According to ABC.com The death of a dog named Bruno who was a brown and white mixed breed dog has sparked a movement to try and ban the use of guns to “put your pets down”. This is a practice that has been happening for generations and generations. Some people live to far away from a veterinarian or are on a fixed budget and just don't have the money. Whatever the reason and situation Katie Treamer is trying her best to change this. There are no laws regulating how pets are euthanatized. This is a practice that if the right person does it could be humane but Katie argues that in this day and age other methods are available.
“It was done in such a cruel manner. The dog was shot multiple times and left to die,” said Katie Treamer, one of the founders of Justice For Bruno, a group lobbying to make it a felony to shoot a pet to death in New Hampshire. “In this day and age, it's just not a responsible way to euthanize a pet.”
New Hampshire is among 27 states plus the District of Columbia that have no laws governing “emergency euthanasia,” according to the American Veterinary Medical Association. Justice For Bruno has contacted state officials and its change.org petition has more than 36,000 signatures in support of a new law.
The dog whose death prompted calls for new legislation, however, was not injured.
Bruno was found shot four times in September in the former timber city of Berlin. Bruno's owner, Ryan Landry, said in a Facebook posting he was forced to put down the year-and-a-half old dog because it had bitten his children. Landry declined to be interviewed by The Associated Press. Treamer said Landry had other options, including returning Bruno — no questions asked — to the shelter where he was adopted. If the dog truly was dangerous, then medical euthanasia administered by a trained professional would have been the preferred way to end Bruno's life, she said.
Maine's law is explicit: “An animal may be shot if it is restrained in a humane way, it is performed by a highly skilled and trained person using a weapon that will produce instantaneous death by a single shot.” Several states allow law enforcement, veterinarians or animal welfare workers to shoot a pet if the animal is injured, sick or dangerous. In New York, “no person shall euthanize any dog or cat by gunshot except as an emergency procedure for a dangerous dog or a severely injured dog.”
Growing up on a western Massachusetts farm, John Gralenski, now 80, sometimes had to put down sick or injured pets. He never liked it but he adamantly opposes outlawing the practice.
“I think they should have that right,” said Gralenski, who lives in rural Shelburne, on the New Hampshire-Maine line. “When I was a kid, we always had dogs and if it was my dog and the dog got sick, there wasn't any money for a vet.”
Joanne Bourbeau, the Vermont-based northeastern regional director for the Humane Society of the United States, acknowledged that enforcement might be difficult but just having a law on the books could serve as a deterrent.”We would have a way to follow up,” she said. “With the veterinary forensics we have now, it's very easy to prove that a crime was committed.”
Terrible!!!!!!!!!!
Terrible!!!!!!!!!!
Should be put in jail!!!
Should be put in jail!!!
what ther shooting dogs to but them down that is awful and cruel like gas that should not be alout. both of them reminds me if the movies of$#%&!@*that is how he killed people gased them and but them agsinst the wall and had them shoot some one needs to stop that these animal suffer there dont know if there kill them right away .my god how cols are these people havent these animals suffert anavd trough humans hand and then you do this to them were are these animal rights activists thete supost to fight for the animals these needs to go viral that is insane and casing them come one that is nlt humane . what is wrong with psople there all say care for animals dont look like it to me please some one check in to that and do something here that is sloughtering animals. that needs to stop help these animals in these shelters that is.going on gasing and shooting .please
what ther shooting dogs to but them down that is awful and cruel like gas that should not be alout. both of them reminds me if the movies of$#%&!@*that is how he killed people gased them and but them agsinst the wall and had them shoot some one needs to stop that these animal suffer there dont know if there kill them right away .my god how cols are these people havent these animals suffert anavd trough humans hand and then you do this to them were are these animal rights activists thete supost to fight for the animals these needs to go viral that is insane and casing them come one that is nlt humane . what is wrong with psople there all say care for animals dont look like it to me please some one check in to that and do something here that is sloughtering animals. that needs to stop help these animals in these shelters that is.going on gasing and shooting .please
Maybe dog had reasons to bite his children. Dogs cannot speak up in their defense.
Maybe dog had reasons to bite his children. Dogs cannot speak up in their defense.
Good
Good
When we lost our boy we found a company that came to our house. Sit on the ground with us and talked to him and made him feel comfortable. Give him a lethal injection and our boy quietly past away. They then took him to their place of business and cremated him for us and brought his ashes back. It broke our hearts to lose him but this was such a humane way to do it.
