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Thursday 9 October 2014

Self Defense from Dogs The Church of Antimuttology

Self Defense from Dogs

The Church of Antimuttology

August 29, 2012

The official stance of the Church of Antimuttology is that humans have a greater right to life than dogs. There is nothing debatable about this position. If there is a situation where human life is threatened by dogs, then it is the spiritual right of every human to defend his/her life and the life of their fellow humans.
Human beings are that of favor and Light. With rights and responsibilities beyond that of other earthly creations, humans have the right to feel happy and secure and not in fear of life or freedom.

As soon as a human being feels the slightest inkling of fear, worry, panic, or dread then that human has the right to seek balance and adjust its environment to restore the peace. This is a fundamental right that may not be infringed upon or rescinded by anyone. To deny such a fundamental right would be a condemnation to a life of misery and imprisonment.
Dogs urinate anywhere they please and roam freely. So why can't human beings roam freely without the encumbrances of dog attacks?

Maybe you are a very masculine man and you don't see the potential dangers of dogs. Imagine for a moment that your mother or sister or Aunt, or grandmother or child is walking outside and she encounters a vicious dog that wants to end her life. It goes without saying that you would have no difficulty deciding what to do in that scenario. Similarly, we must take a proactive approach to self defense.


By Self Defense we mean that you are entitled to defend every single cell of your physical body by whatever means is necessary to do so. Nobody should ever suffer loss of life or limb because a stupid and ferocious animal has a territorial issue or a psychological/chemical imbalance.

Many municipalities have dog catchers/animal control agencies and we applaud such efforts to safeguard the general human population. However, this is not enough in itself. These same agencies are aware of this problem and this is exactly why they utilize euthanization. Unless the dog population decreases, whether naturally or by human intervention, the risk of dog attacks will increase in like proportion. Spaying and neutering human owned dogs is a thoughtful gesture, but that only helps to control the population of commercially-bred dogs. Such custom-designed dogs may have been bred to have a specifically mild temperament or may be of great monetary value; which may deter the dog owners from ever releasing these dogs into the streets. Most likely, these types of dogs will sleep at the foot of the bed of its owner- indoors until the day it dies- and then the owner will stuff it and keep it on the mantle over the fireplace.
The fact is that most people who have "lower grade" dogs do not want to or cannot afford to have their dog spayed/neutered and it is these types of dogs that find themselves wandering the city streets. In fact, it is these half-trained dogs that can be the most dangerous, according to most self defense and dog training experts. Dogs that are trained to attack, but not trained enough to obey verbal commands to stop are nothing more than furry killing machines.

What does the Church recommend?

Our recommendation is a two tier plan of action. Proactive preparation is required in the event that first tier Self Defense is ineffective.

First Tier:  Segregation

The main point is to remember to do whatever necessary to keep dogs away from you as far as possible. Not everyone can be Rambo and wrestle a dog in a death-roll. Some of the simplest methods are the least aggressive and require the least amounts of thinking or physical strength.
  • Using sonic devices that create an uncomfortable shield of distance between yourself and the dog is by far one of the best ways to keep a dog segregated. 
  • Another tool is to keep mace/pepper spray handy to spray at the dog's face. Sometimes, even if you fail to spray the dog's eyes the dog may will segregate itself and flee because it could smell the contents of the warning shot. 
  • Lastly, and this works about 75% of the time with stray dogs, you can try to let your adrenaline guide you. Go crazy and scream and be sure to waive your arms around like a Muppet, hopped-up on drugs. Most dogs will flee.
If the first tier fails, then you must deploy second tier tactics. 


