The uproar began when a woman posted a picture of her neighbor’s German Shepherd on one of Molalla’s community Facebook pages. It looks like the dog’s muzzle is taped shut, keeping the animal from drinking or panting.
“Completely out of line!” one woman wrote on Facebook. “Let’s duct tape the owners mouth shut and see how they like it!”
But when police arrived, they reportedly found the dog wearing a homemade muzzle fashioned from duct tape and cloth and strapped on behind its ears.
“The officer put his fingers in around the muzzle,” Molalla Police Chief Rod Lucich said. “[They] could get the fingers in so the dog could breathe and pant and drink.”
If the dog can pant, breathe, drink and bark.... where is the video showing it barking???
Chief Lucich says the officer didn’t believe it was a case of animal cruelty, but it was too late. The Facebook post sparked outrage within the community, and a small crowd gathered outside the dog owner’s home demanding police do something.
“We can’t take action and arrest somebody for something they didn’t do,” Chief Lucich said. “It was clearly not an abuse.”
The owner says the dog was wearing the makeshift muzzle as a way to train it to get along with chickens on the property and keep it from harassing them.
B.S. A dog that has a high prey drive and wants to kill chickens will do it regardless of whether it has a 'homemade duct tape muzzle' on or not. It can still chase them - and chickens can drop dead from stress. It can still stomp them and injure them with its paws.
Now the woman who posted the picture on Facebook says she regrets it, but she’s glad people have decided to pitch in and help the family with its dog training issue.
“Social media can be a great tool,” Chief Lucich said. “But it can be a devastating tool.”
Maybe Police Chief Rod Lucich needs to educate himself before making statements that duct taping a dog's face is not cruelty. Apparently law enforcement in other jurisdictions disagree with him:
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| South Carolina: Timothy Nalley, jailed for duct taping his dogs' faces, due in court |
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| Charlottesville Woman Found Guilty of Animal Cruelty After Duct Taping Dog Muzzle |
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| Woman charged with cruelty after taping dog's mouth shut |
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| Criminal charges considered after dog's mouth taped shut |
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| Keenan Starbuck charged with animal cruelty after dog found with snout taped shut |
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| William Leonard Dodson arrested for taping dog's mouth shut |
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| Alton John Manley, owner of 3 dogs found muzzled with duct tape, charged with animal cruelty |
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| Oregon: Former Eugene man Matt McMichael investigated for possible animal cruelty after social media post showing zip-tied puppy |
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| Katharine Lemansky, 45, who posted photo of dog with mouth taped shut charged with animal cruelty |
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| Gloversville woman Claudia Tate charged with animal cruelty for allegedly taping dogs muzzles shut |
(News2 - June 28, 2016)
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