Williamsburg animal control kills dog it was called to help

[Lorelei]

Originally Posted by Jax's Mom

Same reason arsonists become firefighters.

That just gave me chills. I have never thought of someone going into this line of work just to have an excuse to hurt animals.

[Dainerra]

the "reason" that is implied is that the dog had mange on his belly. Oh, and the car crashes that he could cause if he ran into the road


Rains said Perkins later called to apologize. Perkins told her the dog could have caused wrecks and had what appeared to be mange on his belly.
http://thetimestribune.com/local/x14...to-be-punished

[selzer]

Originally Posted by Lorelei

That just gave me chills. I have never thought of someone going into this line of work just to have an excuse to hurt animals.

I doubt they do.

I mean we have all heard or maybe even had hideous teachers. I think they start out with great expectations, and after a few years of seeing how it is, they lose their spark, and after more years of going through the motions, they get fed up. Some are attracted to the power of the position, have parent teacher converences and have the parent's sit on the lower student chairs, etc. But when so many parents do not even show up, perhaps these people start working on the kids. Or they go through a serious rough time and take it out at their job on their kids. My brother's third grade teacher was going through a nasty divorce, and she was so awful one of his classmates got an ulcer, and others were in therapy. Pretty sad.

I think it has to be similar for people in Animal Control. You start out wanting to save the little helpless animals. But then day after day, week after week you are feeding the ovens. That has to affect you. When I have a particularly nasty job to do, I want to get it over with. With no room at the shelter, and the dog being stray and making people afraid and possibly causing an accident, maybe this guy was in that mindframe. With someone saying she would take the dog, though he should have stopped, and given her a chance to make good.