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2016 Animals' Advoc. 1 (2016)

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DOG DOWN!


BY AMY MAYERS

It's the stuff of nightmares. Law enforce-
ment officers on a drug bust come to
your house because they have the wrong
address. They bang on your door and
shout for you to open it. You do and
you try to explain they must have the


wrong house but they are intent on car-
rying out their mission.
  Your beloved dog runs out the open
door barking at the officers, protecting
his family as he always does. He
wouldn't hurt a fly but the officers don't
know that. In the chaos, you hear a shot
ring out. Your dog, your four-legged
family member, lies mortally wounded
on the ground. Law enforcement officers
shoot companion animals routinely.
These incidents are on the rise.

THE NUMBERS
     The U.S. Department of Justice
estimates that police shoot more than
10,000 dogs per year, although no police

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