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How much evidence do I need to report animal abuse, and be sure it gets taken seriously?
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Throwaway for my safety. My parent's dogs are not in good hands. They get left in the crate all the time, and even when they're not they barely get to experience outside. There's constant screaming at the absolute top of my parents' lungs especially when outside and the dogs jump the small pallet fence blocking the rosebushes and nightshade everywhere on the edges of the yard. The dogs barely eat anything but treats, they eat their bowl of kibble once every few days each. If they pee on the floor, probably from being made to hold it for too long, they get their nose forcefully shoved in it and screamed at for 5 minutes until they get literally thrown in the crate and the door slammed shut. My mom just stays in her room all day, my dad just works and sleeps. I've tried talking to them over the past couple years, yeah that's gone nowhere. I roughly know where I'm going to report from a little research (SPCA, ASPCA, PETA, FBI, National Link Coalition, Idaho Humane Society, and my county's animal control if they have a website report function), I don't want to call 911 because I don't want them to hear me. They're not vaccinated, dewormed (they're both 2 years old), neutered, or trained really in any way. My parents intended (if you ask them they still do) on doing a couple of those but they're just too lazy to do anything for them. One of them has had a rash on his inner thigh for the past month or two that's obviously bothering him a lot, and they just give him Benadryl a couple times a week, no vet visits (they don't get bathed either). I've been on the fence for a while partially because I wanted to be out of the house and independent first but I can't let these dogs suffer like this for another year and couple months. I can't live with myself being silent. I can defend myself, they realistically can't. So I decided a few days ago, and have been recording audio (video but the camera is just blocked) for the past few days of the screaming through my window. It's so loud I can hear it with my window shut, my headphones on, and listen to music. I'm not positive but our one neighbor may corroborate the screaming at least, it's very loud at all hours of the night. Might not though because this is a very right-wing area and people all over town are leaving their dogs out all the time. Oh yeah, also when they bite or snap they get their mouth clamped shut and beaten. They go crazy over my adult sister that moved in a couple months ago because they were never socialized, absolutely at all. Also I want to ask, if the dogs get taken away but neither of them goes to prison at least immediately, will they be barred from ever owning animals again? I don't want this to keep happening, they keep getting new dogs and treating them like objects that just love to defy them. They have two Jack Russells, and expect them to act like stuffed animals. Side question: what do I expect if my dad goes to prison (my mom is disabled and dependent on meds to even barely function so she doesn't do much with the dogs)? My mom and grandma who lives with us can't work, so we just go homeless again? While the investigation is going on will they start to look into my care and put me into foster care? It's extremely hard for me to have to do this because I don't want my life uprooted horribly but I honestly can't live with myself being silent.
Top Comment: Hi. This really sucks for these dogs. I encourage you to do whatever you're gonna do ASAP. I'd start by talking to your local animal services people. Maybe contact some rescues and see if you can get somebody to help you advocate for these dogs, And maybe find some place for them to go besides the shelter. So are you under age & living in the same home with these pups and your parents?
Should I report a fellow dog owner for having a restricted breed without following the laws?
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Update: thanks for your comments all, I have submitted a report to the local council.
TDLR: a guy at the dog park has restricted-breed dogs and he's not following the laws for that breed. The dogs harass and bully other dogs, making the park unsafe. Should I report the owner to council?
I'm a dog owner, and go to a popular local dog park semi-regularly. Months ago I met a dog owner with two red nose American pit-bulls. One dog was a fully gown intact male, and the other was that dog's puppy son. Owner was a nice guy, we had a nice chat, he told me about how he'd bred his own dogs, and was evidently proud of their 100% red nose American pitbull breed status.
Fast forward ten months or so, that puppy is now adult sized and even bigger than his father. Both dogs are strong and sweet looking, but they tend to gang up on other dogs, and are not under consistent verbal command. The owner is lassaiz faire about recalling his dogs, and when he does they don't listen anyway. I've now witnessed this three times, on different days, and involving various other dogs (interestingly, they tend to only gang up on bigger dogs).
I no longer allow my dog to play in that park - we walk around the outside, on lead. I've today, out of curiosity, googled red nose pitbulls and discovered that it's a restricted breed in Victoria, with conditions including desexing your dogs, not breeding them, and muzzling and keeping them in lead in public.
I don't have a personal beef with this guy; my dog has never been attacked though I don't let him play with his dogs. As a fellow dog owner, I'm sympathetic to other dog owners and don't want to bring undue complications to their dog-owning lives. But I think that owner's actions are selfish and potentially put other dogs in undue risk, and that part doesn't sit well with me. I wondered if I was conflating the issue of poor dog training with the dog breed being restricted, but I don't think so, because certain breeds are restricted for good reason (they have the *physical capacity*, in addition to bred temperament, to kill other dogs unlike, say, an aggressive Pomeranian).
Should I say something to council?
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Yes, report. How bad would you feel if they ripped another dig apart or a child?
Aggressive dog and aggressive owner. Can we report somewhere?
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A couple with two German Shepards moved down the street, one of the dogs is supper aggressive and reactive towards my dog.
We usually avoid walking nearby when they are outside, but tonight my partner was distracted when walking out dog and ended up on the same sidewalk as them.
