Pup shoots man, saves litter mates

[NeoConsSuck]

< too bad it wasn't a fatal shot >

A man who tried to shoot seven puppies was shot himself when one of the dogs put its paw on the revolver's trigger.

Jerry Allen Bradford, 37, was charged with felony animal cruelty, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. He was being treated at a hospital for a gunshot wound to his wrist.

Bradford said he decided to shoot the 3-month-old shepherd-mix dogs in the head because he couldn't find them a home, according to the sheriff's office.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/09/09/shooting.dog.ap/index.html

[rocktivity]

1. Guess he was also too lazy to make a trip to an animal shelter, too

Deputies found three of the puppies in a shallow grave outside Bradford's home...The other four appeared to be in good health and were taken by Escambia County Animal Control, which planned to make them available for adoption.

Which is what he should have done from the get-go, duh!

:headbang:
rocknation

[alarimer]

2. I work with people who do this

The shoot animals rather than take them to a shelter. One guy I know always shoots stray dogs that come on his property without bothering to find out if they belong to someon or not.

[ElectroPrincess]

5. Sign of Anti-Social tendencies ...

Correlation does not prove causation. However, cruelty to animals is one of the first signs of a budding Anti-Social Personality Disorder. This man seems to be one sick puppy himself.

Unfortunately (to the best of my knowledge) the only effective way to treat such disorders is to wait until the individual commits a felony? .. two? ... three? ... armed robbery? ... worse? and OH THEN just perhaps = lock them up and throw away the key. :(

[Wickerman]

7. Regreattably, unchecked, they sometimes rise to levels of great power

evidence GWB.

Geeez, just take the pups to a shelter.

[alarimer]

26. In his defense (my colleague's)

I don't think he has any sort of those problems. It is more a practical necessity. Stray animals are more likely to carry diseases that may affect his animals. Like mange, which is quite common. He also lives in a very rural area and was probably not brought up to look at animals the same way we do. He has lots of animals, plenty of dogs, horses, even ducks who are not treated badly as far as I know.

[TankLV]

29. They evidentially ignore it until the idiot becomes pResident - just like

bush*!

There is ample evidence of his cruelty to animals during his childhood.

[Eloriel]

32. OMG -- I can't handle it.

Unbelievable.

We are currently taking care of our 19th abandoned dog/cat in the not quite 6 years we've lived out here in the country (and we haven't even gone looking for them). Three dogs and 1 cat we kept ourselves, the others were taken to the vet for shots, spaying or neutering and we also (or rather I also) spent some time training them, then found them a good home. "Free" is a mighty attractive price, esp. when all the initial vet stuff is taken care of. In each case, I could've placed many more of the type of dog or cat I had available. We don't yet have animal control or a shelter in our county, tho one is supposed to be online by the end of the year (a kill shelter, unfortunately).

Taking in these poor abandoned pets been rewarding, and each ofthem has a permanent place in my heart. But I have to say that on a couple of occasions I did get to feeling overwhelmed enough that I could (finally) understand how some people would get so desperate (with perhaps with less resources on several different levels) as to abandon their animals. Not that it's justified, just that I could understand that level of desperation.

OTOH, some people don't give a damn and are heartless, like the people you work with. A friend of mine who grew up on the rural panhandle of FL says that the attitude in rural areas toward dogs and cats is that they're just another kind of livestock -- working animals -- rather than part of the family as so many of us see them.

Another friend of mine has taken in his share of dogs (but fewer because he keeps them) and he believes that these episodes indicates mankind breaking its contract with the canine species. I agree.

[barb162]

36. my cousin in a rural area

had her dog shot by a neighbor when it went on the guy's land. The guy knew full well it was her dog. There are some people who have no reverence for human or non-human feelings, ie, sociopaths.

[noonwitch]

3. I want to adopt the puppy that actually shot him!

What a smart dog-after witnessing the scumbag kill his siblings, he took matters into his own paws and defended himself!

[Mrs_Beastman]

4. Just how hard did he try to find homes for these pups

before shooting them seemed like the only alternative?

[progressivebydesign]

20. Sounds like those pigs that shot the husky with the bow and arrow..

Here in Washington State, two young men are in court for repeatedly shooting a Husky dog with ONE bow and arrow (removing and reshooting), because they 'couldn't find a home for it, and decided not to bash it's skull with a rock'. The dog was hanging out with them for a week or so, and they got tired of it.

There is a special place in hell for people like that...

[shadu]

21. I am watching for the sentencing on that one

they need to get the maximum sentence

[joshdawg]

6. You can count on one vote for bush* with this guy.

He's a moron. He will fit right in with the bush* camp.

