Ariz. Humane Society changes policies after cat killed

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

9. How many ways is one to interpret the following phrase?

clinic staff could not return the cat to Dockery without treatment, that is like saying you "surrendered" your iPhone to a mugger. They were not returning the animal to him regardless. Whatever they coerced him into signing is semantics, particularly with the promise the cat would be treated and put in foster care. They probably would have told him anything to make him go away.

I'm suggesting in this situation there were substantial extenuating circumstances, such as an owner who sought care rather than surrender, a benefactor willing to immediately pay for the required care and the nature of the injury considered to be treatable. To then turn around and immediately euthanize the animal is criminal.

The only impediment to caring for this animal was bureaucratic assholes who refused to engage either their hearts or brains. Much like the clowns who told my folks there was nothing that could be done as they stood there with a kennel ready to take a yorkshire terrier home because their boss didn't get back in time to sign something. They get so fixated on being detached and unemotionally involved that they become incapable of effectively doing their supposed job. My father even offered to pay, immediately in cash whatever they were obligated to pay the "vet" (who looked like a wino) for his services.

I am jaded on this issue because my experiences with most of the "humane societies" and rescues I have encountered as an adopter of animals have left me physically ill.