This Woman Was Caught Red-Handed While Dumping Her 4 Dogs, And Got What She Deserved

[geardaddy]

https://www.boredpanda.com/confronted-woman-abandoned-dogs-texas/

It’s heartbreaking to find abandoned animals left to fend for themselves. Unfortunately, there are many irresponsible people who throw their pets away, and some don’t even bother to take them to an animal shelter.

A good Samaritan from San Antonio, Texas, tried to intervene in just a situation. When she saw a woman throwing her 4 dogs out of the car in a vacated lot, she confronted the offender. In the recording she took, we can hear her clearly stating the consequences that may follow if the woman did indeed decide to ditch her pets.

The kind Samaritan tried desperately to reason with the dog-abandoner, but even after being given directions to animal care services the heartless woman proceeded to dump her dogs and drive away in the most infuriating manner. One of her passengers even had the gall to flip the bird to the camera.

After authorities were informed, three of the dogs were found and delivered to an animal shelter. But the 4th dog was missing. Luckily however, the callous ex-owner of these pets had a change of heart and helped to locate the last dog. She turned herself in after delivering the last dog to Animal care services. According to Texas law, an individual convicted of abandoning an animal may be sentenced to up to a year in county jail, and a fine of up to $4,000.

Let’s hope that this whole sorry episode will teach her, and other people, to take responsibility for their pets.

Video and more pics at link.

What a POS!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. Those poor dogs! I hope they all find good homes.

[Bengus81]

2. Give her BOTH the year in the can and $4k fine.....

[Initech]

3. WTF is wrong with people? Those dogs deserve better!

[dalton99a]

4. She turned herself in because her license plate is shown in the video

[geardaddy]

5. Was she charged?

[7962]

27. Damn well better be. nt

[Angry Dragon]

6. 4 dogs4 years in jail----$16,000 fine

[ProudLib72]

33. Let's make that dog years

4x7=28 years in prison. I'm ok with that.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. I grew up in the country and it was pretty common to see animals that had been dumped

by their owners. This is cruelty, plain and simple. Many times they would be pregnant females. We took in several dogs and cats over the years. We kept some and tried to find homes for others, but we couldn't take them all.

It may sound callous, but it would be more humane to have an animal euthanized than to dump them like this woman did. It is very rare that these animals find homes when they have been abandoned like that. They are prone to disease, starvation, being run over or being shot. Sometimes they join together to form packs which can be dangerous to pets, livestock and even humans.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Me too. Raised about 30 miles outside of Columbus, Ohio. We took in 24

dogs during my high school days. Thank goodness we lived on a farm!

[Neema]

47. My dog was found wandering around in rural Texas. No collar, no chip.

He was the sweetest, most mellow, loving and adorable dog I’ve ever met in my life. It’s possible he slipped out of his collar and ran away but the rescue suspected he was dumped just like this. My hunch was that he was loved by an elderly person and when they died or went into a nursing home the family dumped him. I’ll never know for sure.

I can’t even begin to imagine a scenario where I could abandon him. I don’t even want to think about the kind of people who could. Sadly I said goodbye to him last summer and I miss him every second of every day.

[SammyWinstonJack]

56. I have a dog whose owners moved and left him behind. He was running the mean streets

when a family member found him and gave him to me. He's the sweetest boy ever, Jackie boy. I have a Tortoise shell cat someone abandoned as a kitten that I took in. Never had a cat before. She's a handful. So three dogs and a cat in a motorhome. It's fun times.

Sorry about the loss of your fur baby.

[WePurrsevere]

55. We live on a small old farm and are much the same...

Thankfully for us it's not a whole lot & mostly cats. Unfortunately farms that are closer to the military base get a lot more.

It doesn't help that the shelters are often so overcrowded that they simply can't accept more and the military won't help people keep their pets or find homes if needed. It's gotten to the point where an increasing amount of people and organizations up here won't adopt out an animal to a military family anymore. It's unfortunate that folks feel they have to do this because the irresponsible 'pets are disposable' bunch are ruining it for the responsible & caring ones who will gladly do backs flips to 'always' take their fur family with them where ever they go.

[lunamagica]

8. She obviously doesn't care for dogs, and she gets FOUR?

I hope they get jail time, not just a fine.

[ailsagirl]

10. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

People like that we don't need

[spooky3]

11. Thank you, Good Samaritan, for getting involved!!!!

I hope the dogs were placed in great adoptive homes.

[Mr.Bill]

12. If I was the judge I would order her

to work in an animal shelter for some time. That would probably be the best way to insure she doesn't do something irresponsible with animals again.

[Va Lefty]

14. I honestly would not want her around animals. Lock her up!

[Mr.Bill]

18. There's plenty of work to be done at an animal shelter

that doesn't involve contact with the animals. But just seeing how the place functions would be a positive experience for her. I would also prohibit her having any animals in her possession for some extended period of time.