When we lost our boy we found a company that came to our house. Sit on the ground with us and talked to him and made him feel comfortable. Give him a lethal injection and our boy quietly past away. They then took him to their place of business and cremated him for us and brought his ashes back. It broke our hearts to lose him but this was such a humane way to do it.
That is sick
That is sick
That’s not right
That’s not right
Amen may they find all these people shoot them in the foot and let them suffer there guns should be taken away
Amen may they find all these people shoot them in the foot and let them suffer there guns should be taken away
So barbaric I
So barbaric I
Ridiculous
Ridiculous
Went with my son to have his dog”put down” euthanized. Poor baby went down screaming!!!never went back to that vet again!
Went with my son to have his dog”put down” euthanized. Poor baby went down screaming!!!never went back to that vet again!
What? With a gun? OMG!!!!
What? With a gun? OMG!!!!
Shoting dogs against the law
Shoting dogs against the law
How horrible.
How horrible.
Horrible.
Horrible.
Do these owners want to be ‘put down’ by a gun shot?
Do these owners want to be ‘put down’ by a gun shot?
I would rather walk my old pup out to the woods and have him take his last breath there with me than have him at a vet or a vet do it. I have known many that have had to euthanize their own and will soon have to do mine and can very easily be done humanely. The things we allow animals to be put through just for our selfish consumption and you want to worry about a safe and effective way of leading your own dog on his last walk.
I would rather walk my old pup out to the woods and have him take his last breath there with me than have him at a vet or a vet do it. I have known many that have had to euthanize their own and will soon have to do mine and can very easily be done humanely. The things we allow animals to be put through just for our selfish consumption and you want to worry about a safe and effective way of leading your own dog on his last walk.
This needs to stop!
This needs to stop!
Oh my gosh. The world really has gone crazy.
Oh my gosh. The world really has gone crazy.
How awful poor sweet baby that ss dis gusting how could you
How awful poor sweet baby that ss dis gusting how could you
Rest in peace baby God bless you
Rest in peace baby God bless you
Omg I never heard of this!!
Omg I never heard of this!!
Your dog is counting on you Eva miller and for you to betray your dog like that is very sad ,hes counting on you not to hurt him hes trusting you,and the last thing your dog sees is you with a gun pointed to his head is very sad
Your dog is counting on you Eva miller and for you to betray your dog like that is very sad ,hes counting on you not to hurt him hes trusting you,and the last thing your dog sees is you with a gun pointed to his head is very sad
Absolutely!!
Absolutely!!
How sad!!!
How sad!!!
Bastard
Bastard
Good what will these people do next
Good what will these people do next
No dogs should be shot
No dogs should be shot
No who could even shoot their own dog, no just put them to sleep.
No who could even shoot their own dog, no just put them to sleep.
Justices for all innocent animals
Justices for all innocent animals
he could have taken the dog to a shelter or, better yet, not have gotten he dog if he was worried about his children!
he could have taken the dog to a shelter or, better yet, not have gotten he dog if he was worried about his children!
the chidren were probably too young to have a dog anyway, the do things to aggravate dogs
the chidren were probably too young to have a dog anyway, the do things to aggravate dogs
God how cruel and barbaric
God how cruel and barbaric
If you can’t do it with one shot, you shouldn’t even doing it
If you can’t do it with one shot, you shouldn’t even doing it
Lock him up no dog deserves that at all
Lock him up no dog deserves that at all
Evil Devil People Does this to animals
Evil Devil People Does this to animals
Sad
Sad
That’s BS, in this case the owner should be charged. This owner had plenty of things he could have done longoing before he to shooting the dog.
That’s BS, in this case the owner should be charged. This owner had plenty of things he could have done longoing before he to shooting the dog.
People that do this are barbarians and animal abusers – should be jailed.
People that do this are barbarians and animal abusers – should be jailed.
No Guns
No Guns
It cruel
It cruel
That’s just wrong to shoot any animals and if u do u have no soul
That’s just wrong to shoot any animals and if u do u have no soul
Shot the evil people he looks like such a sweet dog so sad
Shot the evil people he looks like such a sweet dog so sad
So sad
So sad
Prayers and love for the little one
Prayers and love for the little one