Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Woman Tries To Mail Puppy In Box

One of my friends emailed me an article that was so amazingly horrifying that I had to not only share it but felt compelled to comment. We require people to take a test and get licensed to drive a car, we should make this mandatory to own a dog. WHY? The headline below says all that needs to be said:



Stacy Champion wanted to send a puppy to a friend, but to REALLY ship a dog is quite expensive, some times as much as $200.00 - $300.00. So she had the brilliant idea to send the little poodle-mix through the US Postal Service! She also thought ahead, and decided to pay extra, a whopping $22.00, to ship the poor dog Priority mail so it would be there in 2 days. I guess she figured imprisoned in a dark, cramped box for 2 days with no food or water would be fine for the young pup.

The only reason this handsome dog is still alive, is because during the sorting at the Post Office the dog must have started moving, causing the box he was imprisoned in to fall from a table. The Postal Worker that picked up the box said he could hear panting inside, so they ended up opening the box. Had this package gone into the unheated, unpressurized baggage compartment the puppy would certainly have died.

Perhaps even more disturbing that the behavior of Ms. Champion, is the fact she can still get the puppy BACK! A quote from the article really shows how serious we are about punishing abusers of animals:

“Champion has until Friday to make an appeal to animal control to get the puppy back. If animal controls says she can’t have the puppy back, it will go up for adoption.”

Get it BACK? Either locally for cruelty to animals or federally for mail fraud (or some such), my primary question is why is she not in jail? This is one of the most abhorrent examples of owner stupidity and blatant cruelty and yet no one seems willing or able to punish this person to the level she deserves.

The report says she was charged with animal cruelty; however on a local level this generally means a fine of some kind and perhaps community service but rarely any jail time. 
Posted by Capawble Phil at 8:14 AM
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2011 at 4:20 PM

    that's disgusting, but not surprising. Look at what happens to big dogs all over this country, tied to trees and forced to fight. And look at the kind of morons they allow to leave a hospital with a infant child......

    she definetely should not be allowed to have the pup back, but then, where does puppy end up? in a shelter?
    Caroline

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  2. Capawble PhilFebruary 3, 2011 at 7:30 AM

    That is truly the saddest part of this story. The dog which by all rights should now be dead does not know if it will indeed survive.

    It will go to a shelter where it MAY be adopted. Because of the publicity this dog is getting especially in the local area, it may have a decent chance at being adopted. Let us hope that is does indeed find a loving home with kids and a yard and love for the rest of it's days.

    I know that sounds a little sappy, but the damm dog deserves it.

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