Animal Control Watch

This one will break your heart, unless of course you are a police officer or animal control officer in the city of Adelanto, California.

It seems that the Daniels family jointly owned 6 pit bulls and a terrier.

3 of the dogs were puppies.

When Mr. Daniels arrived home from work, he expected to be greeted by his dogs as usual; however, he found that two of them had been shot at his home and the rest (including the terrier) had been impounded and killed at the city animal control facility.

The four dogs, including the terrier, were then deemed vicious by the animal control officer and a threat to public safety so were destroyed, according to Aaron Palmer acting director of animal control and human resource director for the city.
While there have been no reports of the dogs biting anyone during the incident, Palmer said he cannot comment on specifics of the case.
“Our dogs were the sweetest animals and would never hurt anyone,” cried Sherry.

We think the animal control officer is likely a threat to public safety. Does that mean we get to kill him? Likely not, and neither should he (or she) be able to kill someone else’s dogs.

Especially not when they knocked the fence down and removed the dogs:

Leah Roach, a neighbor of the Daniels, said she saw the police and animal control knock on the Daniels’ front door then break down the family’s fence and enter the back yard to extricate the dogs.
“If they didn’t know they were their dogs, then why did they knock on their door?” questioned Roach.

Ok, so if you live in Adelanto, apparently while you are off trying to earn a living, the police and/or animal control can come destroy your fence, steal your dogs, and kill them.

For the full story, click here.

The City of Adelanto’s motto would appear to be “Progress Through Unity.”

Perhaps they should change that to “Progress Through Killing Animals.”

And aren’t these the same people who had the head of animal control placed on administrative leave for being charged with killing, maiming and abusing kittens last month?  Why yes, we believe they are.  Maybe it is an educational program there..you start with killing kittens, then “graduate” to puppies….then…what?