Target, the Afghanistan hero dog. Killed.

Should the moron who did this atrocity be put in jail and sued for every last penny he has?

  • Yes! Definitely! Not a doubt in the world.

    Votes: 27 67.5%

  • It wasn't a big deal, let him go.

    Votes: 13 32.5%
  • Total voters
    40
Rikko145

Rikko145

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This morning on the national US news, I heard this story again. This dog the soldiers adopted as their mascot attacked a suicide bomber when nobody else saw him slip in. She and two other boxes nearly killed him before he detonated himself, taking the other two with him. A soldier took Target back to his home in Arizona, hailing her as a hero. Last night she slipped out of the backyard and was picked up at the local shelter. When he went to retrieve her in the morning, she had been euthanised. I am furious, and literally cried at this. By law, you must give a healthy dog 2-3 weeks beore euthanisation is an option. I hope the idiot who had the audacity to kill her after less than a day burns in hellfire. He should be sued and put in jail. I'm considering a career in the armed forces and an animal lover, so this is particularly disturbing to me. I salute you dear soldier, and I am praying for the soul of that brave canine patriot.
 
I think the owner should have the right to sue. I'm not sure of the legal details, but putting it to sleep in a single day is absolutely ridiculous, unless it was suffering and dying, of course.

Coming from a different perspective, would the guy who did this get sued, or in massive trouble if this happened to a normal dog? He may get fired, but I doubt the same amount of legal force would be used in this case. Perhaps I'm wrong, but if the man goes to jail, it would seem that the judges were being biased by the actions of the dog.

That brings up another question. All men are created equally in the eyes of the law, but what about pets? There could be laws in place for these situations, but would the value of a pet carry the same properties as stolen or destroyed property? Do the past actions of the dog have any relevance in the outcome of a potential lawsuit?

I don't think any of us who don't have much knowledge in the legal field would be able to state an accurate solution.
 
I saw this story. Since I live in CT, I really know what happened. I swore like 5 times when I heard to the dog died. Sue the stupid person. He deserves to loose everything he has for what he did the the hero dog. He thought the dog was some other dog. Idiot must have mixed it up. The little boy is really sad about this in the family. I almost cried out of fury when I heard this.
 
Yes, the reason this is such a big deal is because this dog is a symbol. Or a figure rather. Regarldess of how you want to view it, this dog was important and did not deserve to die.

I think it was a hate crime. (For lack of a better way to word it) Since when has this happend to a normal dog? Now when it finally does happen, its with a dog related to the military.

There are people who hate cops, and the military is in a similar boat.
 
This is horrible, they should definitely fire him because it`s a sign of incompetence and being careless except the dog was in pain, a good dog that will be remembered
 
I don't care hero dog or not he should be sued and have at least a 10 year prison sentence. This story just goes to show the lack of morals people have towards animals now a days, not trying to sound like a hippy here, but for serious? It is nothing short of murder, if this happened to my dog I would make sure that the man who's idea it was to put the dog down suffers.
 
I voted for the second option in the poll, just because I cannot agree with the first one. Since when does it matter whether you're important or not? It was a dog. And there are many dogs not only put to sleep, but tortured and killed in violent ways every day. Yet you won't do anything about these cases. It is just cynical to care about this one dog while so many others are starving and killed every day again, and not only dogs, but also other animals.

Now you may say that you do care about all these animals, then why don't you save them by yourself? Why don't you start a rescue programm or join one, right now. Dedicate your life to saving them if you truly care. Well, it's because it doesn't matter that much to you, there are much more important things in life. I don't get why people make such a big point about these things.
 
The history of the dog is unimportant. The life of a human soldier is equal to the life of a regular civilian, there is no reason for it to be any different with animals.

Some of the comments here about the executioner are absurd. Losing everything he has? Burning in hellfire? You guys sound about as radical as the terrorists this dog was fighting against.
 
I Kinda Have To Agree With Bacon,But I Have To Say That Dog Was A Hero, Lived A Courageous Life And Maybe The Dog Was In Pain.I Think It Is All Up To Wether The Dog Needed It Or Not Really.Not To Be Rude But I Think He Should Die But Not That Badly.If We Want An American To Die Like A Terrorist It Makes Us Just As Bad As The Terrorists Who Kill Us Very Terribly. I Don't Want To Be Rude But I'm Kinda Halfway Really.
 
Hey, guess what, Pokequaza. I volunteer at an animal shelter with my sister. I've seen things that should never happen to animals. If you could see through my eyes you'd see why this is such a big deal. A guy put his life on the line for you people, braving bombs and armor-piercing projectiles for YOUR freedom. Lemme put a military explosive near you and see if you were passionate for the thing that saved you.
 
The first option is WAY too extreme.

