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News & ArtsMonday, August 3, 2009
Crime Police Rescue Puppy From Hot Garbage Can
Posted by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee on Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Seattle police rushed to the rescue of an abandoned puppy last week after some monster dumped their dog in a garbage can in Belltown on a wicked hot day.
According to a police report, "an anonymous person" contacted an off-duty officer doing traffic control near 4th and Pike on the afternoon of July 27th and told the officer that four hours earlier, they had seen someone throw a puppy into a nearby garbage can. 
The off-duty officer informed dispatch and, with the help of two other officers, went to pull the puppy from the garbage can. "Due to the extreme heat at the time (92 degrees) and sunny, I feared for the health of the puppy," Officer Chad McLaughlin wrote in his report. When officers pulled the puppy out of the garbage can, it "appeared listless and his skin was very hot," the report says. "Fearing for his health, I put him in my air conditioned car and drove him to the Seattle Animal Shelter," McLaughlin wrote. The report says the puppy was 12-16 weeks old and does not specify the breed.
The report says the shelter placed a "supervisory hold" on the puppy so that if anyone comes to claim it, they will have to "answer questions as to why the puppy was found in a garbage can."
Photo via Flickr by JennieMarie
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hearty thanks to everyone involved in the rescue and all, but why didn't the witness just get the puppy out himself? why did he wait four hours to get someone else to do it? why did the cop have to call, and presumably wait, for backup? and for the love of god, why would the shelter even entertain the possibility of reuniting dog with owner?
and hell yeah, that's one cute puppy. is it THE puppy, or just a random photo?
and hell yeah, that's one cute puppy. is it THE puppy, or just a random photo?
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I suspect that the "witness" is in fact the perpetrator, and after four hours he felt enough guilt to break down and tell police where they could find it.
(In my mind, that's the only way this story adds up.)
(In my mind, that's the only way this story adds up.)
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@9 I agree with this comment. It seems like the only reasonable explanation for why the witness would wait four hours to tell someone.
As for those asking why the shelter would entertain the idea of the owner being able to pick up the puppy.. it's also possible that it wasn't the owner that put it in the garbage.
As for those asking why the shelter would entertain the idea of the owner being able to pick up the puppy.. it's also possible that it wasn't the owner that put it in the garbage.
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I want the puppy.
Oh..wait...I've been down this road before..4 times and once down Kitty Lane...well not with the trash can.
Hope the pup finds a good home and karma bites the a-hole in the arse.
Oh..wait...I've been down this road before..4 times and once down Kitty Lane...well not with the trash can.
Hope the pup finds a good home and karma bites the a-hole in the arse.
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It may well have been a homeless person who abandoned the puppy because they quickly learned that he/she couldn't take care of it.
Our cat was a shelter rescue as a kitten, and we learned from the shelter that she had been found in a room at the Holiday Inn, abandoned there by the guest. They told us that this happens all the time, a homeless person is able to get a room for one night and leaves the animal they thought they could take care of. Turns out they can barely take care of themselves.
Our cat was a shelter rescue as a kitten, and we learned from the shelter that she had been found in a room at the Holiday Inn, abandoned there by the guest. They told us that this happens all the time, a homeless person is able to get a room for one night and leaves the animal they thought they could take care of. Turns out they can barely take care of themselves.
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@26. I came in here to post exactly that. Whoever adopts this puppy has an obligation to name him Oscar.
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"That puppy has a really big head, hey big headed puppy why you puttin' on airs? Thats a snobby puppy"
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Another alternative is that the person who called is a relative of the person who put the puppy in the trash - and had to wait until they were away from said asshole before calling for help.
My god, what an awful way to kill something!
But if the puppy was in the can in that heat, with no water, for 4 hours - that puppy's brain has been baked. Dogs are none-to-smart to begin with [and I do love them for it], but this puppy will be very difficult to house train or teach anything. It might be too brain damaged to remember to eat.
My god, what an awful way to kill something!
But if the puppy was in the can in that heat, with no water, for 4 hours - that puppy's brain has been baked. Dogs are none-to-smart to begin with [and I do love them for it], but this puppy will be very difficult to house train or teach anything. It might be too brain damaged to remember to eat.
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Sad story.
It's also sad that your average person has decided to care about dogs and cats well being, but don't mind millions of land, air and sea animals being exploited and killed for no good reason other than people's selfishness.
All animals are equal.
Think.
Go vegan.
It's also sad that your average person has decided to care about dogs and cats well being, but don't mind millions of land, air and sea animals being exploited and killed for no good reason other than people's selfishness.
All animals are equal.
Think.
Go vegan.
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Hopefully they will find the jerk that did this, and they will be charged with 1st degree animal abuse.
It doesn't say how the puppy is doing, hopefully it recovers and finds a "real" caring loving home.
It doesn't say how the puppy is doing, hopefully it recovers and finds a "real" caring loving home.
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Hopefully they will find the jerk that did this, and they will be charged with 1st degree animal abuse.
It doesn't say how the puppy is doing, hopefully it recovers and finds a "real" caring loving home.
It doesn't say how the puppy is doing, hopefully it recovers and finds a "real" caring loving home.
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@33 I agree...they throw plenty of young "food animals" in dumpsters to dispose of them (male chiks of egg-laying chicken breeds, for example), yet only dogs are worth pulling out.
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@33, 37
you're right, we shouldn't waste the delicious, tender meat of the puppies.... they would make some excellent bbq!
you're right, we shouldn't waste the delicious, tender meat of the puppies.... they would make some excellent bbq!
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Poor pup. I hope they catch the beast who did this. I also totally agree w/ 9, the caller is most likely the freak who dumped the pup. How sick.
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@33...I hear you.
I cry every time I pass one of those awful trucks filled with chickens in exposed crates.
I cry every time I pass one of those awful trucks filled with chickens in exposed crates.
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Terriyaki Puppy. Let them boil. Help control the pet population. Put animals to sleep...permanently.
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who the fuck are you people making jokes about eating dead puppies?
here's an awful story about animal abuse and you just pile on, rather than be appropriately appalled.
you are disgusting.
here's an awful story about animal abuse and you just pile on, rather than be appropriately appalled.
you are disgusting.
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Jokes??? What Jokes!!!!
Puppies taste great. If you are vegan...dont eat them. Use them for research instead.
Puppies taste great. If you are vegan...dont eat them. Use them for research instead.
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I've never really gotten why people get so much more pissed when you suggest eating an animal we consider pets. You just never get the same response when you say you could go for a BLT but pigs are so much smarter. In conclusion: I'd hit that. With some BBQ sauce.
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It's not an animal's intelligence that we identify with. It's its cute carnivorousness. Omnivores, herbivores, cow-eyed, wide-eyed, side-eyed creatures? Toss them in the meat wagon!
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