.::. Humanity? .::.

My friend shared her good friend's story with me, and I'm really saddened by it. Anyone with a heart would be, especially dog lovers.

Her friend just moved into a new place, while the dog dug through a hole near the fence and got out. The family was obviously upset and went looking for it and made a report. A day later, AVA called them and informed that they found her dog.

Relieved, she went down to get the dog. There was obviously some fees and fines involved and she had to microchip the dog. Anyone with a dog could probably imagine the relief and willingness to pay, just to get the dog back home. Although the dog was really afraid and did not want anyone to touch it, they refused to allow her to see/hold her dog for the mico-chip procedure.

Moments later, they informed her that her dog is dead.

All she saw was the dog's lifeless body. "They told me that my dog had to be forcefully restrained by the neck and when they finished, he had collapsed and died."

It's appalling, the way the whole incident was handled. How could they do this to a life and shrug it off as an 'accident'? Those people restraining the dog weren't even trained, and probably used brute force. Why didn't they allow the owner to hold the dog?!

If it was a human instead, would things have been the same? To these people, it's a dog, an animal, a hindrance who caused trouble. To the owner, it's their family member.

If the same thing happened to a human, be it in a hospital or prison or anywhere, what will the consequences be? Sadly, I'm quite sure that this will be 'covered up' and written off as a 'mistake' or accident. Even though she's going to get an independent post-mortem to ascertain the cause of death, how much can be done if it's proven that the dog died from strangulation?

For one, you can never bring back a life, a family, a loved-one.

Read about it here:
http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/STIStory_654582.html