Second Tier: Eradication

The main point remains the same, to keep the dog as far away from you as possible. However, since the dog is refusing to segregate itself from you then you must engage the animal directly in order to restore the state of segregation. In this case, we are speaking of a permanent segregation. Depending on the situation, your physical strength and adrenaline may be enough to end the life of the attacker or maybe you will have tools that will assist you.
  • Dogs do not have hands and fingers. Get control of its head. You can offer your arm and let them latch on. As soon as it does, drop on top of the animal and gouge both of its eyes out. If you fail to do this then the dog will try to kill you as soon as you release it. Never release a dog unless it is totally blind. You can use your fingers or thumb to dislodge the eyes or you can use a pocketknife or stick. Use anything around you and scream for help the entire time. As soon as it is blind then you can release it and run away.
  • Buy a handgun and become comfortable with moving targets. This is by far one of the most effective tools available. Even if you miss, the explosion of the gun or the ricochet of the bullet is enough to stun a dog or make it flee.
  • Speak loudly and carry a big stick. If you cannot get or do not want a handgun, then a sturdy baton may be enough to crack open the skull of any dog. Remember that smashing its nose inward will only make it more ferocious. Be sure to aim for the teeth/lower jaw and/or the skullcap. A dog with no teeth cannot bite you and a dog with no brains cannot advance to attack you. Be sure to yell and scream so other people will come to help you or at least notify police.
  • Taser Wands and Stun Guns. These can be effective and can either cause the dog to lose consciousness or stop its heart, especially if you use a model that is at least 4 million volts or greater.    
It is standard police practice to use deadly force if attacked. The Church of Antimuttology does not act any less rationally than a trained police officer in light of similar threats to his person. Every human being has the right to life and self-preservation. If dogs cannot be segregated then they must be eradicated. In this case, we must Kill The Dogs.

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Killing Dogs in Russia: The Sport

Kill The Dogs

 Recently, Russia was in thespotlight because of a new trend where average citizens are killing dogs as a type of sport. Many of the participants are armed with various rifles while others are using easy to acquire poison from utilizing the death cap mushroom. I just want to briefly touch on a few points about this issue. Hopefully our Russian brothers will accept this critique.



First of all, I would like to congratulate the Russians for the courage to step forward and defend themselves from harm. Many people act in a cowardly manner when confronted with conflict and would rather hide indoors. It seems as though our Russian brothers are not cowards and they have chosen to protect humans from the violent attacks of stray dogs. This is the very essence of love for your fellow man: you want them to be safe so you take action and protect them. Bravo!

However, there are a few points that I would like to address:

Legality

In Russia, there are (rarely enforced) laws in place to protect dogs from such activities. I would like to advise our brothers to lobby for a repeal of these archaic and outdated laws. There is absolutely no reason that any human being should risk their freedom for a bag of fur. There are many legal ways to dispose of these mutts. Try to utilize all legal methods first. If you are genuinely under siege and totally encapsulated by stray dogs then by all means do anything within your ability to return your streets to a state of normalcy. There is no reason that anyone should live in fear because of stray animals. 

Safety

While I admire the effort, I am a bit disturbed by the means. Poison is fine when used in a very controlled setting, but I am hearing reports of poisoned meat being tossed haphazardly in the city streets. Anyone who has children knows that kids will often innocently and trustingly take any object from the ground and place it into their mouths. If there is a gang of stray dogs and you want to throw poison to them from the safety of your car then, by all means, go ahead and do so. I don't mean to place a burden on anyone who wished to kill the dogs. There is a concern about the safety of innocents that needs to be addressed. Whenever you deploy poison you are morally and legally responsible for who or whatever it kills. Imagine if you intended to kill the dogs, but instead you inadvertently killed two kids who were walking home from school.
Bottom Line: If you must use poison, then do so responsibly. After the dogs eat their fill and disperse make sure that any remaining traces of the poisoned food are cleaned up afterwards.

I recommend that if anyone is in fear for their safety that they find a legal way or at least a way that cannot possibly hurt or kill innocent human beings. If anyone is looking to make this sport more popular, then maybe the best way would be to have weekly contests with death count stats. Larger and more vicious dogs could be worth more points per kill, etc.

