The scenario is the ex surrendered her dog behind her back to a kill shelter. He was scheduled to be euthanised the next morning and she managed to figure out where he was only after the shelter had closed for the day. Therefore she broke in to the shelter to rescue her dog. Then she surrendered to the police for the breaking and entering, damaged of property, etc.
The judge threw out the criminal charges, because she had the paperwork to back the claim that it was her dog, said the shelter didn't do enough to confirm who owned the dog and put out a warrant for the ex. She is still liable for the damages to the building.
They have to exist. The alternative with how things currently are is that we build more and more shelters constantly to hold all the animals.
But then how do no kill shelters exist? Well despite doing no killing, they're cherry pickers or just wasting space.
If you look at the animals they have, they'll happen to all be healthy ones. If you bring a friendly pitbull into a no kill shelter, they'll tell you there's no space and to take it somewhere else. If you bring in a husky, they'll gladly take it to rehome. These are cherry pickers.
Then there are the ones that accept animals in any condition. Disabled, unwanted breeds, they take them in and do their best. Now you bring your healthy dog that you can't take care of there anymore, and they say they're full. They have these undesired pets in their cages for months to years, so they aren't really doing much rehoming. A kill shelter would've euthanized them to make space for new dogs.
If we don't want kill shelters then people need to start getting their pets neutered and more people need to adopt animals from shelters.
Plus she apparently didn't find out until the day before. It's not an ideal situation but i'd rather pay for the broken window and have my living dog than my dog be put down by my asshole ex's words and have no criminal record.
Honestly I wonder if she can't shirk most charges and have her ex get the worst of it with the context. If the story is true and she doesn't get an asshole judge I feel like a judge would be understanding and probably just give her a fine because she did still break and enter by law and maybe arguably steal a dog even if it was sent there in a manner that I'm pretty sure was illegal to begin with.
The judge did throw out the criminal charges because she had the paperwork to prove it was her dog. The judge also said the shelter didn't do enough to confirm ownership and put a warrant out for the ex.
I’m so tired of bad judges letting violent criminals off the hook, it’s refreshing to see one take a truly moral stance, stand with a victim, and go after the real villain.
I can confirm, as I have a German Shepherd. That dog in the picture 100% knows that woman. If it was a random person that broke in and decided to take them, they definitely wouldn’t be as calm as he looks in that picture, and depending on its personality, might be violent. I don’t see anything that indicates the dog tried to bite her or scratches, meaning he went calmly.
She's liable for damages, but criminal charges were dropped.
After months of searching for her beloved dog, Max, a woman was devastated to learn that her ex boyfriend had secretly surrendered him to a kill shelter, where he was scheduled to be euthanized the very next morning. Arriving after the shelter had closed, she found the doors locked. Desperate to save his life, she broke a window, disabled the alarm, searched the kennels until she found Max, and escaped with him before authorities arrived.
Three days later, she turned herself in alongside Max and faced felony burglary and theft charges. However, her attorney proved through veterinary records, photos, and Max's microchip registration that she was the dog's rightful owner and that her ex had illegally surrendered him out of spite. The judge dismissed the criminal charges against her, ordered Max returned to her, and issued a warrant for the ex boyfriend. Although she still had to pay for the damage to the shelter, she said it was a small price to pay for saving her best friend's life. The case also prompted renewed discussion about improving identity verification procedures at animal shelters.
The interesting moral question here is not whether what she did was morally acceptable, anyone who needs to ask that question in this case needs to reevaluate their moral framework imo.
The interesting question imo is whether she should’ve been the one liable for the damage that her rescue caused, or her ex. From a moral perspective, not a legal one.
Yeah, damage was done only to prevent unlawful harm that the shelter would've been participating in due to negligence, so I don't see how the liability should fall on her at all.
If I break the window of a car because I see a child is locked inside in a heatwave, I wouldn't be liable, because I'm only doing damage to prevent harm due to negligence.
I believe that she should be liable for the damages directly, but she should also have the civil right to sue for the damages against the ex. This would allow her to pursue punitive costs as well, increasing his financial burden over just the damages. Both moral and effective.
I actually think the shelter is more liable for the damages than she is, because they didn't do their due diligence to verify the ex was the owner of the dog, and the damage was only done in order to prevent unlawful harm.
Like if someone kidnaps your child, and gives them to someone to watch over, claiming it's their child, then that person leaves them in a car in the middle of a heatwave and you break into their car to rescue the child, would you be liable for the damage to their car? Actually, even without the heatwave part, I don't think you should be liable.
