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Originally Posted by pylon
Thanks slava, Hence why I want to re-quote this.
According to everything written in this post, these people did nothing wrong, and took every precaution. The dog escaped from it's cage, and got at the child. Also they took precautions before the child was brought home that 99.5% of the population wouldn't. A lot of people owe these folks an apology for calling them horrible parents, irresponsible, etc.
And judigng on the fact nobody actually witnessed what the dog did, and that nobody actually saw the dog take the child, the right decision was made.
Again cowperson brings rationality to the situtation.
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Just to be clear, that's one version of what happened. Other published versions had a human in the room.
And that's a pretty detailed description of what happened in that room if no one was there.
However, the police seem satisfied as to the accidental nature of this so I will be too.
And again, I don't believe the dog needed to be put down. Since there was no order from authorities to do so, the assumption should be they did not feel the animal was a future danger and therefore could have been adopted out and lived a long life. However, I recognize the right of the owners to euthanize.
Interestingly, pets as property without rights versus granting them rights is a very hot debate in the rescue community.
And, as I said before, humans are animals. We'd only like to presume we're not . . . .
Cowperson