Kill The Dogs

Friday 3 October 2014

Carson Shelter

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Posted June 23rd, 2014 in Shelters by Josh
On Friday Carson shelter manager Gil Moreno abruptly resigned from his position at the shelter. This comes a few months after the shakeup at Baldwin Park, where then manager Lance Hunter resigned from his position to go join the ASPCA. Since that time it seems that the highest of decision makers at Baldwin Park are reversing course and moving in a backwards fashion. Ric Browde made this statement on his blog back in May…
This week despite having over 30 empty kennels on May 10th, the shelter staff was being ordered to kill. Adoptable dogs were being given deadly Marcia Mayeda cocktails and staff and volunteer morale plummeted as the number of barrels full of pet carcasses inside the shelter’s freezers soared.
^This matches what I personally witnessed at the Carson shelter when I was there to visit with and photograph the dogs on June 4th, counting 39 empty kennels and then coming to find out that they were still killing that morning.
With Moreno’s tenure over, Alonzo Real will now become acting shelter manager until a replacement can be found and hired. I’d like to formally throw my hat into the ring as someone who would be extremely interested in partnering with whatever new leadership they bring on, but this seems extremely unlikely considering Marcia Mayeda and L.A. County rejected my application to become a volunteer due to what they called an “ongoing conflict with the department.” That’s another way of saying that if I’m not set on being a shill for a horribly run system, that they don’t need my help, free or otherwise.
They also forced my girlfriend out of the volunteer system, due to her refusing to sign a selectively enforced document written only for her that mandated that she adhere to an in-house breed-specific policy that goes against everything just and decent for the dogs. Prior to this she was “suspended” for taking out Pit Bulls that had not yet been temperament tested, which is a complete racket considering most of their Pit Bulls never even get temperament tested (to the few that eventually do, it routinely takes staff over a week to do them after it’s been requested), and thus, sit in their cages without interaction until they are killed.
So why did Gil resign? Was he going to be fired? Was his resignation just a move to save his pension? All questions without any on the record answers. What I do know is that in my 3+ years of visiting the Carson shelter I’ve never seen a poorer run place. The foundation of control, prejudice, vindictiveness and retaliation has defined my coverage of this shelter. It will forever be encapsulated on this website.
Moreno aside, the crux of any argument made against any L.A. County shelter will always lead back to its atrociously entrenched director Marcia Mayeda. She’s the one that’s been most deserving of being fired for well over a decade, and instead was just shockingly given a raise in 2014. You can blame the L.A. County Board of Supervisors for that one. Last month the interim job at the Baldwin Park shelter was given to Gayle Miley, who proceeded to immediately alienate volunteers in a myriad of ways. Worse, Marcia Mayeda has since hired the infamous Pat Claerbout of the Stockton animal shelter to take over at Baldwin, signifying her continued desire of reorganizing deck chairs on the Titanic.
To close, I will attach my last exchange with Gil, which gives insight into 1 gigantic misstep that ended up costing a wonderful dog his life. How many times this shit happened without anyone there to recognize it, document it, raise hell on the dog’s behalf, we will never know…
On the morning of 6/4/2014 the Carson shelter opted to kill Brownie (#A4709410) while he had a CTA in place and an adopting family that would show up onsite hours later to get him. That same day I was at the shelter and counted 39 empty kennels. The excuse given for why he was euthanized? He was “sick.”
- See more at: http://www.swaylove.org/page/3#sthash.1Ii3Roh5.dpuf

Monday 29 September 2014

Charge Animal Abuser for Poisoning Dogs Posted by Liz Mellem

Target: Santa Ana District Attorney, Tony Rackauckas
Goal: Charge Ray Haines with animal cruelty after poisoning dogs with toxic drain cleaner.
A California man still faces no animal cruelty charges after fatally poisoning a neighbor’s dog more than three months ago. Ray Haines left a mixture of dog food and toxic drain cleaner eight feet from the neighbor’s yard where he knew dogs were present. Please sign this petition and urge the District Attorney to file animal cruelty charges against Haines.
Marc Schroeder’s dog, Diablito, suffered convulsions and died after reportedly eating a mixture of dog food and drain cleaner from a neighbor’s yard. Schroeder, Diablito and Atlas, a friend’s 135-pound German Shepherd, were chatting with his neighbor, Ray Haines two days before both dogs suffered convulsions and Diablito’s death. While the neighbors were visiting, Haines watched as both dogs entered his yard and he did not warn of any poison. Both dogs were sickened and suffered convulsions. While a veterinarian was able to save Atlas, eight-pound Diablito sadly died.
Haines says the poison was intended for opossums that had been causing him problems in his garden. According to City Manager George Scarborough, it is a violation of California law to poison wildlife and domestic animals.
Please sign this petition and urge the District Attorney to file animal cruelty charges against Ray Haines for poisoning and killing his neighbor’s dog.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Mr. Rackauckas,
Three months ago, Marc Schroeder’s dog Diablito died after eating dog food laced with poison in his neighbor’s yard. Ray Haines had left the poisonous food out to kill opossums bothering his garden. Despite seeing the dogs in his yard, Haines did not stop the dogs or mention the poison to Schroeder. Shockingly, three months later Haines has not faced any charges, despite the fact that poisoning any animal, domestic or wild, is against California state law.
Diablito was not the only dog affected by Haines’ poisonous trap. Atlas, a 135-pound German Shepherd, also suffered convulsions but was able to pull through with the help of a veterinarian. Haines must face charges for his careless attempt to deal with the wildlife in his close-knit community.
Please file animal cruelty charges against Haines for breaking California state law, poisoning two dogs, and killing one. Three months is a very long time for the case to be delayed considering the insurmountable evidence against Haines and his admission of guilt. It is time that the Schroeder family gets justice for Diablito, and Haines must be punished for the careless murder of wildlife and a beloved pet.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]

