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Kentucky town outraged after stray dog shot by animal control - 14 News, The Tri-State's News and Weather Leader-

Kentucky town outraged after stray dog shot by animal control - 14 News, The Tri-State's News and Weather Leader-

WHITLEY COUNTY, KY (NBC) - Some neighbors in one Kentucky community are outraged.

They say an animal control officer killed a friendly dog.

A big, white stray dog recently showed up at a small office complex in Whitley County. Breanna Rhoades told WLEX-TV that the dog called Bugsy - the name on his collar - had come to the Whitley Pharmacy several times but she and other employees weren't able to secure him.

She says the dog was too scared and timid to get close to them. When he took shelter from rain near a dumpster, workers called animal control, hoping the officer would take the stray dog and help find a home for it.

Animal control arrived, along with a police officer, and cornered the dog near a trash dumpster.

That's when some of the workers realized animal control was about to shoot the animal and tried to intervene. Offers to adopt the dog and pay a city fine were ignored and the dog was killed.

Family upset after dog shot by officer

Police said dog was loose; self defense on officer's part

By Dustin Hughes and Jaclyn Cosgrove

A woman whose dog was shot - non-fatally - by a Sand Springs police officer described her animal as a beloved pet. Police, meanwhile say the dog was loose and charged at the officer, leaving him with no choice but to fire in self defense.

The shooting is currently under investigation by police administrators, said Assistant Police Chief Mike Carter.

The owner of the dog, Kimberlee Hughes, does not deny that her dog ‘Taz’ was loose.

A jogger called police Aug. 17 to report that the dog followed her and her baby while she turned from 113th W. Ave. onto 44th Street, reports show. She said the dog followed her for a while, then stopped. She told police she could see several children playing and decided to call police.

Lt. John Tillman said in his report that he was dispatched about 8:15 p.m. that day to investigate a report of a loose, aggressive dog described as a black and white pit bull.

Hughes said Taz is part pit bull, part chocolate lab and part boxer.

In his report, Tillman said he found the dog in the driveway and was trying to find a way around it when it began barking, growling, and walking toward him. Tillman said Hughes was in her driveway as he got out, and he told her she needed to secure her dog. As he was walking back, Tillman said the dog “began a full running charge towards him barking and growling.”

Tillman wrote that the dog almost struck him when he fired two rounds from his pistol. One missed, one hit the dog.

Hughes said she heard the gunshots but did not see what happened.


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"Tobey"

 Found this story which was  posted: 09/13/2009
RAYMORE, Mo. - A Raymore family is missing a loved one and says that Raymore police are to blame.

Kelly Wesner and her family lost their cat, Tobey, who had been a member of the family for 18 years.

The Raymore Police Department says they shot Tobey twice with a shotgun and put his body into a nearby dumpster.

Wesner said Tobey managed to sneak outside on Labor Day without anyone noticing.

What happened next left Wesner dumbfounded.

“It doesn’t make any sense,” she said.

Raymore police were called after someone reported an aggressive cat had scratched a young girl.

According to a police report, the cat was wild, sick, and had all four legs out with claws extended.

The report also stated that the cat was very large.

“How could you scratch if you have no claws,” Wesner asked.

She says Tobey had been declawed more than 10 years ago. She also said Tobey had a thyroid condition which kept the cat at six pounds.

After capturing Tobey, police then took him to a field and shot him twice with a shotgun.

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