8/10/2012 - A Labrador Retriever was shot by a neighbor after the dog broke through a chainlink fence and attacked the man's Beagle. The dog was not attacking anyone when he was shot. In lieu of delivering the injured dog to a vet, police arrived and decided to shoot the dog in the head, killing him. Apparently this is yet another town that has no veterinary hospitals to take a dog to!
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8/10/2012 - A mixed breed dog is shot and killed by Kentucky police because maybe something awful would happen if they hadn't! Police defend the shooting, because that is what they do.
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8/7/2012 - Oopsies! An officer chasing a drug suspect encountered a dogwalker walking two dogs. Leashed, by the way. The dogs apparently "lunged" which inspired the officer to open fire, striking the dog walker in the leg, along with one of the dogs. The human is expected to survive, no word on the dogs who, once again, were leashed when an officer opened fire on them and the dog walker without any obvious concern for public safety. Every other witness, aside from the cop, claims the dogs were docile and not-aggressive.
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8/7/2012 - An apparently inept dog guardian leaves her three dogs, described as Pit Bulls, alone in a backyard where they have escaped previously (and killed a dog during that escape). The dogs got loose and attacked a man who claims he always "plays" with the dogs through the fence, which probably means he either intentionally or unintentionally incited the dogs arousal levels. Bad combination for when the dogs get loose and encounter said man. Police shot and killed one of the three dogs, while the other two were easily rounded up. They will most likely be killed. The man is expected to be fine.
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8/5/2012 - A dog described as Golden Retriever being walked was shot in the shoulder by a police officer after the dog jumped on the officer. The officer was responding to a domestic disturbance call when he encountered the couple walking their dog.
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8/5/2012 - A dog described as a Rhodesian Ridgeback mix was shot and killed by police after the protective dog refused to let paramedics near his drunk and unconscious guardian. While originally leashed, the dog was able to "lunge" at officers, but did not bite anyone.
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8/5/2012 - A dog was shot in the eye (warning: photos of the dog w/ a blown out eye) by police. The dog survived the shooting, and I really hope he is being seen by a veterinarian. The dog charged at officers.The article does not make clear if the dog was on the same chain seen in the photos when the shooting happened.
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8/5/2012 - Two dogs described as Pit Bulls were shot, then euthanized by animal control. An animal control officers was attempting to choke-pole the dogs when one knocked the man over. Apparently police knew this was a sign the dog was going to eat the man's face, so he shot the male dog...right near the ACO. The dogs were later cornered in a backyard. Instead of due process, animal control just killed the dogs at the shelter...not because they were irremediably suffering due to being shot, but because of their "violent tendencies" which, by the way, you just aren't supposed to do when you know there is a legal guardian.
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Other updates:
8/8/2012 - An Aurora police officer has been cleared in the shooting death of an Australian Shepherd in July. The dog belonged to a drunk driver who was pulled over. The guardian of the dog refused to roll up the back window that kept the barking/lunging dog from the officer. The dog jumped out, and lunged, and although he didn't actually attack, the officer shot the dog once, killing him.
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8/7/2012 - Once again, police investigating police for shooting a dog deemed the shooting justifiable. The dog, a mixed breed named Monkey, was let out of her backyard during a foot pursuit. There are only two witnesses - the police officer who claims the dog attacked him and the owner of the dog who claimed the dog approached but did not bite. The dog was shot multiple times, dying in the owner's arms.
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