Comments on: Is this justice? http://fourwhitefeet.com/2009/02/is-this-justice/ a dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk. ~o.a. battista Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:07:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: cathy http://fourwhitefeet.com/2009/02/is-this-justice/comment-page-1/#comment-331 cathy Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:15:16 +0000 http://fourwhitefeet.com/?p=481#comment-331 I think the mentality is the same as the <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2006/sep/09/nation/na-pets9" rel="nofollow">deputies in St. Bernard Parish that shot dogs and cats that had been left for safe-keeping</a> in area schools after Katrina. The charges against those "trusted" public servants were dropped in 2008 despite video evidence. In many parts of the U.S. and World, large percentages of the population don't have any value for non-human life, so shooting a dog or cat is a non-issue. Most of the outcry against the Idaho shooting was not from locals, but from other parts of the country. You can walk down the street in Teton Valley and see lots of evidence that much of the community does not care how animals are treated; from animals that receive relatively good care that are left to roam the town unaccompanied, to animals that are chained up outside for hours. It puts me in a emotional and moral difficulty. Even if I had the resources to take care of all the mistreated animals, I don't have the backbone to steal someone's dog. The last I knew the local animal rescue was barely getting by and may have already closed. To me shooting your neighbor's dog is no different than shooting your neighbor, but I know that neither the legal system, nor most people, agree with me. To me life is life. I don't understand how a sentient being can place more value on the life of one species over another. I think the mentality is the same as the deputies in St. Bernard Parish that shot dogs and cats that had been left for safe-keeping in area schools after Katrina. The charges against those “trusted” public servants were dropped in 2008 despite video evidence.

In many parts of the U.S. and World, large percentages of the population don’t have any value for non-human life, so shooting a dog or cat is a non-issue. Most of the outcry against the Idaho shooting was not from locals, but from other parts of the country. You can walk down the street in Teton Valley and see lots of evidence that much of the community does not care how animals are treated; from animals that receive relatively good care that are left to roam the town unaccompanied, to animals that are chained up outside for hours. It puts me in a emotional and moral difficulty. Even if I had the resources to take care of all the mistreated animals, I don’t have the backbone to steal someone’s dog. The last I knew the local animal rescue was barely getting by and may have already closed.

To me shooting your neighbor’s dog is no different than shooting your neighbor, but I know that neither the legal system, nor most people, agree with me. To me life is life. I don’t understand how a sentient being can place more value on the life of one species over another.

]]> By: IHateToast http://fourwhitefeet.com/2009/02/is-this-justice/comment-page-1/#comment-330 IHateToast Sat, 07 Feb 2009 07:54:34 +0000 http://fourwhitefeet.com/?p=481#comment-330 and how often do we read about the connection btwn brutality to animals and brutality to other humans? but no, you get someone and have the chance to show some spine, but let him go. and he was a "trusted" public servant. i also wonder about the town. sounds like a witch hunt mentality. like maybe they didn't like the victim. i wonder if they'd be okay if it had happened to another. animal abuse here goes almost unpunished. there is a group of lawyers who put in pro-bono work to help the rspca get abusers punished. honestly. shooting the dog? coming onto the property? wasn't there another crime in that as well? if you couldn't get him for the dog, couldn't you have nailed him for something else? and how often do we read about the connection btwn brutality to animals and brutality to other humans? but no, you get someone and have the chance to show some spine, but let him go. and he was a “trusted” public servant. i also wonder about the town. sounds like a witch hunt mentality. like maybe they didn’t like the victim. i wonder if they’d be okay if it had happened to another.

animal abuse here goes almost unpunished. there is a group of lawyers who put in pro-bono work to help the rspca get abusers punished.

honestly. shooting the dog? coming onto the property? wasn’t there another crime in that as well? if you couldn’t get him for the dog, couldn’t you have nailed him for something else?

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