[hobbit709]

8. NOPE

He was charged with Felony animal cruelty, if convicted he won't be able to vote in Florida

[LiberalEsto]

9. Just one four-letter word:

SPAY!

The idiot could have saved himself a heap of trouble by spaying the mother dog before it could get pregnant.

(Just think of the trouble the U.S. could have been spared if Barbara Bush had gotten spayed)

[SOS]

15. Exactly

The guy is too cheap and lazy to have the dog spayed. Doesn't pay attention, so the dog gets pregnant. Then he shoots the pups. An irresonsible imbecile all the way.

[Doctor Smith]

10. I don't understand how this is cruelty.

It would have been perfectly legal for him to take them to a veterinarian and have them euthanized, so obviously, killing them is not the issue. Shooting them in the head would not be painful to them, so what exactly is the crime here?

[Bridget Burke]

12. He couldn't bother to take them to the vet--or the animal shelter.

And it sounds like he was pretty incompetent, so he may not have been a good enough shot to end their lives mercifully. Come on, he was shot by a dog!

[Leilani]

13. Are you kidding?

What sort of vets do you know that would euthanize puppies for no reason?

Vets try to save animals, not destroy them.

[Doctor Smith]

23. The point is that it wouldn't be a crime.

And the method is not cruel, it is almost identical to the method used to kill livestock, except that the same projectile is used over and over again.

[The Stranger]

14. You can't be fucking serious.

(I can't believe I am responding to this.) Gunshots to the head is not euthanasia. Nor would the puppies' fate be sealed by a shelter -- they would have the opportunity to be adopted and live.

According to your logic, you could shoot anyone you see in the street -- eventually they are going to die somehow, might as well expedite things, since "killing them is not the issue" and "shooting them in the head would not be painful to them."

[Doctor Smith]

25. Look. A very large percentage of unwanted pets are euthanized.

If these puppies were taken to a pound and adopted, it would only mean that other puppies at that pound would not be adopted, and would be killed.

[Eloriel]

34. Your attitude is despicable n/t

[impe]

35. Gee, You think?!

Another numbnuts running loose.

[barb162]

37. why didn't the sadistic bastard have the dog neutered?

then he wouldn't have to be shooting puppies. Also known as responsible pet ownership.

[skypilot]

11. That dog will end up...

...with a book deal and a movie career. Look for him on the cover of next week's "People" magazine.

[hatrack]

16. All I can say is . . .

GOOD DOG!! GOOD BOY!! :evilgrin:

[smirkymonkey]

22. That was my first thought exactly!

That dog is a HERO!

[Debi]

28. What makes you think ....

it was a boy dog? (don't flame...please don't flame..)

[hatrack]

30. Colloquial expression - that's all

;-)

[barb162]

38. LOL and are you ever right!

[Heyo]

17. Too bad it missed the guy's balls...

His forehead would've done nicely, too.

Heyo

[DFWJock]

18. how unfortunate

the dog didnt shoot him in the heart, if he has one that is

[AspenRose]

19. Is this guy related to James Dobson, dog beater?

eom

[biftonnorton]

24. If The Felony Charge Sticks

that'll take care of his ever being able to own a gun legally.

[truth2power]

27. As I said on the other thread...

Too bad the pup wasn't a better shot.

And....two words. spay/neuter.

[0rganism]

31. Does this count as Accidental Injury or Defensive Gun Usage?

Of course it would happen in Florida, home of the Bizarre Twist™.

[cornczech04]

33. Cruelty and cruel people

My x-husband.....waaaay back in the 80's...took a beloved (by me) cat that was dying of some kind of parasite it got when it escaped (I think let go by the ol' x..)..instead of paying the $50.00 fee to have him "put down"...the ol' X took my poor cat and SHOT IT IN THE HEAD.....(oh...if only I could have known what he was going to do...) of course the X told, in great detail, how he shot the poor thing.....and let me tell you what kind of FREAK this man was, (and still is, from what I've heard..) sure...I can play the devil's advocate here and understand ignorance and poverty...but how can a LIVING BEING look at another LIVING BEING and SHOOT IT? Sure..if you're gonna EAT IT....but PUPPIES? daaaaaaamn that's cold (and VERY PSYCHO if you ask me......) I hear stories of throwing KITTENS into bags and drowning them because the "mousers" got a little too frisky...and I was HORRIFIED...though understood, on the farm,...they had to do what they had to do...but it's still cruel....in my opinion, ya'll.....