A tragic situation went from bad to worse in Evansville, Illinois, after police who responded to complaints about animal neglect ended up shooting the dog they were summoned to help, WISH reported.Officers "say animal control had been called 16 times with neglect concerns about the dog. Police say t...

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A tragic situation went from bad to worse in Evansville, Illinois, after police who responded to complaints about animal neglect ended up shooting the dog they were summoned to help, WISH reported.

  • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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    2 years ago

    DOJ: Police Shooting Family Dogs has Become ‘Epidemic’

    Cops in this country kill so many dogs each year that a specialist at the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) community-oriented program services office says it has become an “epidemic.” The DOJ estimates that around 25 to 30 dogs are killed by cops every day, with some numbers as high as 10,000 per year. The totals could, in fact, be higher, since most police agencies do not formally track officer-involved shootings involving animals.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      See, the knee jerk reaction is to say “well why don’t we shoot the polices family dog?”

      But that’s not the answer. Thats some eye for an eye shit. And you have to remember that these animals don’t understand what a cop is. They just know what they’ve been trained to do. If you go out and start shooting police dogs, you’re just killing dogs.

      I don’t know what the answer is. But it’s not that. I just know this shit needs to stop.