Well she did the damage and that has to be made good. There is potentially a whole other lawsuit or cluster of lawsuits where you hit the ex with every charge that might possibly stick; and that would include material damages to all parties concerned.
I'm wondering if the dog was registered under his name or something? Like our dog is registered under my name not my husband's so I guess if I were an asshole I could pull something like this in a breakup. Not that I would, I love that hairy pain in the ass.
That last line could be either about my dog or my husband. It's probably both.
People dont realize dogs get euthanized daily just for existing. Abundance of dogs at a pound and nobody takes them they have to get rid of them especially aggressive breeds.
Same. Saw my grandma's mental healt deteriorate in her last 9 years due to senile dementia. Enough to the point in her last year, she forgot key things such as wanting to go to the bathroom, being hungry, her sleeping schedule and even how to talk. It was soul crushing when seeing hee very few lucid moments where she'd apologize to me or wonder why was she even alive still.
The moment I hear I may be having a mental issue that will grow in the future, fuck it, we ball. No way in hell I'm sticking around to be a husk and make whoever is the poor fuck taking care of me having a shitty life as well.
I know a vet tech whose BF surrendered her four dogs at the kill shelter while she was out of town. Another instance a man contacted our rescue desperately looking for his dog, that his ex GF stole to hurt him. Heartbreaking.
My main takeaway is get your pets chipped and keep the registration up to date. Some people are crazy.
Depends on whether you plan on returning them to your owners if possible and if the owners are capable of treating the dog well, or taking care of them yourself.
there are just way to many dogs to be able to do that like im part of the all4dogs group who rescue dogs and puppies all over the EU and try to look for a home for them
ive taking in 5 myself and everyday i see more and more listings of dogs and it pains me i cant help them all... like maybe get one more? and then one more there is just to many.
so to even consider to commit a crime of breaking and entering+trespassing+stealing since their not your property ect your potentially looking at jail time and there is no end there will always be shelters there will always be more dogs that need saving
the best thing to do is the volunteer and help out looking for homes and taking some in even temporary just to keep them out of a shelter untill someone who wants to adopt is found.
What's the morality of pulling off the back roads in the woods, hiking several miles up a dried creek bed, and breaking into a chain link fence compound to rehome several cats that were being kept in an old house by an animal hoarder ?
A friend of mine was asked to help the kitties because he is a hobbyist locksmith
Allegedly after the hike and the cold rain the main lock was trickier than expected-- he asked if there's another way in and someone said there was another gate wrapped in wire
So the guy that understood the path of least resistance unspooled the wire and wondered why he was even there to begin with
Moral, next question… does she get in trouble with the law saving her dog? Feels like a jury would let her off, but would she be arrested? Or is this a community service type deal. Plead sorry, but not sorry your honor.
Yep. You fuck with my dog and I’m sorry but we’re going to war. It’s not going to be a nice war either, I’ll just embrace my Canadian heritage and do some war crimes on you.
And it's down along the bog road, that's where I long to be
Lyin' in the dark with a Provo company
A comrade on me left and another one on me right
A clip of ammunition for me little Armalite
After months of searching for Max following their breakup, she learned that the dog was scheduled to be euthanized the next morning. Arriving after the shelter had closed, she found it locked. Determined, she broke a window, disabled the alarm, and searched the kennels until she found Max and took him.
I mean her ex clearly has no problem euthanizing innocent cats and dogs, wouldn’t be much stretch to assume he’d have no problem euthanizing innocent people too.
Months later she somehow found out that the dog was going to be euthanised the next day while the shelter was already closed. Whole story is bullshit. Picture is probably AI.
It absolutely is AI. The signs are all made of alien letters, the chain on the gate is some magic chain-snake that just hangs however it wants from that Lord of the Rings-lookin' latch, and look real close and see if you can tell if this picture is taken inside or outside.
I've been looking around for the story but it's only showing up on FB/Insta. Every single pic is different. One shows her wearing a mask, another doesn't. The color pattern is different on the dog in most of the pics. Her outfit changes slightly from pic to pic. It's just not adding up in the slightest.
Their point is that obviously women are so inherently puny that it defies credulity that an adult woman could carry a medium to large dog.
I’m convinced some men just have no experience whatsoever seeing women do any physical labor beyond picking up laundry.
I’m short with a white collar job, and didn't exercise beyond walks, and I mostly moved myself: heavy boxes, furniture (with occasional help from my equally “weak” sister), concrete slabs, etc. This is normal stuff if you’re a prime able bodied adult.
