thing imaginable. Living in utopia is great! Hooray for the upper-middle-class!

What?

the saddest part of the Oreo story is that the animal was never in the right hands, how much abuse can noble animal recieve to become that disturbed!?

Human 'inteligence' as tool for destruction!

yeah beacuse nelecting animals would totally fix self inflicted humans problems!

ZERO SUM LOGIC to discuss animal rights is just flawed logic.

The dog was asked for a final statement before execution. It was "woof-woof".

http://www.ua4a.org/AntiDogFighting.html

I love how militant vegan morons always use any type news to promote their crazy totally unrealistic agenda. For some reason equating meat lovers to animal abusers seem logical to them.

If you saw where meat comes from, you would not question whether eating animals constitutes "cruelty."

Start with a very recent video, from a pig farm:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,575305,00.html?test=latestnews

This is standard procedure in "industrial agriculture," otherwise known as "factory farming."

'vegan morons always use any type news to promote their crazy totally unrealistic agenda':

What is that agenda exactly!?

To treat other beings and humans with respect!

Your 'insights' sound not only paranoid but extremely shallow.

i am assuming i am the moron you were referring to. interesting point.

anyway, i was not comparing the animal abuser to meat eaters. even a moron like me knows the difference. just trying to point out that the people who have this compassion can direct it in other ways to help end animal suffering in its various forms. even meat eating can be done in a way that contributes less to animal cruelty.

i don't know why some people get so antagonistic with those who just want a better life for all animals. so sensitive! jeez

I suggest you study the facts.

while it's wonderful so many are getting emotional about this, i bet most of them contribute to the suffering of animals in their everyday life.

hopefully they will take that compassion for this unfortunate dog and think about the cruelty that happens in the meat, dairy, leather and fur industries. factory farmed animals don't have publicity like Oreo for us to immediately sympathize and connect with so it's easy to ignore the suffering or rationalize it.

i hope this will make some people think about how they can save other animals from a terrible life like they hoped for this doggy. other animals deserve to be treated humanely, too. not just the ones we decided were too cute to slaughter for food.

LOL I literally JUST finished waxing my leather boots with mink oil.

Crazy talk.

I suppose next you'll be telling us most people deserve to be treated humanely too?

We only care about cute animals.

Henderson will probably be barred from owning animals when he is paroled, or as a condition of his probation but he will of course always be allowed to father as many children as biology permits.

It was all over as soon as the ASPCA said she was dangerous. In a nutshell:

- This dog is a danger to herself and others.

- Poor thing! I'll take her!

- Okey-dokey, here ya go.

- OW! She bit me! Give me a billion dollars!

- Why? How's that our fault?

- You shouldn't have given her to me if you knew she was dangerous!

- But, but....

But still. Poor dog. Rest in peace.

Try to keep up ... I know it is difficult, given the incomplete reporting including that from the NYTimes. PetsAlive was there to take her and work with her--that is their specialty. The refusal by Ed Sayres to turn her over is a display of ego run amok. And greed, since the ASPCA is skilled primarily at fund-raising and little else.

Pets Alive is a sanctuary, not experts in rehabbing. In 2007, they couldn't even properly house and care for animals:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3068497&page=1

And, the group yelling the loudest, WAR, well...they ain't much better:

http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/4612/NC/US/

The ASPCA has the best EXPERTISE on this subject and should be respected for it. They didn't pour thousands of dollars and tons of time into Oreo so they could put her down. And, they have a DUTY to Oreo and to the communtiy to keep everyone safe.

For all those who are upset, go to your shelter and adopt one (of hundreds)healthy, behaviorally-sound pit bull-type dogs that will be euthanzied TODAY! If there was this much concern for EVERY animal that entered a shelter, we would see the end of killing of healthy, adoptable animals.

Seriously, if people put as much energy into saving ALL animals in shelters that they have spent on this ONE we would be in a good place.

GO ADOPT TODAY!

Except it was Pet Alive, a professional rescue organization that specializes in rehabilitating animals with severe behavior issues. They know how to handle a dog with these issues. And all you do is draw up a standard contract waiving any responsibility for physical harm or property damage caused by the animal. Boom, liabilities nipped in the bud.

The problem is the ASPCA just can't act as often or as boldly as is needed. Often it's because their hands are tied, other times it's because they've tied their own hands. And sometimes they're just lazy.

Maybe it was more than a fear of financial liability. Perhaps it was moral liability, as well. When your own animal behaviorist says a dog cannot be rehabilitated and a second expert brought in from the outside concurs, then it's not a stretch to decide not to risk anyone else's safety, even if they're completely willing to take on that risk. We all see news stories about dogs that supposedly were completely tame and never misbehaved suddenly snapping at a child or an innocent bystander. Do you want to be the person who decided to pass a dog with known serious problems to another organization, having them believe it properly trained then learning it attacked someone once adopted? Sure, you'd be off the hook financially, but that doesn't make it any easier if you have a conscience, especially with a dog like a pit bull that has the ability to cause grievous or even fatal injury.

Sorry, a correction: "Pets Alive" is the name of the sanctuary. The "s" fell off somewhere.

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