Abused puppy dies early Saturday

[Roon]

WHEAT RIDGE - A three-week-old puppy, who had a rough start in life, died around 5 a.m. Saturday at the Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital.

Friday afternoon, a woman in Edgewater saw two boys "playing catch" with the puppy. The boys ran off when she confronted them.

The tiny Pekinese mix weighed just one pound. His rescuer, who wanted to remain anonymous, said she could see that he was having trouble breathing.

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[LeftyMom]

1. I just don't understand people sometimes.

:cry:

[auntAgonist]

2. my first impulse is to say

Rotten Freakin' damned kids!!

:cry: that is such a sad story. I hope the police DO investigate and lay charges, those boys NEED to be punished!

that poor little pup. :( :cry:

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

3. Goddamn, WTF is wrong with people.

How anyone could abuse a child or a defenseless animal is totally beyond me. I hope the cops out in CO catch those little f**kers and charge them or their parents.

:cry: :cry: :banghead:

[LeftyMom]

4. Better yet, get them some help

Animal abusing children grow up to be people abusing adults. In addition to some sort of severe punishment, those evil little fucks need a some serious psychiatric attention.

[auntAgonist]

8. you're absolutely right!! nt

[Ptah]

5. It's everywhere. :cry:

http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/117183

3 indicted in 'Bullet' shootings
Dog was fired at repeatedly, left to die in desert
By Becky Pallack
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 02.23.2006
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Before he became known to Tucson as "Bullet," the dog
who was rescued after being shot near Redington Pass w
as Knuckles, an unwanted family pet, officials said Wednesday.
Now his owners and their neighbor are facing animal-cruelty-related
charges in the case of the 2-year-old pit-bull mix.
The three were indicted on Friday, said Pima County Sheriff's
Sgt. Cathryn Payette.
Since the investigation first was publicized, the department
has received hundreds of calls, letters and e-mails expressing
outrage at the incident, said Sheriff's Department Bureau Chief George Heaney.

The dog's owner, Justin Daniel Curren, 19, and his neighbor,
Steven Glenn Sharpe, 27, are each charged with two counts of
felony animal cruelty and one count of conspiracy to commit animal cruelty.

[LeftyMom]

6. I'm glad to hear someone was charged for that.

I sent emails about it to the sherrif and prosecutor but had not heard that charges were finally filed.

[RoyGBiv]

7. I witnessed something like this ...

The first fight I got into as a kid was over something like this. I'm generally non-violent, and by "first" I don't mean to imply a string of fights followed. I recall three, the first two with the same person over the same kind of incident.

A lot of stray cats hung around our neighborhood. Most of them were pretty domesticated since more than one family on the street would feed them, especially our elderly neighbor. Some even came to live with her; others preferred to roam. She caught and had as many fixed as she could, but of course that wasn't all of them.

Anyway, a few kittens showed up one summer, and from the beginning they were very trusting of humans because all they had encountered were so nice to them. Then they ran into Bruce, the little bastard who was the bane of my existence that lived at the end of the block.

I was riding my bike one day and happened to pass by his house just as I saw him pick up a kitten by its neck and begin spinning around in a circle, letting the kitten fly out with his arms. He let it go like a hammer throw, and it bashed up against a brick wall. I don't honestly remember everything that happened next. I know I went into a blind rage, flew off my bike, and proceeded to enact the same treatment on him, with a few extras. (It was a bit like Ralphie going nuts on the bully in _A Christmas Story_.) Not the most mature solution, of course, but I was ten and pissed off. The kitten survived but was never "quite right." She came to live in my garage but never wanted to go inside, and after that I was the only human that could go near her. She didn't have a long life, sadly. I think Bruce broke her spirit as much as her body.

The second incident wasn't as violent. I caught him poking at a dog through a fence with a pointed stick and getting it enraged. I debated whether to throw him over the fence and let the dog dispense justice, but I decided just to poke him with the stick to let him know what it was like. I never caught him abusing animals after that, but I never assumed I'd stopped him. I figure he just got better at hiding it after getting freaked out by the neighborhood "quiet geek" who went batshit on him.

Anyway ... one point of all this besides piling on with the misery and horror stories is I know what was wrong with Bruce. Not long after the poking stick incident I learned he was savagely abused by his father. I learned this because I heard his screams. He was dumb kid who felt powerless. He got help, partly through the machinations of my grandmother, and the last I knew had had a successful career in the Coast Guard. I spoke to him a few times after he grew up, and he had decided not to have children. He said he didn't feel like he would be like his father, but he didn't know for sure, and he wasn't going to risk it.

The other point is that, yes, the children who did this needs to be held accountable, but I'd lay money on the possibility at least one of those kids is currently a victim of abuse. Turning them over to the parents for punishment in that case could be the worst thing that could be done.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

9. I over reacted and I apologize.

These kids definitely need some sort of help. They obviously do have some serious problems.. I only hope and pray they get the help they need.

[RoyGBiv]

10. I don't think you did ...

I wasn't directing that at you. I had pretty much the same reaction run through my head, but then the story of Bruce always pops up there too when I see something like this, so I thought I'd tell it.

Even if we know the cause of extremely violent behavior, that behavior isn't excusable, and revulsion is natural. Wanton violence toward animals, particularly defenseless animals, generally has a reason behind it, but it must be corrected, both the behavior and the cause.

[Lorien]

12. This is why law officials in most states treat animal abuse very

seriously.

My father worked as a psychologist for a state prison. He says that most serial killers get their start abusing animals. Animal abuse is, as you say, often a symptom of child abuse-but it is also a symptom of sociopathic disorder, where a person feels no empathy for others and derives pleasure from causing pain. Either way it's cause for alarm (and certainly horrific for the animal); here in Florida children who abuse animals are monitored and tested by corrections for years after an incident.

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. Ah damn!

:cry:

[AtomicKitten]

13. I have a rescue cat that had a similar start.

She was a 5-week old feral kitten that kindergarten bastards were drop-kicking, breaking two legs in two places and causing pulmonary contusions. In full casting she weighed 1 lb. She is 5 now, fat and sassy.

Evil people raise evil children.

[WildEyedLiberal]

14. That's so horrible

Poor little baby :cry:

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. My gut reaction is to kick the holy living shit out of these kids

But that would do nothing. Neither would jailing them.

I think they should be sentenced to community service with the SPCA or a local animal shelter or animal-rescue group.

[rhino47]

16. My gut reaction is to kick the shit out of the PARENTS.

Where did the kids get the idea that animal abuse was acceptable?
I am sure neither one of my kids would even DREAM of abusing an animal.
If the parents impressed the notion animals are "disposible" the kids would have no respect for the poor puppy.Kids are a product of their enviroment.

[Deja Q]

17. Think of abused animals who live far, far longer...

My parents have a cat that was badly abused as a kitten. He barely even trusts them; though that's improved because of the devotion my parents had.

My parents have a kid who was badly abused too... ;)

[nytemare]

18. Suprised we don't hear more of this with a Pres that blew up frogs

with firecrackers. Aggressive, stupid behavior seems to have multiplied 10 fold since he has been elected. People even seem to drive worse.

[Roon]

19. A break in the investigation!!!!

WHEAT RIDGE - Edgewater police say the person who claimed to have rescued a puppy from two teens, is now a person of interest in the animal abuse case.
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[ScreamingMeemie]

20. That is so incredibly sad.

I am hearing more and more of this and it really makes me shake my head at how sick society really is. Civility and kindness is a thin veneer for so many people. :(