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Shelter Kills Dog Before Owners Can Pick It Up
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rocadelpunk
Diamond Member
same.
<3
BrokenVisage
Lifer
He makes some valid points, just in a heartless, down-to-earth kinda way. I guess "Shit Happens" is pretty much is how he sumed it up.
ThisIsMatt
Banned
Of course he made a mistake. Then again, if the owners were more responsible nothing would have happened. The guy didn't get the dog killed on purpose, just as the owners didn't let the dog escape on purpose. Maybe the owners shouldn't be allowed to own a dog anymore?
SilentZero
Diamond Member
He should loose his job and be sued as well. I hate stupid people.
ThisIsMatt
Banned
After you condoned using taxpayer money to pay a family damages for their DOG I didn't really feel like addressing you. Besides, your comparison really isn't the same. Human life is viewed as much more sacred than any other being. If nobody wanted the dog there wouldn't be a thread about it (it's a possession). The dog was a possession, the shelter worker damaged the possession. I'd compare it more to you parking your old beater in a tow away zone, having it towed, letting it sit at the impound, and having it accidently crushed 3 days before you came to get it due to clerical error. So what if your first born was conceived in the back seat? Sure, I can see charging the guy to replace the car, but firing him and/or charging taxpayers exorbitant amounts of money? Get a life...
moshquerade
No Lifer
oh so the owners should just, "Get another dog, grow up, and move on"
Jules, you've never had a pet you cared about before?
umm
I get what you're saying, but most sane people acknowledge the difference between a dog and a car.
While it is true that humans view human life as the most precious, again.. most sane humans also view animal life as precious when it comes to pets, at the very least.
Geez. It's one thing to not like animals, but you can't say that everybody should look at their dog like a material posession.
The difference between a dog and a car is that a dog is conscious. It can make decisions. It is like a small child. The dog decided to run around the neighborhood.
Besides, the point is moot.
In your car example, you would want to be paid for your car. Fair enough.
In the dog example, the people want to be paid for their dog. However, as you probably know, you cannot put a dollar value on a family pet. And when you do, it is going to be a very high dollar value, because you love your pet and do not want to lose it.
Most people don't cry when they lose a car to an accident.
I think you should probably get a clue instead of getting a life. 😉
ThisIsMatt
Banned
Maybe I think it's weird that people cry when losing a pet. Notice how children cry when their favorite toy breaks? The people should be paid enough to replace the material dog and be given an appology. There really isn't anything else sane to do.
Edit: I don't want to lose my car - I put a high dollar value on my car. If someone totals it I'd love to get 10x its material worth, but I'd be laughed at by the insurance company, especially since it was an ACCIDENT. I get the material worth of the car, but I don't get my lost time finding a replacement or anything for the aggrivation.
Amused
Elite Member
I have a life, thank you.
When you cause someone damages, you are liable. I makes no difference who you are, or where your income comes from. Negligence is negligence.
If I got into an accident, and an auto-body shop picked up my car then proceeded to destroy it somehow, are they not liable?
The people made an innocent mistake and took EVERY responsible action to correct it in a timely manner. The shelter and it's manager negligently put the dog to sleep AFTER they had been contacted by the owners in a timely manner.
Who the fsck cares if it's taxpayer money? Just because it's taxpayer money, is the government suddenly immune from financial responsibility? Fsck no.
Note I said this is NOT a million dollar case? Thanks for ignoring what I posted to make a strawman argument. I think a beloved family dog destroyed by outright negligence and incompetence is worth a few grand, don't you?
At any rate, the county can obviously not handle the job. It should be left to the private sector. If for anything else, so they can be held responsible for mistakes without people like you absolving them of their incompetence just because they are taxpayer supported.
And people wonder why government sucks...
Yep. Too bad ThisIsMatt's parents never lost him in a grocery store when he was young. Instead of finding his parents over the loudspeaker they could have taken him out back and blown his brains out. Then they could have blamed his parents for being irresponsible and given the family a new kiddie to replace him.
ThisIsMatt
Banned
Like I said, he's responsible for the material cost, period. How is his mistake any worse than the owners' considering it was an ACCIDENT? He didn't kill the dog just to spite them. You seem to be the one who can't get that through your head. ACCIDENT.
I guess if I was rich I wouldn't care about taxes, but I'm not, so I do care when my tax dollars get used frivolously. Thousands of dollars for a pet is exorbitant, period. I find a lot of what people pay with regard to pets sickening when people go with less. It's a dog, not a person.
Like I said, the guy should be responsible for paying to replace the dog.
ThisIsMatt
Banned
This one dude broke my favorite toy robot (which isn't made any more), so I sued him for 10 million dollars, even though it originally cost $15.
My giiiirllll robot.
ThisIsMatt
Banned
Well, I was raised by wolves...
dmcowen674
No Lifer
No, the reason the dog was killed was to thin out the dog population.
Same thing needs to happen with human population starting with those behind bars like the dog was behind bars only for 72 hrs and then killed.
Amused
Elite Member
Again, animals, especially pets, have a unique personality that is irreplaceable. Owners develop strong emotional bonds with pets that come close to rivaling those with human family members.
I'm sorry you cannot seem to understand this, and it's sad that you seem to have missed out on this in your life. However, you seem to either be woefully ignorant of reality here, or purposely cruel.
While a incompetently destroyed pet should not command the same damages as a human family member lost to incompetence, they should, and DO command more than an inanimate object.
thirdlegstump
Banned
This really sucks. Terrible. I also have a 10 year old golden retriever and would literally destroy the whole town if this would've happened to me.
NFS4
No Lifer
I'm sorry that you can't understand it, but my dog Buttons is like a little sister/friend/companion. She's always there to greet me whenever I go home (she stays with my parents as I can't have pets per my lease). Whenever I come home she cries and cries until I pick her up. She gets so overjoyed that a little bit of pee comes out b/c she can't contain her excitement (she could really care less about my mom...in fact, she pretty much hates my mom). And as long as I am home, she is by my side 24-7. Then when I leave my parents house to come back home, she cries for me. Last time I left, she stood at the front storm door to my parents house and scratched at the glass as I was walking down the driveway 🙁 Poor thing. After my mom closed the door and I had driven off, Buttons sat in the hallway staring at the door for a half hour whining before she decided to join my mom and dad in the den. When I get my own place, SHE IS COMING WITH ME!!!!!!!!
Buttons:
As a puppy
At a year old
Current pic (5 years old)
moshquerade
No Lifer
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