As they approached, the neighbour’s dog started pulling, barking and jumping and my dog giving one of those warning growls. The neighbour, said that she couldn’t be responsible if her dog attacked ours and accused of walking there just to provoke her dog (it’s a court and they are the first house and we are one of the last ones on the street, we kinda need to walk there ) My partner replied that they were on the sidewalk and if an attack occurred she would get into a problem. The neighbour proceed to insult her, my partner did not engaged, just told her she knew the law and she should think about what she was doing.
Our question is, if we should be proactive and and file a police report in case anything else happens? Or this is really a minor thing that we shouldn’t waste police resources on?
Thanks
Edit: they are at the entrance to the court and we are the end.
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Hey OP, the police might not do anything now but if you call the non-emergency line for the Peel police, you can at least file a complaint. See, the way it works is that they log the history of the one who complains, so if your complaints keep coming in, eventually they will investigate.
Even though nothing has happened now, it wouldn't hurt to make a report anyway so you have some sort of history logged. Take officer badge numbers, dates, times, report numbers and keep them handy. This is what police do for noise and domestic complaints. They keep track of the history and the more often the same complaints come in, the worse it looks on the party being complained about.
Just food for thought, create a documented paper trail for yourself. You have everything to gain from it.
Shadowverse Evolve [DoG] SG Meta Report Month 1
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I can't follow the link. I get this error when I click it:
"Sorry, unable to open the file at this time. Please check the address and try again."
Should I report a local dog owners XL bullies? : AskUK
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Is this a wag the dog situation??? bbc report from ukraine.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHpX6_B8ArE
I cannot get my head around this, shopkeepers winning tanks? what am i missing here.
this whole thing seems so unreal to me. what is going on here?
edit2add - to clarify, the thing that is bizzare to me is how the civilians can go along with it if it is fake. almost like they have other ways to change reality. matts original video on the subjecthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsRmGEIvqhM
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https://web.archive.org/web/20060316085324/http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/8798997/the_man_who_sold_the_war/
PR firm the Rendon Group received 35 contracts from US defense between 2000-2004 worth between $50-$100 million to sell the Iraq war to the American public and the rest of the world.
While it is impossible to know exactly what is true and what isn't without being there ourselves, one thing I do know is it would be naive to think that same spending (or much greater) isn't happening today.
New Diet/DCM Case Report Data from FDA
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With the help of documents from Freedom of Information Act Requests, updated DCM case report information from the FDA is now available.
You can access the full article with links to the data and charts here.
With combined data from the FDA’s own 2019 update that spanned 2014- April 2019, and the FOIA data, which spans May 2019 - November 2022, the following are the most reported brands and breeds:
Acana - 183 Taste of the Wild - 167 Zignature - 161 Blue (variety) - 100 Nature’s Domain / Kirkland - 78
Golden Retriever - 194 Mixed - 152 Labrador - 146 Pit bull type - 91 German Shepherd - 60
Top Comment: It is so important for people to realize new cases are still being reported. If you feed your dog one of those brands they are straight up a test subject at this point
Report of dogs dying due to Clark Fork water can't be confirmed by health officials
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Yeah I knew that was bullshit.
Advice on our barking dog complaint
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So in June 2023 we received a letter advising our dog had been barking excessively which shocked us as we've lived here for 9 years with no issues (our dogs are 10 years old). Our dog barks randomly like when our neighbours kids hit balls on the fence or use the hose on the fence which isn't very often or they bark for a minute when a dog walks past barking which again isn't very often. I normally work from home so if they do bark I quiet them down or if the kids are playing with a ball against the fence I put the dogs inside so they don't bother them. We received another letter today a year and 5 months on from the original complaint advising they're now contacting the council. When I received the first complaint I actually door knocked every house out fence connects with and no one had any issues at all - one even saying they didn't realise we have a dog - so we didn't make any changes. I've been on maternity leave all year and can confidently say they don't bark for longer than 2 minutes if at all a day so I'm really torn on what to do from this letter today.
Does anyone have any advice?
Top Comment: Three scenarios Your dogs aren't barking. Your neighbour is hearing dogs barking from someone else's yard and has assumed it's yours. They even seem unsure it's from your house in their letter. There's even a chance they sent the same letter to other potential houses. Your dogs are barking, but it's a minimal amount, as you've described. Maybe your neighbours are shift workers and have reasons to be annoyed about the barking (2 minutes is a long time when you're being woken up everyday and having to wait them out), or maybe they're just easily annoyed and find dogs barking at all to be unacceptable. Your dogs are barking, but it's more frequent than you're describing, you're just unaware of it's frequency. Maybe you're out of the home during the times they're barking like that, or maybe you've become so used to it that you barely notice anymore (often happens). No matter what, you should invest in a camera to record your dogs. Review the footage and see for yourself how often they're barking. It would also be good to ensure the recording can capture barking from other dogs (while showing your dogs arent barking). If they are frequent barkers, then you should have a dog trainer come in to reduce the disturbance. Following this, it may be beneficial to ask your neighbours nearby about the barking (don't just ask neighbours who share your fence. Barking travels). Find out who has the issue, as well as why. If your dogs aren't barking, show them that footage. If your dogs are barking, take accountability, apologise for the disturbance and that you didn't realise how big of an issue this was to others, and work to reduce/fix it.