Chained Dog Dies in W.Virginia Flash Flood
08 May 2009
Yet another reason to unchain your dog and bring him into the home with the family, where he belongs.
A dog drowned after it was chained to a stake and left outside during the storm Sunday night.
It happened in Frame in Kanawha County.
A volunteer firefighter tells WSAZ.com that the dog was always chained and left alone. It does have a doghouse but she says the dog did not fit inside.
For several weeks, she’s complained to the homeowner and the Humane Society but has been ignored.
When flash floods hit overnight the dog was left to fend for itself. The water took over the homeowner’s backyard and since the dog was chained and could not escape, it drowned.
The homeowner says he didn’t realize it was going to rain that night and he didn’t know there was a flood warning.
The Humane Society does not plan to press charges.
4 Responses
2009 May 08
As a Virginia Representative for Dogs Deserve Better, a nat’l non-profit organization dedicated to education the public about the inhumane and antiquated practice of chaining a dog. This is unacceptable that nothing is being done. I am going to, at the very least, raise enough noise that someone will notice. Mark my words.
2009 May 11
Why aren’t charges being pressed? What do you do mean the owners did not know it was going to rain that hard? When it did beging to rain hard did they go out and there and bring their dog in. Lisa Crompton, I hope you do just as you wrote above. This is absolutely INEXCUSEABLE. These owners SHOULD be prosecuted to the fullest for neglect and the death of their dog due to their negligence.
If I lived in VA, I would be on the phone with the govenor and the attorney general.
2009 May 11
@Lisa Compton
LIsa, I just commented and read your disgust with the owners of the poor dog who had to suffer and die. I don’t live in VA or I would join you. However if you need help protesting the fact that there are no charges being brought forward, please let me know.
thanks,
ellie
2009 Jul 12
What a sin.Poor baby.These people should be charged with neglect,cruelty and anything else you can think of.They should be ashamed of themselves.