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Good Lord, what a pair of sad stories. First, there's the Park Forest incident where a police officer tracking a burglary suspect wound up shooting and killing a family's dog. Two officers, a detective, and the police dog passed the yard of the Walker family tracking a suspect. The Walker's dog, Princess (a pit bull/shepherd mix), began scratching at the door and, thinking the dog just needed to go out, a boy in the family opened the door for Princess. Princess, however, was reacting to the scent of the police dog and made a fateful move.
Park Forest Deputy Police Chief Mike McNamara said the dog ran toward the detective.McNamara insists the officer acted properly on an impulse to protect himself. "At that time he had no choice but to shoot the dog. I can definitely understand why a resident would be upset at that. Again, it was unfortunate that they had to put down the dog, but I don't feel he had any choice." The Walker family, however, remains extremely upset about the incident. Said Tracy, "Right now I'm fearful for the safety of my life.I'm afraid for my kids, my property...I'm going to let everyone know that the Walker family is fearful of the Park Forest Police Department at this point.""He was yelling (to Walker's family) 'Get your dog! get your dog!' " McNamara said.
The dog initially went past the detective, then turned and lunged back at him, McNamara said.
"He pulled out his service revolver and (shot) the dog in the head," McNamara said.
[Mother Tracy] Walker said the bleeding dog crawled back into the house, spilling blood everywhere, including on the hands of Walker's two stunned children.
As if that isn't bad enough, a Buffalo Grove chihuahua was carried off by coyotes. The incident happened in the 200 block of Blackthorn Drive; the dog's owner witnessed the incident and called 911 to report it. And this is another reason why 5th U.S. Congressional District Candidate Franklin Roosevelt remains in indoor dog.
Photo of innocent Chicago canine by Insomnia Jones, J.D.
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Crap. I didn't know Franklin was running against Betty the Beagle!
The officer had NO CHOICE BUT TO SHOOT THE DOG?? Come on. Maybe this situation was more intense than the description above, but I've seen people subdue dogs successfully without a revolver, thanks.
So you give the family zero time to try and "get their dog" before shooting it? Nice work. What's worse, the possibility being bitten by a dog or traumatizing some children by killing their dog in front of them? I agree with magikist, there are other ways to subdue a dog other than shooting it in the head. This tragedy was totally avoidable.
Tanks - Are you in our district??? It's on!
Everyone else - What I just don't get is the fact that the officer had a K9 with him, yes? Did the police dog just lay down? And if it wasn't the officer with the K9, wouldn't the family dog make a beeline for the K9? Something doesn't add up, here.
Anybody else get a sick, twisted pleasure out of the mental image of a Chihuahua being carried away in the mouth of a coyote? No one? Just me?
Am I going to be forced to expose both canine candidates for the Chicagoist machine lackeys they obviously are?
Don't you want a candidate who will think for themselves? A candidate that is self-reliant and doesn't need to turn to their "master" when they need food or relief?
The choice is obvious: D'Artagnan for 5th District U.S. Representative!
"Betty the Beagle SAYS she's for change, but she voted for Alpo 99 PERCENT of the time... She opposed going outside for walkies and voted AGAINST getting off the bed when told... And an independent watchdog group found that Betty the Beagle has had "accidents" and attempted to cover them up. Betty the Beagle: Too radical..."
Stealth a.k.a. Franklin Roosevelt's Karl Rove
My god, this pisses me off. I have a pit bull mix, and she's the most overly friendly dog ever. The dog was scratching at the door because s/he wanted to go play with the other dog. Guaranteed. I can't believe the ignorance of some people. Poor kids.
I have a chihuahua, so this hits me really hard. There was a story in the Trib the other day about a burglary in Glenview where the burglars kicked the family's chihuahua to death (and then made off with $36,000 in electronics).
Anyway, that poor little dog. I've always had really large dogs, so this is my first little dog and you really have no idea how awesome small dogs are until you get one.
This is a bad news week for chihuahuas indeed!
And BentXY, the answer to your question is, yeah...it's just you.