He shouldn't be sued or anything, but I believe that he should fired from his job, and maybe a fine. This man should not go to jail or be sued by the other man. This law is broken all of the time in Arizona, my old dog (she died last year) was going o be put down right after they got her because they had too many of these dogs, we got them to give her to us though. On another point, the owner should have put a collar and identification on this dog, they would have never put down a dog if he was wearing a collar they would have never thought about putting him down. This is just also the owners fault, as with the man who put down the dog.
 
Well, being a zoologist, I have additional reasons to love dogs so seeing this pisses me off for additional reasons. While I don't believe he should burn in hell fire, I do believe he should be put through a standard medieval torture routiene involving the Judas Cradle. I also expect a larger than standard fine, getting fired, and a prison sentence lasting for an extended period due to the dog being more awesome ( I want to say heroic but a dog being heroic seems kinda cartoony ). He's going to hell anyway so it would be pointless to ask him to burn in hell fire.
 
Rikko145 said:
Hey, guess what, Pokequaza. I volunteer at an animal shelter with my sister. I've seen things that should never happen to animals. If you could see through my eyes you'd see why this is such a big deal. A guy put his life on the line for you people, braving bombs and armor-piercing projectiles for YOUR freedom. Lemme put a military explosive near you and see if you were passionate for the thing that saved you.
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Then I would be lucky if someone saved me. Nevertheless it was his/her choice to save me, it was their free will. Since it was their free will it was their choice, therefor they shouldn't be expecting anything in return, of course I would thank them, but that would be all.

If you have seen things that shouldn't happen to animals you would understand that this happens every day, to thousand of animals. Then why do you make such big point out of this? It's just another dog that got killed like the many others. And please don't use arguments like; but this dog saved someone's life. I doubt if the dog even knew what he was doing, and besides police dogs save so many more people and yet they are killed now and then, why isn't this discussion about them if we want to discuss about ''important'' dogs?

Coastal Biology said:
He's going to hell anyway so it would be pointless to ask him to burn in hell fire.
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I seriously was expecting a religious free debate, yet some are still provoking one. I will ignore this one. And it's even more weird to see that this argument comes from a ''zoologist''. Funny..
 
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Arizona-Accidentally-Assassinates-Hero-Dog-2584/

Here is a link to the news story.
Please keep on topic.
 
No dog is "just another dog". Okay, Hitler thought, "Oh, just another Jew! What's the big deal?" Each dog has its own story, a life lived and more to go. I'd love to see more laws put into place to punish illegal breeders, puppy mills, and abusers. Quite frankly anybody who ISN'T horrified by this scares me even more. It was her INSTINCT. Not her will. She knew that he meant harm to her care-taker. Let's say it was your dog. Honestly, should I ever meet this thoughtless idiot, this poor excuse for a human being, I'd kick him in the teeth. And that, sir, is a promise.
 
Rikko,I Don't want to be rude but i love my dogs but if we want to kill a man who allowed a dog to go to heaven and not become injured anymore he still died a hero,And wanting him to die crudely is just like us being the terrorists and him the innocent citizen.
 
Let's try not to start a flame war here. Getting down to the point, as Bacon said, this dog is no better than any other dog. I'm sure this same injustice has happened thousands of times before to many other pets. The guy will probably get fired, but anything past that doesn't seem fair. This very well could of been an honest accident, or a simple case of not properly following procedures. Both, would result in nothing more than minor punishment.
 
While I agree that some people in this thread are being a bit extreme, JC, I would say that anybody who takes life due to accident or not following procedures should be punished a bit more than just getting fired. It would be terrible to be the person owning this dog. I can't be too angry about this, but I can imagine me flipping the heck out if this were to happen to one of my pets.
 
It's a pretty sad story. I do hope the guy who authorized it is fired and I am pretty sure the owner will seek legal actions against the shelter/managers. However, to seek criminal punishment is a bit absurd. This case does demonstrate the situation our shelters are in and the need to reorganize the infrastructure of it. This shelter in particular must see enough strays come in and they are quick to euthanize them. There are ways we can try to limit the amount of strays in order to reduce the amount of them that go into shelters. Especially since the guy made a boo-boo and euthanized the wrong dog.

This dog was a hero but, in this case, was just one of the many strays that come and go through the shelter. Its a sad story but hopefully this helps awaken people in trying to put forth a change in this system.

Also, the owner should be held accountable. How did the dog escape? Was a collar and identification tag on him? I doubt it since he was ultimately euthanized. Also, why didn't the owner go to the shelter AS soon as the dog was missing? That would be the first place I checked. From what I heard, he went on Monday when the dog was missing on Friday.

Lastly, I suggest re-doing the poll options of the thread. They are way to biased. He should be fired but no sued for every last penny/jailed/executed nor is it an atrocity.
 
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