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A family in San Mateo, California is expressing outrage that police shot and killed their two dogs after they escaped and started barking at children in a park.
Carla Torres, 38, says her two boxers, a female named Bella and a male named Jordan, may have been loose and loud at Laurie Meadows Park, having escaped out a side gate at her home, but that there was no reason for officers to shoot them.
Police Shot Both Dogs
From The San Francisco Chronicle:
The incident happened on Monday, when a “frantic” citizen called 911, reporting that “two vicious boxer-type dogs” were at the park growling at people, including a group of small children practicing soccer, said police Sgt. Dave Norris.
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Officers arrived and saw that the dogs were “behaving in an increasingly threatening manner, creating a clearly dangerous environment toward the officers and others in the park,” Norris said.
As other officers cleared people from the park, an officer tried to use a Taser shock weapon on one of the dogs, but it didn’t stop the dog.
Without waiting for animal control to arrive, the police shot both dogs, killing Jordan and wounding Bella, who was later euthanized.
Two Differing Points Of View
Police have described the dogs as vicious and said they were threatening another dog and a child. They say animal control was called, but the situation escalated too quickly, forcing officers to open fire. They say they had no choice but to use their weapons.
Torres says she’s sorry that kids got scared at the park, but points out that the pair of year-old dogs, who were from the same litter, hadn’t bitten anyone at the park. In fact, no people were injured in the incident.
So why didn’t the cops wait until animal control arrived?
“They Were Wonderful Dogs”
Her daughter, Cheyenne Torres, 13, said this was the first time the dogs had escaped.
“They were wonderful dogs,” Cheyenne said. “Bella was shy. She was really quiet. She wouldn’t hurt a fly, and Jordan, he was really hyper and he would bark more than Bella. He was so loving.”
A sad and disturbing story of two unnecessary deaths.
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You speak my mind. And I am quoting from Lydia S.:
"If police are required to take "Animal Control" calls when Animal Control is not available -- then they should also be REQUIRED to have THE SAME TRAINING as the Animal Control officers & carry non-lethal means to sedate an animal!
Keep in mind, Animal Control officers do NOT take "police" calls, because they're not trained; the same should be true for Police! They're not qualified, it they're not trained!
They should know about various breeds; significance of certain behaviors; recognize when an animal is just frightened & when it's truly aggressive & posing a REAL threat! Make it mandatory!
People should also learn about animal behavior in order to deal with a situation in a RATIONAL manner! There is CAUTION when approaching a dog you don't know & then there is STUPID FEAR, which an animal senses & which can actually TRIGGER aggression!
With proper training and a little common sense, this whole situation could have been prevented! Sad for the dogs ... tragic for the family!"
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I am appalled to read comments like Sue T's, defending the cops' behaviour and saying what they did was right. How can you say so? Don't you have a heart? Or how can you work at a vet clinic, where a person's job is to care for animals? Of all the people, you should know better...Those two dogs were family to their owners. I have a cat, he is my son, I am his mother. I will feel the same agony I would for my sisters or my mother when my cat dies. And to be like Jordan and Bella, and to die this cruel, undeserved death? They were just two child dogs, excited by the sight of children playing. Jordan and Bella were kids too. They just wanted to play. And instead, got killed. I can't cry hard enough... How are these bastard cops gonna compensate for the family's loss? Imagine your children are being killed just because they wanted to protect themselves against some other kids or against an outside threat without being questioned first as to why they were acting aggressively. How would you feel? And I can never agree with the idea that animals are unpredictable. They are NOT! We just have to pay attention to their feelings as they can't speak. We must observe them well. That's all. Even if Jordan and Bella were posing a real threat, it wasn't the cops' right to kill them. The solution shouldn't have been to kill the poor dogs, and in front of children?.. This is truly tragic, truly outrageous... Words are failing me right now. But Alex, thank you for your wonderful comments. You s
The only good USA cop is a dead cop.I loathe USA cops.I was recently holidaying in the USA as I have done on an annual basis for the last 16 years.I was in a hotel room with 2 other travel friends and we were sleeping.The door to our hotel is suddenly smashed in at 4 am.Oh yes these vile pigs raided the wrong room.No appology was given.We were highly traumatised by this event.American police in general have a disgusting attitude problem and receive very poor training.Our Police in Australia are required to undertake enhanced training and most do not have an attitude problem, nor do they make it their mission to shoot and kill animals
Trigger happy cops once again.
Why do 2% of you say yes to this I wonder ?? Have you no heart ?
Very sad story((((((((((( Dull policemen were not right!!!!!!!!!!
Well, Susan, it might depend on where you live. I'm in a small town in California, and the cops are usually pretty cool about things. I called Animal Control about the two large pitbulls jumping on my neighbor, after I contained them in my garage. I had the dogs' owner, Animal Control, and Police show up at the same time. I was impressed with how they handled the situation. The owner was a young guy who could hardly speak through his tears, he was so happy to see his dogs. Police and Animal Control counseled him sternly, but no citation was issued and the dogs weren't impounded.
Linda H - I've yet to meet one!
When the boxers didn't sit and stay after being tazered, there was imminent danger, obviously!
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