A small town Missouri cop responding to a loose dog call killed the pet after making minimal efforts to catch it. The dog was blind and deaf. It wasn’t aggressive. Its name was Teddy. The bodycam footage went viral. I chronicled the incident here. The mayor resigned. The cop was fired. The dog[...]
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May 27th, 2024 - 1:44 am § in Misc.
Cop guns down deaf and blind dog
His name was Teddy, a Shih Tzu, deaf and blind. He escaped his kennel, and a neighbor who saw him wandering called the police because the small Missouri town doesn’t have an animal control officer. The cop spent all of three minutes trying to lasso Teddy with one of those poles that animal con[...]
How’s this campaign slogan?
BLOCKHEAD FOR GOVERNOR VICE PRESIDENT Hey that wasn’t my idea. To skip the partisan stuff, I’m gonna pretend I’m a campaign consultant who’ll work for a candidate of any party. (“Gun for hire” doesn’t work well in this context, for reasons you’ll soon [...]
Biden’s dog receives death threat
“Say hello to Cricket.” It reads like a bloodstained note from a serial killer. Cricket is in doggy heaven, blown to bits with a shotgun in a gravel pit. His killer’s message implies a similar fate for the recipient. After killing her own dog 20 years ago, Kristi Noem is going arou[...]
Kristi Noem’s dead dog
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) is campaigning to be Trump’s 2024 running mate. When she revealed she shot her dog “Cricket” (photo, left; story here) because of behavior problems, her intent was to present herself as someone who can “make tough decisions.” The dog’s offe[...]
CHINA: Dog Meat Festival
Dog Meat Festival Draws Ire of Animal Rights Activists The annual Yulin Lychee and Dog Meat Festival in Guangxi Province has drawn increasing attention from animal rights activists in recent years. This year, a social media blitz condemning the festival helped bring it to international attention a[...]
February 13th, 2014 - 1:45 pm § in Misc.
Taliban Holding American Dog Hostage
The nationality of the dog is disputed, the US claims he is a Brit. The video shows a starving dog surrounded by heavily armed militants. Islam is known to have disdain for dogs so this could be a dog dying for lack of kibble. …[...]
Halloween and the Supreme Court
DRUG-SNIFFING DOGS – Two disputes involving drug-sniffing dogs will be heard by the court on Halloween. In one, the question is whether a dog brought to the front door of a home to sniff for marijuana amounts to a search. In the other, the court will consider a dog’s reliability and qualific[...]