Totally outrageous dog abuse -- And HE GETS THEM BACK!!

[Little Wee Horse Farm]

This story today:

Man who put puppies in trash is given them back

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

The Associated Press

MEYERSDALE, Pa. -- A Somerset County man accused of putting six newborn puppies in a garbage bag and ditching them in a trash bin had the animals returned to him because they haven't been weaned and he owns their mother, authorities said.

William Fike, 27, of Meyersdale, was charged Monday with six counts of animal abandonment. Police accuse Mr. Fike of putting the 12-hours-old Rottweiler-cocker spaniel mixes in a bag and dumping it in a trash bin on Nov. 8. The dogs were found when someone heard them whimpering.

Mr. Fike said he loves dogs and keeps five as pets. He said he didn't know what to do when he found out his Rottweiler was pregnant.

"They don't look like Rottweiler," he said of the puppies. "Who would want them?"

The puppies are too young to be taken from their mother, police said. Officials will check on the puppies while they are in Mr. Fike's care; the animals will go to the Somerset County Humane Society when they are 8 weeks old.

"I'd hope someone would adopt them," Mr. Fike said.

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[SIZE=14pt]In my book, this is so morally wrong! I've written to find out who the "officials" are........I intend to make an email effort to get them to rethink their decision to give the puppies back to his "care." So, let's see, why wasn't the momma dog removed from him to reunite her & puppies? This decision doesn't make any humane sense. What about the other dogs he has too? And just how did that dog come up pregnant? Perhaps by letting her run loose while she was in heat? The whole thing has a bad odor to it. Just had to share. I guess the word would be "vent." Sorry...........I'm so upset. [/SIZE]

 

[Beccy]

AAARRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH

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: Things like this make me SO angry!!!

Why didn't they take the mother of the puppies from him, and every other animal he has????

 

[Little Wee Horse Farm]

My questions exactly!

 

[Relic]

Gross seems lately there has been a lot of that up here to for both dogs and cats and also teens dumping new borns in dumpsters seems like a different world then what l used to know when there was still a thing called a brain..

 

[Mijke]

I hope your mail will open up some eyes!!!

: This is totally strange...I realy suspected (and hoped)that they would have choosen a very logical solution like you stated: take the dog away from the owner to be with her litter...

: this world keeps surprising me... :no:

 

[Little Wee Horse Farm]

I just heard back from the president of the humane society who was kind enough and reachable enough to answer. She said she has been trying to contact the policeman who made this decision, but has had no luck so far. I'll bet he's just being swamped with calls. She said she knew nothing about them coming to her shelter when they are old enuff to wean, but they are more than welcome. She is, however, hoping to get the momma dog removed along with her puppies NOW. She's upset too. She seems to be very nice and genuine.

Thanks goodness for GOOD people doing GOOD work. And shame shame shame on that owner! I'll keep ya posted if I hear more.

 

[Reble]

I don't know why why why?

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My mother always could find good in everyone. She has been gone for about 15 years now.

I just find now the Laws are for the criminals not for the victoms. :new_shocked:

 

[rabbitsfizz]

Dogs are property.

He did not abuse the mother dog.

He abused the puppies.

Thus there was no legal reason to remove the mother dog from his care.

Removing the pups is not abuse- people do it all the time it is just that they quietly drown them and no-one ever hears about it.

Now that he has been given an option he may be a perfectly good owner and hand the pups over at eight weeks

BUT I'll just bet he has people lining up down the street to adopt them now, so basically what does it matter??

I know this seems harsh and had I been there I would have slammed his head in any door I could have found (along with the idiot policeman) but he is being watched now so it will not happen.

There should be some way of making sure the bitch does not get pregnant again, though.

 

[Beccy]

I know this seems harsh and had I been there I would have slammed his head in any door I could have found (along with the idiot policeman)

:lol: :aktion033: :aktion033: I second that Jane!!!

 

[Little Wee Horse Farm]

No, Rabbit .....in my book, killing those pups (or trying real hard to) is animal abuse. Property or not. And that property biz is a hot button issue in many states. Just because, if as you say, people do it "all the time," that doesn't make it right. People abuse kids all the time & murder each other too all the time - but that logic doesn't make it right.

If the guy is off-balance, no amount of "watching" is going to make him do the right thing. He could wring all their little necks & say they just happened to die. And what of mama & the other dogs he has? I think they aren't safe either. I don't know anyone who would think I was a responsible pet owner if I put live pups in the garbage in a plastic bag.

As a pet owner, a person must take responsibility for that animal on every level. If you don't, you shouldn't have gotten the animal in the first place. It's not like getting, say, a basketball to play with.

 

[Watcheye]

No, Rabbit .....in my book, killing those pups (or trying real hard to) is animal abuse. Property or not. And that property biz is a hot button issue in many states. Just because, if as you say, people do it "all the time," that doesn't make it right. People abuse kids all the time & murder each other too all the time - but that logic doesn't make it right.

exactly... a life is a life.

 

[luvmycritters]

I just heard back from the president of the humane society who was kind enough and reachable enough to answer. She said she has been trying to contact the policeman who made this decision, but has had no luck so far. I'll bet he's just being swamped with calls. She said she knew nothing about them coming to her shelter when they are old enuff to wean, but they are more than welcome. She is, however, hoping to get the momma dog removed along with her puppies NOW. She's upset too. She seems to be very nice and genuine.
Thanks goodness for GOOD people doing GOOD work. And shame shame shame on that owner! I'll keep ya posted if I hear more.

[SIZE=10pt]Thankgoodness there is a glimmer of hope for these dogs...the people in todays society continue to discust me.[/SIZE]

Lori

 

[rabbitsfizz]

The only abuse part of it, legally, was abandoning the puppies in the callous way he did, all the rest was his legal right.

Animal abandonment is illegal in most places but nothing else he did is legally wrong.

Animals are property, whether you like it or not.

I am merely pointing pout the legalities of the situation, not condoning the actions, read all my thread and you would have seen my personal reaction.

My point is, this man has acted despicably, BUT he has done very little wrong legally.

A few neighbours standing on his lawn with placards would do more than suing him!!

 

[Beccy]

I have seen incidents in the news here in the past, where people have been convicted of cruelty to animals for various acts, including abandoning kittens and puppies, and after conviction (although sentences are usually a pathetic slap on the wrist) they are sometimes banned, at least for a length of time, from owning animals. Something like this would allow them to remove the mother and any other animals.

One guy some years back, who abandoned tiny kittens on a freezing pile of garbage at a dump, along with the fine he got, was ordered to spend a freezing cold night on the same dump himself! We need more judges like that!

 

[Watcheye]

I did read all of your post Rabits and I am glad/ was glad to see that you were angered too. I just dont think people anywhere should merely see animals as disposable property as he did. It disgusts me that anyone could drown or dispose of their animals in such a mannor. It was the wording (even if that is the way "it is" - I am troubled to see that people think that way), I see/ and saw that you disagree with what he did and I am glad.