Were you there? I live on the block. I heard that the pit bulls were approachable I heard this third hand, so I am not contributing to the discussion of what happened on Tuesday. Do you know more? Police, who have a record of needless killing of humans, have also shot animals when they are inconvenient.
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Andrew Diller <[email protected]>wrote: > They were killer pit bulls. Justice was done. > > Andrew Diller > > > On Apr 17, 2013, at 8:18 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > The dogs are innocent and from the sound of it, their owners may or may > not be negligent, as "Lou" stated in the comment section of West Philly > Local. In no case should a dying dog be allowed to continue to sufferas > this one did, according to the report that I read, > For you to say "the dogs deserved what they got" makes me think less > of you, though I doubt that you care what I think. I agree with you > thatthere are far too many pet owners around here who don't do right by their > animals, too many unleashed dogs and throwaway pets of all sorts. I > live just up the hill from the B section of Clark Park, the great dumping > ground for dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters. I even saw a > woman drive up in a spiffy red car one morning and dump a live chicken at > the curb. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ross Bender <[email protected]> > To: lml3new <[email protected]> > Cc: UC Neighbors current ver <[email protected]>; purple < > [email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Apr 17, 2013 7:53 pm > Subject: Re: [UCNeighbors] Police shooting dogs last night, 48th/Pine > > "the dogs were not behaving aggressively but MAY HAVE BEEN JUMPING ON > PEOPLE." Bullshit. They deserved what they got. If only the owners could > be identified and brought to justice. > > Ross Bender > http://rossbender.org > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Linda Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Folks, Please read Nadia's note below and share. The story, with >> comments, is also up on westphillylocal: >> >> http://www.westphillylocal.com/2013/04/16/two-dogs-shot-on-48th-street-between-pine-and-osage/#comments >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Nadia Adawi <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:21 PM >> Subject: [PFSNI] Police shooting dogs last night, 48th/Pine >> To: PFSNI <[email protected]> >> >> >> By now many of you know that last night police shot two dogs on 48th >> St. between Pine and Osage. I did not witness the shooting, but have heard >> from others that the dogs were not behaving aggressively but may have been >> jumping on people. Not only do I view this shooting as an outrageous >> overreaction, I am more than a little concerned about police discharging >> weapons when there was, by all accounts, a whole lot of people around. >> >> Anyone who witnessed the incident is being encouraged to provide a >> statement to Internal Affairs or to the Police Advisory Commission, >> according to Kelvyn Anderson, Executive Director Police Advisory Commission >> (215-685-0891 or [email protected]). >> >> If anyone knows who owned the dogs, please ask them to contact me. The >> PA Bar Association Animal Law Committee may be interested in taking on this >> issue, because it seems to be part of a nationwide trend. >> Nadia >> >> Nadia Adawi, M.B.A., Esq. >> [email protected] >> (215) 292-3080 cell >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "UCNeighbors" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "UCNeighbors" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- Jim Cummings the life of a single human being is worth a million times more than all the property of the richest man on earth
