XPost: alt.animals.dog, rec.pets.dogs.health, talk.politics.animals   
   From: boxhill@verizon.net   
      
   usual suspect wrote:   
   > Spot wrote:   
   >> I don't know what video you watched but it sure as hell wasn't the   
   >> same one I saw.  The video shows them shooting dogs that were not   
   >> pitts and dogs that were in no way threatening them.  Dogs that were   
   >> just wandering the streets looking for something to eat.  I'm not   
   >> saying some of the dogs shouldn't be put down definately ones that   
   >> are attacking should but these shootings were not justified.   
   >   
   > As sad as it may be, they ARE justified. There's no time to sort out   
   > records of ownership or vaccinations, if they even can be found at   
   > this point. Also, those animals have likely been drinking very   
   > contaminated water; they may or may not be eating human remains.   
   > Rescuers deserve an environment as free from dangers -- including   
   > sick dogs -- as possible. The dogs have to go.   
      
   Yes--they have to go to the shelters being provided by animal lovers all   
   across the nation, not provide target practice for trigger-happy idiots.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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