Sorry, I meant to post this message here, not behavior.

Oh why oh why do I watch Animal Cops?????

I think it was the Houston version, though it might have been Miami..
Actually, probably was Miami. Anyway, the AC officer was called about a dog
that had been hit by a car. Since it wasnt wearing tags, she pulled out
her needle and euthanized it right there in the street! (well, in the
truck, but you get the idea). According to her, this is standard policy if
the dog isnt wearing ID tags.

Of course, it wasnt because the dog was horribly suffering because she took
time to write a ticket for someone else whose dog got out and was offleash.

What if the dog had a microchip? Isnt that supposed to be the reason that
we put them in our dogs? I cant believe that absolutey no effort was made
to see if the dog had a chip. My chip has my vet's contact # and there is
written authorization for any treatment necessary if I am unable to be
reached.

This has been bothering me all week. My local pound doesnt even HAVE a
scanner, at least that was made in the last 5 years. So Im not sure if it
would pick up Rayden's chip anyway.

dainerra

"diddy" wrote in message
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I think the area in which this was posted should be alerted to the fact
that there ARE microchips for this purpose.

I go to the pound every three days and scan their dogs, because they
won't.
This catches the incoming and outgoing within a reasonable period.

But, if this had happened in your area, this dog would have already been
dead. Im sure that the Miami Dade animal control would know that microchips
exist.

Mostly just wondering if this is a wide-spread practice, to instantly
euthanize injured dogs that arent wearing a tag? I can even understand
euthanizing the dog if it was horribly injured or something. I know that
here, deer are sometimes shot by the cop who responds to the scene. (If the
person wants a report written for insurance) If the deer is still there and
suffering the officer will sometimes shoot it. Often, of course, the deer
has already ran away.
But this dog was wagging its tail and trying to lick the woman's face.
Plus, she took time to write someone else a ticket. She kept saying "Dont
kiss me, youre going to make me cry" kind of things.

dainerra

CaptRon wrote:
exist.

Mostly just wondering if this is a wide-spread practice, to instantly
euthanize injured dogs that arent wearing a tag? I can even understand


Especially, when you wonder if the reason the dog is out on the street is
because it somehow got its collar *off*, and that is how it escaped (maybe
it was on a lead, or hell, if the collar was too loose and the dog backed
out of it while the owner was walking it and it ran off). I don't keep a
collar on my dog when he's home, because he's already gotten it caught on
stuff and I have no desire to have him catch it on something when I'm not
home to free him. When he's outside, the flat collar is always on, with
all 4 tags on it (rabies, reward/contact tag, city tag, microchip tag) and
his control collar is on when we take him for a walk, so it's unlikely he'd
get away that way (or run away, for that matter) But geeze, what if someone
breaks in, the dog runs out? He'd be automatically considered a stray,
instead of very obviously being a pet, and killed, I'd assume. blech.

natalie

--

The turtle lives twixt plated decks
Which practically conceal its sex.
I think it clever of the turtle
In such a fix to be so fertile.
---Ogden Nash

"Natalie Rigertas" wrote in message
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CaptRon wrote:
exist.

Mostly just wondering if this is a wide-spread practice, to instantly
euthanize injured dogs that arent wearing a tag? I can even
understand


Especially, when you wonder if the reason the dog is out on the street is
because it somehow got its collar *off*, and that is how it escaped (maybe
it was on a lead, or hell, if the collar was too loose and the dog backed
out of it while the owner was walking it and it ran off).

I was told on another group that the dog was scanned for a chip. I missed
it both times I have seen the show.

I just think it's so sad that they are so overcrowded that injured dogs are
euthanized on the spot if they appear to be strays. Maybe that is the
part they should emphasize to the public, not the fines.


dainerra