Sad: Dog dies horrific death

[xDardentlove]

Dog Dies 'Horrific' Death | NBC San Diego


I am absolutely disgusted and saddened about what happened to this dog.

[lmarieaa]

I really couldn't believe this when I first heard about this. It is was very, very cruel and sad. It should have never happened.
Perhaps maybe the person who used the hammer on the dog was mentally ill.
There is something wrong with a person when they volunteer to kill the animal by beating in its head with a hammer. Any normal, rational person would just wait for the police or a vet.
Secondly, what the heck was the owner doing just standing around and watching this person hammer away at her dog!? Why did she allow this to happen!!?? If that were me I wouldn't have let ANYONE near my dog, and if that meant using physical means of my own, then so be it. The only person doing anything to my dog would either be me or my trusted vet. Nobody else.

[Dobelady]

The more I see/read about what people can do to animals, the more I want to be around my animals and not people.

[khptown]

I am not sure the owner was there. Surely the owner would have just brought her to the vet.

[Paula]

Wow. The things people are capable of.

You know, even if he sincerely believed he was doing the dog a favor by bludgeoning it with a hammer, why wasn't more of an effort made to stop him? Surely someone in the gathering crowd could have spoken up.

Thank goodness the officer showed up and put the dog down as humanely as possible given the circumstances.

Heavens to Murgatroyd.

[Furry's Friend]

It seems like whenever a crowd gathers, the people tend to huddle into an inactive audience rather than having the strength to step out and assist any human or animal. I think this behavior stems from selfishness (a.k.a "self-preservation") and/or lack of compassion. What a sad, sad story.

[xDardentlove]

Originally Posted by Dobelady

The more I see/read about what people can do to animals, the more I want to be around my animals and not people.

I am right there with you. Unfortunately, these stories make me hate human kind more and more.

[pigsmakemesmile]

.....I can't find the words to describe how this makes me feel. My good lord, how could a human being do this...especially to a poor, sweet, injured, helpless animal. And what about the owner, what the ........ was wrong with her for standing by and let some stranger beat the life out of this already suffering animal???? I hope they throw the sob in jail, who the hell was he to make this decision??? I hope images of what he did keeps him awake everynight. May God bless this poor animal.
Makes me dislike being part of the human population.

[lmarieaa]

I really hope legal action is taken against this person. He cannot be given the impression that he can just get away with his cruel behavior.

[Paula]

Hammered Dog Case Goes to DA | NBC San Diego

Looks like they're considering charges.

As for the owner, perhaps she was just in shock and unable to appropriately respond? Or perhaps she was trying to keep her kids from seeing what had happened to Lucy and wasn't near enough to stop him from doing what he did.

I don't know how he was able to convince himself that he would be doing the right thing. Euthanizing the dog probably was the best thing at that point, but what compelled him to bludgeon the dog is beyond me. It would have been one thing if he'd had a gun and could shoot her, but beating her just seems unnecessarily cruel.

Geez Louise.

[starshine123102]

I can't believe that someone is actually capable of somthing this disgusting.

Originally Posted by paula.m.moore

Wow. The things people are capable of.

You know, even if he sincerely believed he was doing the dog a favor by bludgeoning it with a hammer, why wasn't more of an effort made to stop him? Surely someone in the gathering crowd could have spoken up.

Originally Posted by Furry's Friend

It seems like whenever a crowd gathers, the people tend to huddle into an inactive audience rather than having the strength to step out and assist any human or animal. I think this behavior stems from selfishness (a.k.a "self-preservation") and/or lack of compassion. What a sad, sad story.

While you would think someone would speak up, unfortuantely, it is actually not surprising that no one did. In psychology there is this thing called the bystander effect. This states that the more people there are that view a crime the less likely it is that someone will stop it or take some sort of action against it. This is because there is a diffusion of responsibility and the more people there are, the more people think they don't have to take action because someone else will.

A perfect example of this is the story of Kitty Genovese who was stabbed to death outside of her apartment while approxamately a dozen people watched from the safety of their windows, yet not a single one called the cops or tried to save her.

