Dog found burned in NC park
 

Here's the story.

The video link on the side of the web page shows the damage.

I hope the find the person responsible and beat them senseless.

fixed that for ya.

They would have to have some sense in the first place for that to work.... :(

Well fuck.

:(

Mean people suck.

A quarter mile down the road from me, someone burned a human.

That sucks, mebbe you should post that story...in another thread. The reason I know about Ember is because a good friend told me. Often times violence and abuse towards animals leads to or is a sign of abuse/violence towards humans. In addition to that, animals deserve our protection from torture as much as humans do. That poor puppy was beaten (broken jaw), burned, who-knows, and then left for 2 weeks before someone rescued her. She is just as undeserving of that kind of treatment as a human child.

Did this happen before or after Michael Vick got released from prison?

My wife's a big Eagles fan and she's still pissed they put him on the roster.

tastes like chicken.

No Understandably, this has affected you deeply because you know the dog. It's a horrible thing to happen to any dog, or human. Are you aware this happens every day... just in this country? A friend of mine is an animal control officer (dog catcher), and tells me about this stuff at least two or three times a month, just in one South Jersey county. Cats seem to be targeted more than dogs, too. It's sickening.

I could never condone uncontrolled violence to any animal, but pet owners bear the ultimate responsibility for their care and control. Most animals don't just appear out of no where in urban settings. The problem begins with the person who originally owned the animal and had ultimate responsibility to control said animal. After that point the individual who did wanton harm to said animal bears a different level of responsibility and deserves punishment. But let's not forget where the problems starts, esp in an urban setting, with the original owners, IMHO they bear the ultimate responsibility.

And then burn them, and finally sent to hell so Cerberus can use him/her as a chew toy.

There is an appalling lack of personal responsibility in the world these days. Everyone is a victim of someone or something and therefore not accountable for their actions. No one who does something fucked up *ever* says, "Yeah, I'm a fuckwit and deserve to pay for my transgressions." It's always "daddy beat me" or "mommy didn't love me" or "I'm a junkie, so I have a disease" or something else that removes the burden of responsibility for antisocial behaviors and places it firmly on the shoulders of - someone else. *Anyone* else.

My faith in humankind is at an all time low.

Sure, I have those moments.
Generally, people suck.

However, there are honest people, and in spite of all the dishonesty I choose to be as honest as I can. I'll get screwed over once or twice or a hundred times, but I live with my own actions. I choose to do better.

I am very aware that this sort of thing happens everyday and is not isolated to this one incident. As you said tho, through proxy, I know this dog.
I live in an area where I've seen animal abuse most of my life. We live outside of proper city limits and its difficult to get the county to take responsibility for anything they don't have to. For years we lived next to a family who raised and fought chickens. A neighbor kept a dalmatian tide to their tree and abandoned it, letting it starve until we noticed and took over. A neighbor kept a puppy tide up until its skin grew around its collar, again until we noticed. I have too many stories like or similar to this. Animal abuse happens in urban areas too I know, but at least there you can call animal control.
I hate animal abuse and it bugs the hell outta me no matter what. Basically I posted the article I did because it ruined a friend's day and therefore ruined mine. Its also a good thing to discuss because its the sorta thing that raises awareness or irritates good people enough to take action.

Except for the last sentence ... I concur. I have met some of the most amazingly wonderful people in recent months and those whom I should have known and expected to be assholes ... were. Why I thought they might have changed? Dunno, Guess I'm just schtupit.

I am reading Koont's The Darkest Evening of the year. It's about dogs and burning.

The horror of its reality disturbs me greatly.

In a novel we could hope for and probably get a satisfactory ending. :(