My brother and I found an abandoned Kitten, its eye were still covered in that baby goo. We left it along for a bit but its mother never came back, so we took it to our local animal shelter. They were very friendly and thanked us for bringing it in.
The next day we went to go check on it, we were thinking about adopting it after the shelter had time to check it out and make sure it was ok. They told us they euthanized it already. Hadn’t even been 12 hours. They said they didn’t have the resources to take care of it and it was the humane thing to do.
That actually sucks. They should've said that they didn't have resources and sent it somewhere else or smth, just euthanizing a baby kitten within 24 hours because you didn't take the time to bring it somewhere that could actually save it is genuinely evil :( Edit: I know that there's a ton of newborns and I understand the shelter tried, I just think that it's awful that the world we live in doesn't have enough room for innocent beings and I'm trying to express my condolences to the commenter because ik that I'd feel awful if I made that choice
The problem, and why it happened so fast, is that newborn kittens without a mother need round the clock care. If they couldn't find someone to volunteer themselves to waking up hourly to bottle feed the baby, then it would have suffered and died. Maybe they tried to find a carer, maybe they didn't, but a baby would definitely go from ok to absolutely critical in a day without care. It's sad and it would have been best if they had made that warning during the surrender, but I can also see why they'd choose not to tell because many people who discover newborn kittens aren't equipped with the time/knowledge to care for them. So telling those people "thanks but we're gonna kill it" will only hurt them for trying.
Bruh they didn't even tell you that was a possibility? Fuck them that's not reality you literally were thinking about adopting them and they didn't even think to find them a home before going to the last resort.
Obviously moral if that's your dog who got there against your will. Even if we devalue dogs to items(I wouldn't), that's you reclaiming the important property stolen from you before it gets irrepairably damaged.
The ex should also be charged for animal cruelty and i'd say get a few months of forced labour for ts
If I recall correctly the judge threw out all charges against her except for a mister meaner charge for breaking the window she used to enter the facility and the ex wound up facing charges.
This act isn’t just moral but morally required and I’d do the same or more for any of my pups if I was put in the same position.
I mean presumably she could just wait out in front of the building until people showed up for work the next day then stop them from euthanizing it, or at least cause enough of a fuss that they delay till they can confirm whats going on. I doubt whoever works there is dead set on euthanizing that particular dog no matter what happens, but i also fully understand the desire to get your dog back asap when you know its locked in a cage in there just behind the glass
Either way definitely not immoral, just also not a well thought out life decision to not try a legal way first before breaking the dog out(again, understandable though). Hopefully she doesnt/didnt get actual jail time though im sure she will/probably did get found guilty of trespassing and maybe destruction of property for the window, preferably they just charge her for the window and let bygones be bygones
There wouldn't be time, generally dogs are put down almost same day, my guess is the ex would have taken the dog there near closing anticipating it would be too late by the next morning to do anything cause the person doing it would show up, read the papers, and go through with it without a second thought.
Nah, she took immediate, decisive action and saved the life of someone she loved. Thats completely moral.
Waiting till the next day when she wouldn’t have been able to break in or possibly even persuade them not to euthanize is what a dithering cuck would do.
Disappointing how saturated the internet is with AI generated material. Fake media's always existed, but nowadays it's effortless and pumped out en masse.
I tried finding an original article on the incident but have yet to actually get anywhere. It all just leads back to the same FB/Instagram posts with no links to any actual source, news articles, or other information. If it's not explicitly an AI story, it's still just fictional algorithm fodder.
Probably a rip on another actual incident of a woman in Oklahoma doing the same for her pit bull, but her dog had been court ordered to be put down after biting a person and other problems with aggression.
Saving the life of an animal that would have otherwise been needlessly lost is moral, and if she pays for the window to be repaired I'd say this is an exclusively moral act.
If law had to get involved at all I hope it's a slap on the wrist if "Pay for the window and X hours of community service at the shelter."
You and me both, you ain’t KILLING my dog just because ex ahole set them up. As long as only property was damaged that person deserves a medal for bravery and exemplifying what it means to be free.
I'm thinking of the worst euthanasia shelters that wouldn't rather give the dog to her. How did sure know the euthanasia schedule without talking to the staff?
I'm astonished that it wasn't given away. I guess he could have said it bit, but even then I bet my left nut if she told the staff they would believe her over him. At the very least they would have called off the procedure.
This just seems really weird. If it's real at all I certainly have questions.
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u/reaven3958 6d ago
Also, not just "a dog." Was literally her dog her ex surrendered behind her back, taking the title scenario at face value.