I would hope that they had a Vet available to take care of any animal that needed to be put down.
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I would hope that they had a Vet available to take care of any animal that needed to be put down.
Good Lord, S.B..... What a horrible situation. My best to your family, brother, if y'all need a hand please post it.
They didn't.
After the Piedmont tornado a local vet told me there was no way they could go around and put down all the suffering live stock. He said he could hear gunshots going off around the countryside.
If the animal is obviously beyond recovery why let it suffer until the vet gets there?
I saw a badly injured horse on our street; that image brings tears to my eyes every time I think of it. Not being familiar with horses, and since it wasn't mine and some horses can be quite valuable, I didn't put it down.
It wasn't long before the owner and the police were there and decided to shoot it; in front of the 14 year old daughter who was training with it.
I'm not seeing reports online about police shooting horses...and the horses mentioned are located on 19th and Western, or close by.
About 100 horses were killed by the storm, which was their entire stock.
Can't see police having to beg ammo from homeowners when there are so many officers in the immediate area, each of which probably carries a minimum of abbout 50 rounds.
Would someone kindly post a link showing where police are shooting horses?
About 100 horses were killed by the storm, which was their entire stock.
Can't see police having to beg ammo from homeowners when there are so many officers in the immediate area, each of which probably carries a minimum of abbout 50 rounds.
Would someone kindly post a link showing where police are shooting horses?
Dude, this is real life. Not everything that happens is reported by or to the media. People are out there taking care of business. They aren't waiting for the news channel to show up before taking action.
I'm thinking that is not something that's going to get a lot of attention. Even if we don't see a "Story" about police killing horses or any other animals, you can rest assured it is being done. It must be done, it is the only humane thing to do and I would imagine the police will be involved in doing it. They just so happen to be the primary ones on the scene with tools suitable for the job.
When a severe tornado hits a large number of carbon based life forms not sheltered underground, it ALWAYS leaves three broad categories in its wake:
1. Living uninjured or with treatable injuries
2. Dead
3. Living with injuries beyond treatment
Putting animals out of their misery is a very noble thing to do so NOBODY should bear ill will against the poor souls tasked with the job of doing it.
When a severe tornado hits a large number of carbon based life forms not sheltered underground, it ALWAYS leaves three broad categories in its wake:
1. Living uninjured or with treatable injuries
2. Dead
3. Living with injuries beyond treatment
Putting animals out of their misery is a very noble thing to do so NOBODY should bear ill will against the poor souls tasked with the job of doing it.
It was happening on May south of 149th.
It was awful.
There was a dying horse in the middle of the street that I was able to coax over into the grass. I didn't want it going down in the middle of the road and blocking emergency vehicles.
I'm a horse guy. Some of the things I saw down there will stay with me for the remainder of my days.
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