Animal Control workers hurl pets off bridge in Puerto Rico

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Source: ap

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Animal control workers seized dozens of dogs and cats from housing projects in the town of Barceloneta and hurled them from a bridge to their deaths, authorities and witnesses said Friday. Mayor Sol Luis Fontanez blamed a contractor hired to take the animals to a shelter.

"This is an irresponsible, inhumane and shameful act," he told The Associated Press.

Fontanez said the city hired Animal Control Solution to clear three housing projects of pets after warning residents about a no-pet policy. He said the city paid $60 for every animal recovered and another $100 for each trip to a shelter in the San Juan suburb of Carolina.

Raids were conducted on Monday and Wednesday, and residents told TV reporters they saw the animal control workers inject the animals. When they asked what they were giving them, they said they were told it was a sedative for the drive to the shelter.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071012/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/puerto_rico_pet_massacre

[superconnected]

1. This is on the front of yahoo right now.

I'm so sick to hear this.

So friggen sick. Apparently they did this Friday.

I've often suspected there was something wrong with animal control workers in my area when I've gone to the pound to buy an animal. They're super rude and always have been at Everett, Washingtons "humane" society shelter.

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2. "They can't prove that they are the same dogs that we picked up."

Guilty! Can you imagine answering a horrible charge like that by saying "you can't PROVE it"? Not sure what the animal cruelty laws are like in PR, but hopefully they are extremely harsh.

[AndyTiedye]

3. Would it be Any Better if They Were Throwing DIFFERENT Dogs Off the Bridge?

What kind of a defense is that?

[Beaverhausen]

4. Oh god

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