Seafood Waste: Fisheries Throw Away 20% Of Animals Caught In Nets

Seafood Waste: Fisheries Throw Away 20% Of Animals Caught In Nets
By Ben Wolford on March 21, 2014 3:38 PM EDT
This common dolphin was a casualty of industrial fishing bycatch. (Photo: Oceana)
This common dolphin was a casualty of industrial fishing bycatch. (Photo: Oceana)
Industrial fishermen throw back one out of every five animals they catch, many of them dead or dying, leading to massive waste and threatening endangered species, a new report claims.
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The wasted animals are known as bycatch, the unintended prey of commercial fisheries. According to "Wasted Catch," a report out Thursday from the environmental activist group Oceana, the United States discards perhaps 2 billion pounds of sea animals each year. The report is not clear about how many of these animals are sent back into the ocean alive, but the authors do complain that records were often outdated or incomplete.
"Hundreds of thousands of dolphins, whales, sharks, sea birds, sea turtles, and fish needlessly die each year as a result of indiscriminate fishing gear," said Amanda Keledjian, report author and marine scientist at Oceana, in astatement. Many of these animals are endangered species that become entangled in massive fishing nets. Some of the worst offending fisheries toss out more sea creatures than they take in.
The fishing industry responded, saying bycatch is often the result of market demand. Bycatch are "fish that if you bring it to the market, you cannot sell it...because people are not educated enough to understand that all of the fish in the ocean [are] good. It's all good protein," Angela Sanfilippo, executive director of the Massachusetts Fishermen's Partnership, told The Boston Globe. She also said, "You cannot go fishing for just one type of species. When fishermen go fishing, they catch all types of species together."
As a solution, Oceana proposes new regulations on the amount of bycatch that fisheries are allowed to take in, plus imposing restrictions on the kinds of equipment the industry is allowed to use. "The solution can be as simple as banning the use of drift gillnets, transitioning to proven cleaner fishing gears, requiring Turtle Excluder Devices in trawls, or avoiding bycatch hotspots," says Oceana scientist Geoff Shester in the statement.
Similar measures are already being employed by lobstermen in New England in response to pressure from environmental groups saying endangered whales are being threatened by lobster pot lines. Entanglements are part of the reason only 500 North Atlantic right whales remain in the wild. For smaller species, like dolphins, turtles, seals and sharks, vast nets are contributing to overfishing and stealing the catch of other fisheries, Oceana says.
The report highlighted nine fisheries that were responsible for half the bycatch reported in the United States. The worst four each discarded nearly two-thirds of their catch, according to Oceana. Another fishery in the Gulf of Mexico targets tuna, swordfish and sharks; of the 23 percent of its catch it throws back, more than three-fourths are tuna, swordfish and sharks. "Longline fishermen discard hundreds of thousands of the same fish and sharks that they target because the animals are too small or the fishermen exceed annual quotas," leading to overfishing and inefficiency, Oceana wrote.

