Comments on: Man Faces Animal Cruelty Charges For Allowing Dog To Live So Long

By: TammiSue

TammiSue — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:07:34 +0000

Not just anyone gets copies of warrants to broadcast on the Internet. Looks like the animal control officer is doing some ‘public executions’ of her own, now doesn’t it.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:28:58 +0000

Didn’t living a long life used to be something to be PROUD of?

By: Georgia

Georgia — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:13:11 +0000

Before everyone reacts with such ire and readiness to attack animal control, you might want to take a look at the warrant. Bambi has a dislocated kneecap, was a 1.9 out of 10 on the body composition scale (1 being emaciated, 10 being obese), and had extensive periodontal disease and abscesses that probably made it very painful for her to eat the kibble he left out, and apparently ate “ravenously” when she was offered wet food. She had pus in the discharge from her eyes and nose.

It seems there might be more to this story than Mr. Weisenberg would like us to know. He told animal control that he didn’t intend on investing any more money on his elderly dog. I’m not saying animal control was 100% right here, but I don’t think Weisenberg is the wrongly persecuted saint he’s coming off as being.

By: Buffy

Buffy — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:42:32 +0000

This is so dirty what this animal control did to this man who had a dog that lived over a century in dog-human years. I read this article and more comments, on a new link here,

http://thenewworldorder.blog.com/

And I now found this site as well. Get the word out about this government gone ‘maddog’ on control. Anyone can ‘jackup’ a warrant on meaningless issues when they want to ‘get you’ for standing up to their power and control madness thru our pets.

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:00:58 +0000

It appears that the only thing the owner did wrong (VERY WRONG) was to tie the dog to a tree and leave it for hours - or at all. Animal Control should have addressed that NOT the age of the animal, that was none of their business.

By: DogPressOrg

DogPressOrg — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:53:32 +0000

Additional new postings of this article for your review and their comments. Seems ‘everyone’ on all sights agree. This is not criminal cruelty. Mistake in judgment maybe, but not criminal cruelty. Dismiss the case.
Link as follows:

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog.....8VY?p=2918

By: Thel Josenhans

Thel Josenhans — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:51:22 +0000

I think the , ” Animal Control officer ” had no feeling for Bambi , is a …IDIOT , Should be fired , She , absolutely , caused the death , of Bambi , by having Her taken away , starved , hoping , she would die , & God only knows , what they gave Her , to make Her die , the Animal control officer , over steped her authority , playing…….. GOD ,
who lives & who dies . Mr. Weisenberg ……… do us all , a favor ,
get a lawyer ………. bring this ……… so called Animal Control Officer ,
down , Why they hire people , that hate animals , I guess , they have to be a mean …….. B…….. to take the job , they are no friend of animals ,
they like to order people around , to show , they can , do any dam thing , they want. T.K.J. Thel

By: Kiki

Kiki — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:27:49 +0000

We need to ban together. That woman should be the one charged with animal cruelty.

By: TEALCSMOMMY

TEALCSMOMMY — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:46:54 +0000

NEVER LEAVE A DOG TIED TO A POST FOR SEVERAL HOURS UNATTENDED.
IF THE SUN DOESN’T FRY HIM (DEHYDRATION, ESPECIALLY A CHIHUAHUA), THEN A WILD ANIMAL CAN ATTACK HIM AND HE WILL BE DEFENSELESS. WILD ANIMALS DO COME OUT IN THE DAYTIME. IT HAPPENED TO MY FRIEND. HIS LITTLE DOG WAS APPROACHED IN THE DAY BY A COYOTE AND I GUESS THE COYOTE JUST ATE BECAUSE HE DIDN’T EAT THE LITTLE PUP.

By: The Lioness

The Lioness — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:26:11 +0000

This story made me cry. Who the h*** was this woman to think she knew better than the man who lived with this dog for 18 years? Holy cow! I really hope this case gets tossed!

Sure. Maybe he made a mistake tethering her. Maybe he should have asked his roommate to let her out when he/she got home and watch her or something.

We just lost a 14 year old marema (Italian sheep dog.) For a dog that size to live that long is unusual, but she did. She was arthritic in her hips, but my parents’ vet never once suggested it was time to put her down. She was on arthritis medication. My family was never charged with animal cruelty for LETTING THEIR DOG GET OLD!

WTF, people?

I really feel for this man. I don’t want him to go to jail. I really think he loved his dog, and I also strongly feel he would have KNOWN when it was time for Bambi to go.

~The Lioness

By: trucorgi

trucorgi — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:30:25 +0000

KimS-Because this law leaves it open for her interpretation. It’s a bad law!

Read it again “Any person who confines or tethers a dog for an unreasonable period of time shall be fined”

What is “confined”? Could be a crate or a fence, Aren’t all dogs confined in some way?

What is a “tether”? A leash is a tether. Every groomer tethers a dog on the table in a noose. Sled dogs, guard dogs and many working dogs are always tethered.

And what is “unreasonable”? If you want a law like this on the books, then for God’s sake be specific! http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=3177

I donâ€™t think any dog should live their life on a chain, but tethering in and of itself, is not necessarily cruel and should not be criminalized.

By: Robert Davis

Robert Davis — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:26:27 +0000

Don Earl - loved your comment! I agree!

By: KimS

KimS — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:54:53 +0000

Cautionary tale. Don’t tether. But, my god, how does the animal control officer get away with making up her own rules? Sad.

By: trucorgi

trucorgi — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:31:11 +0000

Does tethering a dog rise to the level of criminal animal cruelty/neglect? Apparently this animal control officer thinks so and will now have to prove it in court. According to the law you canâ€™t throw someone in jail for this. Not sure who determines what is â€œan unreasonable period of timeâ€. I guess it will be a judge now. If anything, Mr. Weisenberg should have only received a fine of not more than $100 according to the law. The fact that they seized his dog and held her for 10 days seems to be a violation of his rights.
Hereâ€™s the law:
Connecticut
Chapter 435. Dogs and Other Companion Animals. Kennels and Pet Shops
Sec. 22-350a. Tethering and confining of dog for unreasonable period of time. Fine.
Any person who confines or tethers a dog for an unreasonable period of time shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense, not less than one hundred dollars or more than two hundred fifty dollars for a second offense, and not less than two hundred fifty dollars or more than five hundred dollars for any subsequent offense.

This legislation was, no doubt a result of the lobbying efforts of HSUS and the animal rights movement. Unless citizens start challenging these laws in court we will loose our right to own and care for our pets. We all need to think about this and stop allowing laws to be passed with gray language like â€œunreasonable period of timeâ€. To Mr. Weisenberg 5-6 hours was reasonable. To this animal control officer the dog would be better off dead. I donâ€™t happen to think that is reasonable at all.

By: kathy

kathy — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:49:09 +0000

We have been a police state for a few years now. How could no one have noticed?