WTF News

[classicman]

Ball'Me Mor'ial Hos'pit'al.

[Gravdigr]

Okay, this is a WTF news item, and it's not a WTF news item.




Sure, you can't just go door to door handing out retired wardogs. But, just kill 'em? That seems extremely callous, especially when you take into account what these dogs did. No telling the lives that were saved by these dogs. No telling the things these dogs did for their handlers. If you use such a noble animal in such a way, the least you can do is let the poor thing live out his life. They should keep the dogs up for the rest of their lives.

I hope whoever had the final sayso on killing these dogs, lives a long, healthy, prosperous life. And when he/she does die, hopefully in their sleep, at 100+ yrs of age, I hope they get to heaven.

To find that God is a retired wardog.

A concerned reader has created a petition to urge the British government to reconsider the euthanization of war dogs. Should you wish to sign it, you may do so here:

Ministry of Defense and David Cameron: Stop the killing of War Dogs

[glatt]

I don't know anything about training dogs, but I wouldn't want a dog that was trained to attack people to be living next door.

Maybe they could put them on a farm somewhere. With a tall fence. Patrol a base or something.

"Smithers, release the hounds."

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by glatt

With a tall fence. Patrol a base or something.

That's the sort of thing I was talking about. I wasn't suggesting they keep the retired wardogs down at the local daycare, or kindergarten playground.

Somewhere appropriate.

Also, people's taxes paid for these dogs and their training. The allocations should include providing for them after they've "served their usefulness".

Don't most of these type dogs actually have a rank? I know most police dogs do. They're treated as soldiers, while they're "useful", and like garbage, to be thrown away, when they're used up.

This has bothered me way more than I thought it would.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Also, people's taxes paid for these dogs and their training. The allocations should include providing for them after they've "served their usefulness".

Hang on, I thought all Americans were anti-tax to the extent that they don't even want to pay to educate other people's children?
But English tax-payers should pay for pensions for dogs?

ETA that was s'posed to be a joke but came off xenophobic and a bit nasty, sorry.