Cold-Water Fish Not Adapting To Changing Sea Temperatures

Cold-Water Fish Not Adapting To Changing Sea Temperatures

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(Photo : Flickr) The cold-water plankton lives for one year or less. Researchers examined a 50-year dataset from the North Atlantic to determine how this creature and another species of planknton that thrives in warmer water fared over half a century
A tiny sea creature that plays a big role in the ocean food chain faces the threat of extinction as it struggles to adapt to changes in sea temperature, a new study found. 
A species of cold-water plankton in the North Atlantic, that is a vital food source for fish such as cod and hake, is in decline as the waters warm, according to research led by Deakin University in Australia and Swansea University in the UK. The decline puts pressure on the fisheries that rely on abundant supplies of these fish.
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The cold-water plankton lives for one year or less. Researchers examined a 50-year dataset from the North Atlantic to determine how the creature and other species of plankton that thrive in warmer water fared over half a century.
"Lots of people speculated that animals with short generation times will simply adapt to change," Graeme Hays, a marine scientist at Deakin University told NBC News. "We show that is not the case."
The study shows that the range and abundance of the cold-water plankton, Calanus finmarchicus, declined while the warm-water species, C. helgolandicus, expanded its range and increased in abundance.
"In other words, even over 50 generations ... there is no evidence of adaptation to the warmer water," Hays said of the cold-water plankton.
That shift may have profound ramifications for fish that eat the cold-water plankton, as well as, for the livelihoods of people who catch and sell these fish, Hays noted.
Warm-water species of the plankton is filling the niche vacated by the cold-water plankton "is abundant at the wrong time of year" for cod and hake, Hays said.
"So, it is not available as food for the developing fish larvae," Hays said.
While the study was based on available data from the North Atlantic, the findings may be applicable to oceans all over the world as ocean temperatures are warming everywhere and closely-related species of Plankton are distributed globally.

Over time, Hays said, the surging abundance of warm-water plankton "will likely play a role in the emergence of new fisheries for warm-water species."

Bird Conservation Group Files Suit Against Government After Eagle Deaths

Bird Conservation Group Files Suit Against Government After Eagle Deaths

First Posted: May 02, 2014 01:43 PM EDT
The Department of Interior issued a 30-year permit that allows the killing of eagles.
The American Bird Conservancy is a non-profit organization with the goal of conserving native birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. Now, the ABC has taken issue with the Department of Interior and its wind farm and electricity projects. (Photo : Flickr)
The American Bird Conservancy is a non-profit organization with the goal of conserving native birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. Now, the ABC has taken issue with the Department of Interior and its wind farm and electricity projects.
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The Department of the Interior authorizes granting 30-year permits for taking eagles from their habitats in order to build wind farms and electricity transmission projects. The policy was finalized in December, but the ABC is threatening to sue because under federal law it is illegal to remove or take protected species unless the federal government issues an "incidental take permit."
"ABC is initiating legal action in order to have the rule invalidated pending full compliance with federal statutes that are designed to ensure that the environmental impacts of, and alternatives to, agency actions are thoroughly analyzed before those actions are implemented," stated the conservancy in their Notice of Intentletter.
The Department of Interior plans to hand out permits to wind energy companies as well as other kill and/or displaced eagles, but ABC claims such a policy violates the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
Federal biologists in this Fox News article reported that at least 85 eagles were killed as a result of wind farms in the past 27 years, with a majority of the deaths occurring between 2008 and 2012. The turbines killed 79 golden eagles, and one was electrocuted by a power line. A total of 58 of those deaths were recorded in California and Wyoming, and eight other states were responsible for the remaining deaths.
Although the American Bird Conservancy is supportive of wind energy and other energy-efficient resources, they state that the Department of Interior is violating past legislation and they believe there are other methods to establish wind farms without displacing or killing our nation's bird.

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Friday 26 September 2014

Police hunt sick animal-hater who has been scattering cooked sausages spiked with NAILS across dog walking areas

Police hunt sick animal-hater who has been scattering cooked sausages spiked with NAILS across dog walking areas

  • Pet owners on alert after walkers make horrifying find
  • A vet says the intention is to kill and the traps would cause a 'slow death'
  • One dog lover found more than 40 scattered in field
Police issued a warning today after dog walkers discovered the sausages embedded with nails as their pets sniffed the deadly treats.
The dog hater littered a popular dog-walking spot in Abergavenny, South Wales, with cooked cocktail sausages, each one spiked with nine metal nails pushed inside.
Vet Ben Hynes was warned about the cruel campaign of terror by concerned dog owners.
Cruel: Dog walkers in Abergavenny in Wales were horrified to discover inch-long nails in sausages scattered in a field
Cruel: Dog walkers in Abergavenny in Wales were horrified to discover inch-long nails in sausages scattered in a field
Mr Hynes said: 'I was shocked and appalled at what I was shown.
'Had it not been for these extremely observant people out walking their own dogs, we could have easily seen a spate of dogs facing a slow, but certain death.
'Luckily we haven't had any emergencies but if we had, the animals would have been suffering from vomiting, bleeding and I have no doubt the result would have been fatal.
'There is absolutely no way that this can be anything other than the intention to kill animals.'
 