[Va Lefty]

21. You make a good point. Had not thought about it that way.

[geardaddy]

22. Make her clean out the kennels. n/t

[Bettie]

13. Poor pups

they don't have any idea why their human would leave them behind.

It is due to people like this that I have seven cats...and two dogs who were also rescues.

[IronLionZion]

15. Did she think the shelter would kill them?

I don't know how it is in that location but many shelters will kill dogs that don't get adopted quickly.

A misguided person might think having them fend for themselves outside would be more humane. And then there are some cultures that are opposed to spaying/neutering animals but are in favor of killing them yourself if you don't want them.

I know people who go to great lengths to adopt unwanted shelter animals that are about to be put down. Some of them are good pets. Some are aggressive and bitey.

[Stonepounder]

16. There should be a national database of people that is available to every shelter

of people who are NEVER allowed to have pets!

[FakeNoose]

17. This is heart-breaking

Our county has a microchip program for dogs, and it's possible they might also do it for cats. Dogs are more likely to get "lost" or abandoned than cats. By scanning the microchip (inserted under the skin) the authorities will know who owns the dog and where they can be found. Of course somebody could move away, but at least they know who is responsible for the animal.

Loose dogs are more likely to run in packs and perhaps attack a child or small person. There's always a danger that a dog is more likely to get rabies from another animal such as a raccoon or skunk. Abandoned are dangerous to the entire community as we all know, and certainly unfair to the dog.

[deurbano]

19. A couple of years ago, my mother let slip that my father dumped my cat, Nancy, in the wilderness

when I was about five. (Dumped her with her new litter of kittens; I hadn't known she was pregnant.) My mother thought I already knew... but what I do remember is that my mother took me around to all the houses in the neighborhood to ask if anyone had seen my missing cat. How sick was that?

[geardaddy]

20. God damn!

So sorry that happened to you and Nancy and her kittens.

[Hortensis]

35. I'm so sorry, and that you learned about it. On a happier note,

someone once dumped 3 kittens in 3 separate office buildings, apparently rode up elevators, shooed them each out onto a floor, and left.

We only knew about the one in our building. Of course the first thing was to determine if someone who belonged there had somehow lost it, and at the end of the day, after being cooed over and played with in various offices, someone took her home. Potted trees made good potty places. Over the next few days we learned about the kittens in other buildings, who also went home to new families.

[Oneironaut]

23. Trash. I hope she gets hit by a bus.

[Kirk Lover]

24. I'll do whatever it takes to make sure my pets and myself are protected. I'll work round the

clock if I need to but there is no way I would ever abandon any of them period. And I can empathize with hard times, believe me I can without going into it but I'll do WHATEVER it takes to keep them cared for.

[MurrayDelph]

25. Eighteen years ago,

a few days after we had lost a dog, we got a call from a next-door-neighbor saying "We heard you'd lost a dog. Our daughter found a dog. If you don't want her we'll have to take her to the pound." I was still in mourning for Dusty (who had not been a good dog, but she was my dog), but we walked over, the whole time me muttering "It's too soon. It's too soon..."

We were met at the gate by a young long-haired Dachshund, and my mutterings became "It's too soon. It's a Dachshund!"

I have always had a soft spot in my head for Dachshunds, having had a short-haired one for many years from late teens. If you have never had one, I recommend them highly. They pack a lot of personality into those little bodies. And Sarah had it in spades.

We had Sarah for about twelve years, before she died of congestive heart failure*. During that entire time, I frequently said that if we could have found the person who had moved away, and left her behind, I wasn't sure which I would do first: thank them for the wonderful companion or punch them out for abandoning such a sweet and beautiful girl.

But I would have done both.




* (As I type this, I have a Dachshund mix from Dachshund Rescue of Los Angeles sleeping with her head on my leg).

[Demovictory9]

39. awww

[lpbk2713]

26. Apparently from the pics she was not the car's driver.

So that would make the driver an accomplice and subject to arrest.

[Moostache]

28. My "born again", "holier-than-thou" Mother-in-Law did this to my wife's family dog years ago...

Just one of many incidents that have led to a total break in relationship with my wife's father and that woman (step-mother to my wife)...she drove their pet 20 miles away, opened the door and kicked the poor animal out. Then has the nerve to give us shit about raising our children outside of organized religion's hideous grasp.

People who abuse or abandon animals are scum. Period.

[lunatica]

29. That woman is wearing a t-shirt with a death skull on it

How apt!

[Runningdawg]

30. I have to wonder

if any of the dogs were actually hers to begin with. It's common for those who steal dogs to sell on Craigslist to dump them if they don't sell after 24 hours. It's one of the reasons there has been more purebreed strays have been found recently. The person who took the vid and turned her in showed remarkable restraint. I can't say what I would do at the end of a dirt road in the middle of nowhere...

[Duppers]

46. "showed remarkable restraint."

