Friends Fur Life

Tomorrow (Saturday) night there will be a vigil for Buddy, a lab who was wrongfully euthanized, in downtown Fredericksburg, VA.  Due to insurance purposes, I’m not allowed to post the exact location on a web site.  So if you are interested in attending, simply email me at bnh107@gmail.com and I will let you know the details.

Buddy ran away and his owners put up signs everywhere, went to Animal Control every day, called them a couple times a day, and were always told that there was no sign of him.  Then one day a lady who saw their poster called to say she had found Buddy in a ditch, possibly had been hit by a car, but was awake and alert enough to have some food and water.  She called Animal Control, who came out, assured her he would call Buddy’s owners, whose number was on the tag on his collar, and instead removed the collar, and euthanized him right there in the truck.  After being told all of this, Buddy’s owner then went to Animal Control who took her back to the freezer where she found Buddy laying in the trash can with a dead cat on top of him, about to be shipped out to the landfill.  The collar has never been found, no report was ever filed on Buddy, and Animal Control had no intention of ever calling his owner.  Had that lady not seen the sign, they would never have known what happened to Buddy.  When his owner called the director of Animal Control to ask him about this situation, he allegedly responded that he was in the middle of dinner and couldn’t be bothered to come to the phone.  His collar, still, has not been found.

One positive update that I received this evening is that the officer responsible for killing Buddy no longer works there.  Now we are asking to form a Shelter Advisory Board to oversee the operations and investigate complaints, to ensure this doesn’t happen again.

Along with other speakers, I will be saying a few words at the vigil myself.  For those unable to attend, I will post my speech here tomorrow evening.  Let’s make a stand and honor not just Buddy, but all others who have lost their lives in this manner!

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