I just got this email from a woman I know...
Most nights I sit at my computer upstairs next to the window. This allows me to check any noises I might hear outside.... Last night, I heard what I thought was laughter. (might not have been) pulled up the shade to see three security guards chasing a large dog, probably came to about mid thigh to me. I could tell the dog, as do most dogs being chased, thought it was a game by the way he pranced. But when the security guards closed in around the dog coward down, as do most dogs when they know they have done something wrong. Though I did not see, nor know, what happened before they started to chase the dog, at this point the dog was not being aggressive. A cornered, aggressive dog would have attacked.
Still being a dog owner, I know you take precaution with dogs. One of the guards tazzered the dog and it went right down. A second guard leaned forward, took his club and beat the dog over his head, striking the dog twice. The first blow alone should have cracked his skull... the tazzer had already immobilized the dog.
At this time there was a noise somewhere else, and after a quick exchange of words, the third guard took off towards it. I called the police, because to me this was just cruelty. The guards were not equip to handle the dog and should have called animal control. They should not have beat it after it went down.
The guard that did the tazzering, was on the phone or walkie talkie to someone, people came around and they talked to them.... after about 10 mins they got in their van and took off, leaving the, I believe dead dog laying under the street lamp. About 1/2 hour later, they came back with a pick up truck, put a rope around the left hind leg of the dog and dragged it off..... Did not even have the kindness to pick the dog up and put it in the back of the truck. I don't know how far they dragged the dog, I only prayed that at this time it was dead and called the humane society hot line to report this. They called the police also.
I did not sleep well last night, kept waking up to make sure my dogs were still with me. I am afraid for them, what if they are in the yard and get out? Or break free of their leash? It is a warning not to let your dogs run free. This dog did not have a collar so of course no tags, so now I will make sure they have their collars on even in the house. Though I am not sure that would have stopped this attack.
The police did tell me that at this time of night, animal control should have been called. That this is not the way they are trained to handle an animal... But security guards are not police and probably do not have the same training. I don't know. I do know that the "person" who swung that club could not have been an animal lover. That to strike out with that kind of "power" showed a very cruel side. I have never felt so helpless in my life. So please watch your pets closely....