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WARNING: Graphic
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video -Who shot this innocent family pet with an arrow?
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Wasted Life
by Kim K, Pasado's Safe Haven's Humane Investigator
After
struggling to stay alive, Conan, a 150-pound mastiff, died this week due
to internal bleeding in his lungs. He had been shot by an arrow in
the chest.
The arrow just missed
Conan’s lungs and heart. Conan was taken to VCA, Veterinary Specialty
Center of Seattle. There, he underwent emergency surgery and was
expected to survive. |
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"This was an intentionally
cruel act toward our dog. Its horrible.” said O’Hara, Conan’s owner.
Conan made it through surgery, but died Thursday morning.
The arrows
that were shot at Conan had to have been shot over a six foot fence.
"They came at a downward angle and to get it in the alley area, you had
to have a vantage point of standing on top of something,” said O’Hara.
O’Hara and his wife, have a female mastiff also. Jezebel was not
injured, but they are worried to let their dog or their two young
children out in their own back yard.
"I feel like I want to get
some closed-circuit TV cameras or something," O'Hara said Wednesday.
Seattle Animal Control has
several people investigating this case. The shelter is taking the lead
on an investigation of the shooting while coordinating with the Seattle
Police Department.
Officials are warning
Wallingford residents to keep an eye on their pets. |
Conan did not survive
the brutal attack in his own yard |
Pasado’s Safe Haven
believes that your pets are part of your family. We strongly encourage
your pets to be with you, supervised by you, or in the safety of your
house when you are not home. In the past few months alone, we have
dealt with cases involving dogs and cats stolen from yards; killed or
abused, dogs poisoned in parks, and multiple dog shootings. There is
one thing that most of these crimes have in common; they could have been
prevented if these animals were not outside unattended. |
Because dogs are pack animals, they instinctively want to be with their
pack at all times. We become that pack as the family unit that the dog
knows. It is not only unsafe to leave your dog outside, but also
emotionally and physically hard on them. |
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Animal Control is trying to find the person responsible. The help of
the community is essential in helping to find the barbaric person or
people guilty of this unthinkable crime. Conan had been a family
pet for seven years and his family said that he was just a big loveable
dog. O'Hara said he has never had any complaints from neighbors, even
though Conan liked to bark and sometimes escaped from the yard.
He is handing out flyers to make neighbors aware.
The Humane
Society of the United States and the Seattle Animal Shelter are each
offering a $2,500 reward for information resulting in the arrest and
conviction of the person(s) responsible for Conan's death.
Anyone
with information in this case is asked to contact Seattle Animal
Control. If you have information you are asked to call (206)386-4288.
Ann
Graves, Seattle Animal Shelter Enforcement Supervisor, commented,” This
is also concerning because studies have shown that someone who can
commit this level of violence against an animal may be capable of
violence against people. Someone knows who did this and we must find
whoever is responsible."
If caught and convicted,
Animal cruelty charges could lead to $5,000 in fines and a year in
jail. |
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