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Thousands of thumbtacks found in dog park

Thousands of thumbtacks found in dog park

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by: FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Feb 12, '16 8:47am  
Police say they have stepped up patrols and are considering putting cameras to try to catch whoever is spreading thousands of thumbtacks across a Northern California dog park.Dog owners say they clear one area of tacks only to come back the next day and find more tacks strewn in the same place. 4951
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buffaloglenn Active Indicator LED Icon 11
~ 8 years ago   Feb 12, '16 9:01am  
Police say they have stepped up patrols and are considering putting cameras to try to catch whoever is spreading thousands of thumbtacks across a Northern California dog park.Dog owners say they clear one area of tacks only to come back the next day and find more tacks strewn in the same place.
 
@FoFa: Who does crap like that?  Once they catch whoever it is, they should make him (guarantee it's a him.  Okay, possibly could be a crazy cat lady but I doubt it.  They prefer to stay indoors) walk through the area barefoot to pick up all the tacks!
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~ 8 years ago   Feb 12, '16 9:05am  
some humans are just horrid! 4951
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Feb 12, '16 9:59am  
Who does crap like that?
 
@buffaloglenn: Either a very sick adult or teenagers would be my guess.
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~ 8 years ago   Feb 12, '16 10:19am  
What kind of sick person who do something like this?  The world has so much hate and evil in it.  It really is sad.  4951
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~ 8 years ago   Feb 12, '16 11:03am  
Who has time for that crap.  Really? You have nothing better to do with your life than repeatedly going out and buying/stealing thumbtacks and spreading them around a dog park just to be a jerk?  Some humans are just a waste of oxygen. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Feb 12, '16 11:30pm  
What satisfaction would you get from doing something like that? Some people are just cruel. That makes me sad. If you don't like dogs, fine. But why indiscriminately punish strangers? 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Feb 13, '16 12:17am  
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Man Who Taped Dog’s Snout Gets Two Years in Federal Prison
 

 


 
02/04/2016 Posted by Melanie 1,218 Comments
Justice when he was found, and how he looks now.
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Michael Earl Hill was supposed to drop a family’s dog off at a
shelter, but instead, he bound his muzzle and legs with tape, and left
him to die in a field.  But the dog, Justice, was rescued (thanks to two
other dogs) and is now thriving.  Hill has been sentenced to two years
in a federal penitentiary and is banned from even living with animals
for 25 years.
Jessica Hems and Adam Esipu gave Hill the $60 surrender fee to take
their seven-year-old Patterdale terrier, Nos, to the humane society
because their newborn daughter was allergic to him.  But for reasons
unknown, he chose to make him suffer and die slowly and painfully.
Jessica Hems and Adam Esipu exiting the courthouse.
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Thankfully, he was found in a field next to a Canadian Tire in Windsor, Ontario.  On December 17th,  Dean Cresswell was walking his dogs when they discovered him.
“I had gone shopping at the Canadian Tire, came out and the dogs were
in my vehicle, so I thought I’d give them a little walk,” said
Cresswell, referring to his huskies, Bandit and Phoenix.
“For some reason they went down further than they normally do … so I
went to see where they were at and I saw the little head poke up. That’s
when I saw the little dog.  I don’t want to say too much because I’m
going to get all upset again,” he explained to the Windsor Star.
Justice in the field where he was found.
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The poor thing had electrical tape bound so tightly around his snout
that the swelling almost stopped him from breathing.  Cresswell didn’t
have a knife or scissors with him, so he got him to the Windsor/Essex County Humane Society, where he was renamed Justice.
It’s definitely disturbing to see it,” said Melanie Coulter,
executive director of the WECHS. “This is just such incredible cruelty
for absolutely no reason. This dog suffered a lot and almost didn’t
survive.”
Had it been much longer before someone found him, he certainly would
have died.  He appeared to have not been well cared for, as he was found
to have heartworm and a growth in his mouth.  But WECHS has been
working to get him the medical and behavioral treatment he needs.
He needed treatment for the lacerations caused by the tape becoming embedded in his skin.
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After Cresswell got Justice to safety, he took to Facebook to find
the dog’s abuser.  Within a few days, former owner Adam Esipu was at
WECHS to turn in Hill. The man was arrested and charged with causing
unnecessary suffering to an animal.  He was denied bail, and was placed
in solitary confinement at South West Detention to protect him from
potential retribution from other inmates.
Cresswell also started a petition,
asking for Hill to be sentenced to the maximum 25 years in prison and
given a lifetime ban on pet ownership.  It was presented to the court
with over 65,000 signatures.
Dean Cresswell outside the courthouse with Phoenix and Bandit.
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On Monday, February 1st, Hill entered a surprise guilty
plea.  Ontario court Justice Micheline Rawlins, who owns a dog given
away because of allergies, sentenced him to two years in federal prison,
with an additional three years of probation.  He is not allowed to own,
or even live with, animals for the next 25 years after his release.
Hill has a long record, including convictions for robberies, assault
with a weapon, and domestic assault.  He was last released from jail in
2011.  A few months ago, he found work with Esipu’s father.  Co-worker
Fred Doughty said he and the Esipus helped Hill settle into the area.
“It’s
a family business. We’re all family. We treated him like family. For
him to do this…” Doughty said outside the courtroom, trailing off as
tears of rage filled his eyed.
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He had legged it out of the courtroom just moments before.  In spite
of the judge’s warning to the teeming courtroom, Doughty lost control
and swore at Hill.  He undoubtedly was not alone in his feelings.
“There is no other way to describe this act; it’s a despicable act of
depravity,” assistant Crown attorney Craig Houle told the court.
As for Justice, he is slowly recuperating.  Because of all the hubbub, hundreds of people have flocked to adopt him.
Hopefully some of the hundreds of people who want to adopt this survivor will adopt another dog in need.
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“The earliest would be summer,” said Coulter. “He hasn’t even started
his heartworm treatment and that’s a three-month process. We’re not
even taking applications at this point because we would end up with this
huge list and probably half the people in four months would not be able
to take him, or the home might not work.”
He doesn’t get along with cats right now, and he is not “reliably house-broken.”
“We hope that will be resolved by the time he’s ready for adoption,”
Coulter said. “But if he’s not, that’s going to eliminate potential
adopters. Once we’re at the point where he’s medically ready for a home,
we’ll basically look at what issues he may have and what homes will be
able to meet his needs.”
Justice, anticipating a treat in his foster home.
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