One shocked dog walker, who asked not to be named, said he noticed the sun reflecting off a nail in one of the sausages.
He said: 'My dog, which was on a lead, started to sniff at a sausage on the ground, but I immediately pulled him back when I saw something shining back at me.
'On closer inspection I realised that it had about nine or ten nails in it and thought that this was no coincidence as I was aware of a similar incident in the past involving shards of glass.
Horrific: One dog owner found around 40 of the sausages scattered through the area, which is popular with pet owners
Horrific: One dog owner found around 40 of the sausages scattered through the area, which is popular with pet owners
'I looked around and found a lot more of these sausages - I must have collected close to 40.
'I appreciate not everybody likes dogs, but to react in this manner is not the way to deal with the problem.
'I have been extra diligent while out walking my dogs since as I believe it would have caused a slow death in the animal.'
The issue has been raised with police and warnings were sent to dog owners in the area through the Neighbourhood Watch and local vets.
A police spokesman said: 'This is a very worrying incident, especially as they are being left on playing fields where not only dogs but children could be harmed by these sausages.'
Caution: Dog owners have been warned by police to be diligent when out with their pets
Caution: Dog owners have been warned by police to be diligent when out with their pets. File picture


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2264072/Police-hunt-sick-animal-hater-scattering-cooked-sausages-spiked-NAILS-dog-walking-areas.html#ixzz3EYDGHX1W
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Wednesday 24 September 2014

Dog Shot with Arrow, Lodged 11 Inches in Shoulder


THE LOUISIANA SPCA

  
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 22, 2014
 Contact: Alicia Haefele, Communications Director
504.444.2284 | alicia@la-spca.org
Dog Shot with Arrow, Lodged 11 Inches in Shoulder
$1,000 reward for anyone with information about this act of animal cruelty
 
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NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Louisiana SPCA) is asking the public for assistance to identify the person(s) involved in the shooting of a bow and arrow into the shoulder of a 1-year-old Terrier/Pit Bull mix on Sunday, Sept. 21 near the 8300 block of Grant Street in New Orleans East. 
The Louisiana SPCA is offering a $1,000 reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator(s) of this act of animal cruelty. 
At 7:20 p.m. a good Samaritan called Louisiana SPCA Animal Control to report an injured dog in their backyard. Upon arrival, Humane Officer Eric Durcinka found the dog lying under a small tree. When approached, the dog became visibly excited and appeared to be in good spirits despite his injury. Humane Officer Durcinka was able to coax the dog to stand and walk toward him, revealing what appeared to be a short carbon fiber arrow from either a bow or crossbow lodged in the dog’s upper right shoulder, protruding approximately 4 inches. The arrow appeared to be either cutoff or broken off upon initial inspection. The entry site also appeared swollen and newly infected. Despite being in excruciating pain, the injured dog was unable to control his over the top tail wagging and followed Officer Durcinka to his vehicle.
Robin HoodOfficer Durcinka immediately transported the dog to the Westbank Pet Emergency Clinic. Once the arrow was extracted, the team at the clinic and Humane Officer Durcinka were shocked to learn that what appeared to be a short broken of arrow was in fact a 14 inch arrow buried 11 inches deep into the dog’s shoulder. Luckily, the arrow hit the bone upon entry and deflected off, running subcutaneously along the rib cage for 11 inches. 
Based on the position of the arrow and the entry wound, the dog was likely shot from the front while approaching the shooter; likely wagging his tail on the way. The dog was wearing a thick blue collar with a rabies tag #543241; no microchip was found. The rabies tag is untraceable as it is a generic feed store tag with no store name, phone number or clinic listed. 
The dog, now known as Robin Hood, is comfortably resting at the Louisiana SPCA, wagging his tail for all the staff. Individuals with information about this crime are urged to call Louisiana SPCA at 504.368.5191 ext. 100 or emaildispatch@la-spca.org. You can make a difference in the fight against animal cruelty by reporting suspected cruelty; we need citizens who are willing to stand up against this senseless act. Help end animal abuse and care for those victim of animal cruelty by donating at www.la-spca.org/donate
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