[QUOTE=LA Times]Reporting from Florence, Ariz. —
A dog named Target that lived through explosions in war-torn Afghanistan was euthanized by mistake at an Arizona animal shelter.
An unidentified employee at the Pinal County facility was placed on administrative leave after mistakenly euthanizing the female shepherd mix, county Animal Care and Control officials said Monday.
"When it comes to euthanizing an animal, there are some clear-cut procedures to follow," Ruth Stalter, the county animal control director, said in a statement. "Based on my preliminary investigation, our employee did not follow those procedures."
Army Sgt. Terry Young, the dog's owner, told the Arizona Republic, "I just can't believe that something like this would happen to such a good dog."
Target frightened a suicide bomber inside a military base and potentially saved dozens of soldiers' lives, Young said.
He said the dog was treated like royalty from then on at the base in Dand Patan, near the Pakistan border.
Young brought Target to the San Tan Valley area southeast of Phoenix in August, when he returned from his tour of duty.
The dog escaped from the family's backyard Friday. Young put out online notices and contacted TV stations, which aired reports on the missing dog.
A neighbor found Target wandering later Friday, put her in his backyard and called the pound.
The dog did not have a microchip or a tag.
On Friday night, Young found Target's picture on a website used by Pinal County's dog catchers to help owners track lost pets. He figured the shelter was closed for the night and weekend.
He showed up at the shelter in Casa Grande to claim his dog Monday, only to learn that she was dead.
County officials say the employee euthanized the dog Monday morning.[/QUOTE][url]http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-1116-hero-dog-euthanized-20101116,0,6262558.story[/url]
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Damn. I'm sure she'll be missed. It's pretty badass what she's been through, and she had to die this way. I'm sure she'll live on through the people that she has affected, though.
Target acquired?
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help me build a box fort
[QUOTE=Aries;26093421]Target acquired?[/QUOTE]
Wtf is that even supposed to mean?
Sue me.
That fucking sucks.
:(
this makes me sad :frown:
Poor dog
:frown:
[quote]Target frightened a suicide bomber inside a military base[/quote]
So the suicide bomber has the guts to strap explosives to his body, storm into a high security military base and blow himself up, but gets scared of a dog?
What?
Ruh-roh.
[QUOTE=Aries;26093421]Target acquired?
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help me build a box fort[/QUOTE]
nope, target lost.
[QUOTE=Aries;26093421]Target acquired?
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help me build a box fort[/QUOTE]
box cannon scanning...
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Target Acquired
Fire
The person who euthanised the dog is obviously a terrorist!
This is pretty sad, bet the dog was happy to be out of war torn Afghanistan
Though it's a shame in itself that the dog was put to sleep, at least Target went out peacefully, considering the alternative of being killed in Afghanistan in progressively worse ways.
damn
Why would they euthanize a dog that's not sick or really old?
[QUOTE=dvondrake;26093810]I find it amazing how people can be so careless with life or death situations like this.[/QUOTE]
dog life is serious business
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[QUOTE=Eluveitie;26093991]Why would they euthanize a dog that's not sick or really old?[/QUOTE]
At a pound they have to kill dogs after awhile because of overcrowding
[editline]15th November 2010[/editline]
not just dogs, all animals.
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;26094007]dog life is serious business
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Here, I'll put it in a way a conservative will understand:
Destruction of property
You guys want the death penalty for that right
[QUOTE=ZekeTwo;26094170]Here, I'll put it in a way a conservative will understand:
Destruction of property
You guys want the death penalty for that right[/QUOTE]
if my property is everyone i know
[QUOTE=ZekeTwo;26094170]Here, I'll put it in a way a conservative will understand:
Destruction of property
You guys want the death penalty for that right[/QUOTE]
Zeke I respected you a lot more before you started acting like a child
[QUOTE=Aries;26093460]Sue me.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, pun failure of that caliber belongs in a criminal court.
[editline]16th November 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=DarkWolf2;26093584]So the suicide bomber has the guts to strap explosives to his body, storm into a high security military base and blow himself up, but gets scared of a dog?
What?[/QUOTE]
You try explaining to Allah that you blew yourself up taking out a lone dog.
[QUOTE=ThePutty;26093740]nope, target lost.[/QUOTE]
It was meant to be something like that, but I lost it halfway.
Poor dawg..
nooooo clifforrd!!
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;26094007]dog life is serious business[/QUOTE]
Mmm yeah I forgot that only human lives matter.
I'm sorry I'm just going to go on a rampage killing everything that isn't human now.
Was told this story of an Australian Explosive Detection Dog that got run over in Afghanistan by accident by a friendly ASLAV. The handler picked up the dog, carried his body out to the field and layed down with it until it died in the afternoon. The dog, Merlin, had already served in 3 different operations.
[URL]http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/dog-killed-on-afghan-duty/2007/09/05/1188783321027.html[/URL]
[QUOTE=DamagePoint;26093449]Wtf is that even supposed to mean?[/QUOTE]
The dog, called Target, was acquired by the Sgt.
What. The. Flying. Fuck.
Let's beat the shit out of the person who put that dog down...
Mistakes happen dude
They already got fired dude
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