Dog dodges death twice in one week

poor puppy. Glad he's going to be okay. If I didn't already have 2 hounds, I'd take him in.

I realize they are short on funds--that is up to the city council to fix, but they are, under law as quoted by one of the comments, obligated to get help if an animal in their carfe is sick or hurt--it is part of the Arklansas animal cruelty prevention law and applies to humane society's, kennels , breeders, and shelters as well as individuals. The city council has an emeergency fund that they can draw on and they are allowed to run fund raisers to try to get the money back into the coffers--they also get donations and vets will allow them to pay off the bill--monthly, instead of all at once (just some vets--like Arkansans for Animals--operation Save has done and just did for Just us Beagles and the Saline 17 And I'm sure they didn't pay Benton Animal Clinic in full for the operation they performed on Mercy and if they did--the organization is ac cepting donations to get the money back just like this organization is doing for Humvee. They, by law, couldn't put him down because they had to give the owner (if he had one) a chance to reclaim him--5 days, after that they can euthanize him or give him to a rescue group, foster home or adopt him out. During those 5 days he is legally theirs and must be cared for--when Jeffrey Dahmer, or some other serial killer gets stabbed by an inmate, they have to fix him, even death row inmates get medical attention before being killed, we, the taxpayer, pay for his doctor--don't our animals deserve at least the same consideration. I don't blame the workers, I blame the committee (3 aldermen), and the mayor--they are in charge of funding, and ultimately the decision makers--you would think that having that many people would include one with a heart, who says, wait a minute, something is very wrong here--at least get the vet to clean and bind the wound and give him pain killers to stop the suffering, and pray a rescue group comes and helps him. The rules need to change and the voters need to make it happen.

The Dog SHOULD NOT have been allowed to suffer that way...he should have been put down...when you let a dog lay and suffer you are worse than the Animal abusers who put on dog/chicken fights...at least they will pay for the treatment of their animals...jeez ya'll are gonna censor the word co*k as in co*k fights...what a screamin bunch of A**hole liberals you've become

The very environment of an animal shelter such as the City of Benton animal shelter places each of us in the situation where we must decide between our overriding duty to protect and honor all life, or to alleviate and prevent ongoing suffering. The decision and execution of the latter weighs heavily on our hearts, even in the knowledge that we have released that animal from its inevitable agony. The moral fiber of animals does not improve with pain, for they do not understand the reason for their suffering; neither can they communicate to us the extent of their agony. They quietly undergo the terror of not knowing why they suffer, for what purpose, how long it will endure, or whether it will ever end Whether we like it or not, we are given the unenviable task of answering those questions on their behalf. It is the dilemma of life and death. If an Arkansas animal shelter takes an injured stray that is in need of medical treatment; they can humanely euthanize the animal to keep it from suffering or seek medical attention for that animal. They cannot put the injured animal in a kennel and allow the animal to knowingly suffer for days. Nothing in our law exempts animal shelters from cruel mistreatment. “Cruel mistreatment” means any act that causes or permits the continuation of unjustifiable pain or suffering; (12) “Humanely killing” means causing the death of an animal in a manner intended to limit the pain or suffering of the animal as much as reasonably possible under the circumstances; § 5-62-103. Offense of cruelty to animals (a) A person commits the offense of cruelty to animals if he or she knowingly: (1) Subjects any animal to cruel mistreatment;

He didn't find a home yet and the $2000 is their MEDICAL money for the year.

username1.. sounds like you are one of the cash dedicated employees of briarwood animal hospital... ouch!

Why would they leave the dog on the floor for 2 days suffering and schedule putting him down on Friday is inhumane. If an person did that with their own dog they would be charged with animal cruelty!!!

How do they know how much the surgery will cost if they didn't take the dog to the vet? I understand about the money crunch but if that is all the money they have on hand how do they keep the lights on or the heat/air on all year long? Sounds like another would be shelter I know of.

Humvee does not have a home or a foster home yet. The website to complete a foster home application or an adoption application is www.ootwrescue.org. You can also make a tax deductible donation to help pay for his surgery on this website. You can follow HumVee's recovery on Facebook by searching and LIKING: Out of the Woods Animal Rescue of Arkansas. Thank you!

I'm glad the dog has a new home but it's ridiculous to say that they should pay TWO THIRDS of their income for one dog so that all the others may starve. They did what they could with the circumstances. You don't walk into a grocery store saying "My lack of funds is no exucse; you should give me all the food I want". I've worked for a vet for a number of years and it's very similar; I'm sorry we can't give free services but we have bills to pay too! Again, I'm so happy he found a home but don't put blame on AC.