That's the truth! My temper may have overridden my better judgement. Although I'm a woman, I want to get violent around around animal abusers. There's no frickin excuse for this cruelty.

[disillusioned73]

31. WTF

is wrong with ppl?!?!

[d_r]

32. I dont even

Understand human beings. How could anyone do that?

[IluvPitties]

34. Her name deserves to be in a National Animal Abuser Registry.

[Blue_Tires]

37. Lowlife human garbage...

[Demovictory9]

38. "The poor dogs were didnt even realize what was happening, as they were excited to get outside"

both and

[Demovictory9]

40. back story of woman who dumped the dogs... landlord threatened eviction

She said the owner of the dogs reached out to her after the video gained widespread exposure, prompting a tide of outrage.

Melendez said the dogs’ owner told her that her landlord learned that she had more dogs than agreed upon and threatened to evict her if she didn’t take action. According to news reports, she enlisted her brother, sister and sister’s boyfriend to get rid of the dogs.

“Tell them I panicked,” Melendez recalled the woman’s request to tell people commenting on the video. “I didn’t know what to do.”

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/A-fifth-dog-was-also-abandoned-added-to-video-12849469.php

[IluvPitties]

42. There are ways to deal with such scenario.

Dumping them like trash ain't one of them.

[TeamPooka]

51. yup

[SWBTATTReg]

43. I didn't know what to do ...

is a bullshit excuse. There are plenty of ways to get animals, if not wanted, new homes.

At least, advertise, ask around friends/family/neighbors/etc., animal shelters, special animal associations such as Stray Rescue of St. Louis, an excellent organization that has gone out into the furthest reaches of MO to rescue many animals (in the rural parts of MO, there are many many areas w/ no shelters, nothing, for animals).

Am proud to have this organization here and doing this for our 4-legged and multi-legged friends, who don't have these 'firebreaks' to protect them.

[Captain Stern]

54. "I didn't know what to do"...That's a lie.

She may not have known what to do at one point, but the woman taking the video TOLD her where she could surrender the dogs for free. She even gave her directions to the place.

The woman then still kicked the dogs out of the car.

Fuck her.

[SWBTATTReg]

41. Absolutely disgraceful!!!

Thanks to the good person(s) that took in the dogs temporarily until new homes found.

To the person(s) that dumped these beautiful animals...just think, when people are cruel to animals, I have heard studies that such persons are the same towards humans. So when things get tough(er) for this lady and her friend that dumped these beautiful animals, will they dump their human babies or kids?

I put a hex on this lady and her friend...perhaps the authorities will do more to her and her companion, who knows? My love and blessings go out to these beautiful animals, who look like they have no idea of what just happened.

My folks and I ran a mobile home park behind a Missouri state park, and one of the unfortunate things that we had to deal w/, is the abandoned dogs (and cats too) that people dumped behind the state park in an isolated area (so no one could spot them). We tallied 27 animals over the years (from mid 1980s onwards).

There is a good side to this story however. I have now 3 daughters of one of these abandoned dogs (via 2 liters same mother), and these 3 are the most loving, most caring, and wonderful beings I have ever had the honor to be with. Maybe we can comfort ourselves w/ the fact that perhaps in some of the cases of abandonment, some good will come out of it.

[Demovictory9]

48. that's a postive way to look at it.

[Bayard]

44. These poor pups look totally perplexed.

Reminds me of that commercial David Ducovny used to do for the ASPCA--Why am I here? I'm a good dog.

I've heard of dogs that lay down where they were dumped, and wait for their humans to come back to get them. Sometimes for days. That just kills me.

I have no patience or sympathy for people that would do this. Its why we have 20+ cats on our farm. People just dump them, especially the pregnant ones. We recently adopted another Great Pyrenees (3 now!). The people were moving for a new job, and couldn't take her. She's six, and they'd had her since she was found as a puppy, tied to a tree at an abandoned house. She's having a bit of trouble adjusting to the two boys, but incredibly sweet dog.

[Duppers]

45. Bless your good heart!!

You're an 😇.

[radius777]

49. Despicable. There should be much tougher laws

against people who abuse animals.

The woman was in a tough situation but there are better ways to handle it. Taking the animals to the shelter, even if ultimately euthanized, is a better solution than having them suffer and starve. Domesticated pets are mostly not capable of surviving in the wild.

[Raine]

50. Heartbreaking the confused hurt looks on the dog's faces

as they're forced out of the car and left behind I hope they get good loving furever homes and that she's severely punished.

[CountAllVotes]

52. This is so sad.

I hope she rots in hell for doing this to those poor dogs.

[pansypoo53219]

53. i stayed in a little town in iowa. people abandoned their cats.

i gave one my leftover meat. gave it attention. so wrong. i had my brother bring a litter of kittens back from iowa instead of them being dumped on a farm. i took 2, my brother took 1, 5 others adopted.