Despite the evidence that supports this theory, I don't believe that it in ANY WAY excuses the bystanders from allowing this sick and evil person to do what he did. I am just mearly pointing out most likely why they did nothing once he started to beat the dog.

[Paula]

Originally Posted by starshine123102

I can't believe that someone is actually capable of somthing this disgusting ... In psychology there is this thing called the bystander effect...

People are capable of all kinds of cruelty, unfortunately. And while there are a number of psychological and sociological phenomena that might explain the lack of action taken to stop this man, none justifies allowing her to come to such a brutal end. The people that stood by and let it happen are to blame as much as the man who thought that bludgeoning this dog was the wisest course of action.

[starshine123102]

Originally Posted by starshine123102

Despite the evidence that supports this theory, I don't believe that it in ANY WAY excuses the bystanders from allowing this sick and evil person to do what he did. I am just mearly pointing out most likely why they did nothing once he started to beat the dog.

Originally Posted by paula.m.moore

People are capable of all kinds of cruelty, unfortunately. And while there are a number of psychological and sociological phenomena that might explain the lack of action taken to stop this man, none justifies allowing her to come to such a brutal end. The people that stood by and let it happen are to blame as much as the man who thought that bludgeoning this dog was the wisest course of action.

Never said they weren't. In fact, I totally and 100% agree. I was just pointing to something that could explain why he wasn't stopped, even though I wholeheartedly believe that it was the bystanders' responsibility to step in and stop the man from what he did.

[Peggysu]

Unfortunately I can believe that this happened. We have a lot of sick people in our society today. What disturbs me most are the bystanders that did absolutely nothing.

I wish that the people who stood by and watched the crime occur and did nothing about it could be held responsible to an extent.

Who knows if the dog could have survived once it got veterinary care. It was not this individuals choice to decide that this dog needed to be euthanized.

It's bad enough that the dog got out. No one would expect this to happen.

[sophistacavy]

Ok.

If I saw some man beating any animal like that with a hammer, I would run over there, grab the hammer from him, hit him in his balls with it, and call 911 to have him arrested or at least detained. Maybe I'd break his nose with the hammer too, that would be pretty distracting xD

I would seriously do that. If I was driving, I would pull over and intervene. I do not believe I would be part of the bystander effect. I am too independent for that. I do not wait for someone else to take action in an emergency situation, I just go ahead and jump in full steam ahead.

A lot of dogs can recover from being hit by a vehicle. It depends on a lot of different circumstances of course, but it is entirely possible.

[guineapigluver1]

Sometimes I can't believe what some people are capable of doing. How can they do it with a conscience? I don't care if he has a psychological problem or anything like that, he should get in trouble for doing that. The people who stood by and watched it are at fault too. They could have easily at least tried to stop him.
Why didn't any of those bystanders do anything about it?

[Peggysu]

Now I can understand that bystanders didn't try to physically intervene for fear that they could possibly become a victim of violence. I would personally not intervene physically but I would call 9-1-1 and make sure help was on the way.

Maybe because it was a "dog" people didn't think that it was appropriate to call 9-1-1, because the act was not acted out toward a human. Theses types of incidents towards animals can be easily transfered to humans.

None of these are in any way acceptable excuses. The same thing happens to people.

[Coopdog]

Sick puke of a human being.

[Res Judicata]

Animal cruelty can get you three years in California, if that is what they charge him with. That sentence just does not do justice for beating an animal to death with a hammer, but at least it is a felony rather than a misdemeanor. In Ohio he would walk away with a 90 day sentence max if convicted.

[Paula]

Originally Posted by Res Judicata

That sentence just does not do justice for beating an animal to death with a hammer ...

See, to me, that's the absolute tragedy here. He wasn't able to effectively kill her by beating her with the hammer; and to me, that means she might have been able to survive had she been given the opportunity to receive proper emergency veterinary care. That makes his choices that day a million times worse, in my book, because if he hadn't been going at her with the hammer, it might not have been necessary for the officer to shoot her in the first place.

Good grief. I think he should serve three years and at the end of that sentence, should be beaten severely about the head and shoulders. With a hammer.