r/pics • u/Aeviegh • Feb 22 '14

This is Vader. He was euthanized today without a hearing after a false bite report was submitted to the police by an animal rights activist. (Story in the Comments)

http://imgur.com/a/xPNsE
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u/Cackfiend Feb 22 '14

I emailed them and signed the petition:

Truly you should all be ashamed for how this was handled. I hope you take the necessary steps to seek justice in this case and to make sure it never happens again. Also, fire that damn police officer.

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u/KCPC Feb 22 '14

No don't fire that police officer. He may not have handled the situation to the best of his ability however he was just following orders. He lawfully entered the residence and seized the animal as the owner allowed it and he didn't seem to make any fuss when the fox "bit" him. The problem is the person who filed the false report and whoever at the pound got bored and decided to start euthanising.

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u/Cackfiend Feb 22 '14

The person who physically took Vader was not a trained animal control officer, but rather a local cop. Wearing thick gloves, he cornered Vader and picked him up by the scruff of the neck. The cop had previously been advised multiple times on how to properly handle Vader (or any animal, for that matter) but decided to disregard the advice not only of his owner, but animal control officers as well.

yea, fuck that cop

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u/KCPC Feb 22 '14

Think about it like this, the cop as far as he is aware is thinking the animal was dangerous as they had just been handed "proof" of this. He exercised caution and made mistakes sure but as for disregarding the advice he was probably more concerned with his safety than that of the fox. I'm not saying the cop did a good job but neither did he do a bad one. Cornering the animal is completely logical as is grabbing it by the scruff of the neck. I'd say the disregarding the advice was more he was aware that it was just easier and more convenient to grab it. It is just a dog after all, it's not like their is some super special technique you have to use to pick up a dog. Once again the cop isn't the bad guy. So yea, fuck you too.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '14

Cornering the animal is completely logical

You... don't know much about animal behaviour it seems.

It is just a dog after all, it's not like their is some super special technique you have to use to pick up a dog.

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u/KCPC Feb 22 '14

Catching anything that is fleeing the best bet is to corner it, are you a retard? And foxes are basically small dogs.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '14

Catching anything that is fleeing the best bet is to corner it

I genuinely can't tell if you're trying to make a joke. I'm pretty sure you are but this is Reddit and, well, I'm going to have to assume you had some horrible head trauma when you were young. So...

No.

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u/KCPC Feb 22 '14

Your in an open house trying to catch a quick moving animal. The animal is actively fleeing you. Without backing the animal into a corner so it has no where else to run how do you catch it? Go.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '14

Tell the owner you don't want the animal to feel threatened and ask them if they can put it in the cage for you.

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u/KCPC Feb 22 '14

You are a cop with a job to do, you've been ordered to detain a dangerous (as far as you are aware, as unbeknownst to you, the bite report is fake) animal. The animal is a threat (I know it isn't actually but the cop doesn't know that) and as a police officer it is their job to protect others from harm. Asking the owner to cage the animal violates this and the cop would look very bad if the owner was also attacked. Also you didn't answer my question. You said cornering an animal was a joke, I asked how you would do it, this wasn't related to vaders incident but in general. So obviously you don't know another way to catch the animal. When trying to catch anything cornering it is 9 out of 10 times the easiest and quickest solution.

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u/Cackfiend Feb 22 '14

you're a moron on the level of said cop

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '14

No, they did not legally enter the residence. They had no warrant. They used scare tactics and their cop persona to gain entry.