Animal Abuse Rescue

(This article was found at http://blog.aspca.org/content/aspca-arrests-bronx-man-shooting-killing-neighbors-maltese              This is not my article! I do not take any credit for it!! This is also just my summary of it, it is not the entire article. For the whole article, more information and pictures, visit the website.)

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 11:15am

'On April 12, the ASPCA arrested a Bronx man for shooting his neighbor’s Maltese, Spike, after the dog wandered into his yard.' Donald Savino, 73, placed signs in his yard that said, "Keep your dog off the grass." When Spike got out and padded into Savino's yard, Savino allegedly shot him with an air rifle from his window. “He was smelling a tree,” Spike’s pet parent, Marco Lopez, told The New York Daily News. “Suddenly, I hear this noise....I hear my dog cry—he was screaming in pain.” Lopez immediately took Spike to the vet, but he was unable to be saved and was then humanely euthanized. According to forensic investigators at  Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital, Spike had been shot twice on two separate occasions, each one could have led to fatal injuries. “You have no idea all the pain we went through,” Lopez told The Daily News. “We loved (Spike) so much....It was such a terrible way that he died.” Savino was charged with aggravated animal cruelty, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal mischief and possession of an air rifle. The ASPCA is shocked about Spike's story, but regardless, is working feverishly every day to help put a stop to animal cruelty. They are making valient efforts to be sure that the criminals who commit abuse or neglect against animals are given proper consequenses.

~Okay... HOW COULD YOU SHOOT A POOR INNOCENT DOG FOR ACCIDENTALLY TRESPASSING ON YOUR PROPERTY?!?! IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT, THEY CAN'T READ YOUR STUPID "DO NOT TRESPASS SIGNS"!! Shame on that dog for being born without the ability to read human english. Shame on you, sir, for shooting it for something that was absolutely not its fault. That poor family should... I don't know... sue you or something! I mean, seriously! WAKE UP PEOPLE AND REALIZE WHAT THIS WORLD IS COMING TO! THESE ANIMALS ARE LIKE US! WOULD YOU SHOOT SOMEONE FOR BEING INNOCENT?! I THINK NOT! SO WHY WOULD YOU DO IT TO THAT POOR DOG?! THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE! (Grrr! It just gets me sooo mad!!)