New Jersey: Young woman recognized for quietly tending the grave of Washington Township's first K9 officer

NEW JERSEY -- Washington Township Police Department added 3 new photos to Facebook on May 27, 2017 ·

We would like to thank a new friend of the Washington Township Police Department.

We recently learned that Emily Reed goes out of her way to tend to the grave site of K-9 Wicko. K-9 Wicko was the first K-9 officer in Washington Township and his human partner was Officer Frank Rossnagle.

When she is able, Emily places flowers on Wicko’s gravesite, clears snow and any other debris. We have seen fresh flowers on the grave site in the past and it was always a mystery who placed them there.

We recently met with Emily at K-9 Wicko’s gravesite to present her with a certificate of appreciation. She is a great human being and her selflessness and kindness overwhelmed the members of the Washington Township Police Department. We were honored to meet someone with such compassion.

   

United Kingdom: Woman's dog attacked by a pit bull while visiting cemetery

UNITED KINGDOM -- *Does anyone know or can help me?* Our dog was attacked by a white pit bull / staffordshire dog in Dalton cemetery 11am this morning? Need to find the owner as Ellie is injured! Someone must know something! *please share and help us out*

Charlotte Grace Millis -  😭 oh no!!! Hope she's ok babe! Xx

Katie Brown - Oh no poor Ellie!! Hope you find the owner! ❤

Karen Miller - Oh no! My dog was attacked by a white pit bull in the cemetery (which was off the lead and mine wasn't)! But it was around this time last year x guy just appeared out of the trees and ran off with the dog and never even said sorry!

Ang Dalton - Ellie was on her lead and the woman was at a grave with her foot on the dog's lead, when it set off for Ellie she screamed at Jess to pick ellie up but it was on her before she knew it, I'm bloody furious as she said it doesn't like other dogs.. put a muzzle on springs to mind 😠

Pamela Dytam - What did the lady look like ang ? How old etc will keep eye open for her xx hope Ellie ok

Ang Dalton - Glasses, dark blonde bob and maybe late 40's..thanks..x

Linda Fallows - I saw a woman with one this morning, I was walking back into Dalton, she was on the other side of the road by the car sales place and really struggled to keep it under control, it was having a good go at my two but I just kept mine calm and kept going, if she hadn't managed to keep it on the lead it would have been nasty, bet it was the same dog x

Jess Dalton - Did she have another dog as well? She couldn't control the dog clearly. It needed a muzzle on it. The fact she told us it was okay and then it attacked Ellie! Then she told us it didn't like dogs afterwards. I'm so annoyed with her.

Chris Coward - My Patch was attacked 3 weeks ago by one at a day care center, nearly killed him and he still cant walk or function properly. Staffies need to be on the dangerous dog list, leashed and muzzled.

They're not 'nanny dogs' they're a public bloody danger. I hope your dogs ok and you find the staffie. You might want to google the dangerous Dog act and the 'old' dog act, or 'dogs out of control' the latter is civil law.

Woman discovers family cemetery in Wilson being used as dog pen; dog owner confused as to why anyone would be upset(!)

NORTH CAROLINA -- Eugenia Wade’s great-grandfather and aunts are buried in a small family plot off N.C. Highway 42 in Wilson.

But she recently noticed dog igloos placed among the headstones and holes dug in the ground.
Someone had purchased the property and fenced it in for use as a dog pen.

"I looked in the backyard and saw those dogs inside that pen, and I almost jumped out of the car going down the road because I was so upset,” she said. “I mean, you just don’t put a dog pen on top of a cemetery.”

 

Wade said she first noticed the dogs in the cemetery about six weeks ago and called the Wilson County Sheriff's Office.

A deputy went out, she said, and asked the property owner to remove the dogs.

“And they told him they would, but that was weeks ago and absolutely no movement has been made to disassemble or move,” she said.

Wade has pictures showing cracked headstones and torn-up dirt. She said it’s evidence of dogs being dogs. It's their owners, she said, who are displaying no dignity.

“It’s a total lack of respect for the dead and the living,” she said.

Dog in pen among tombstones

When a WRAL News reporter and photographer accompanied Wade to the property Friday, a man approached and told them to leave.

“Y’all are acting like we’re bad people,” said the man, who wouldn’t give his name. “We plan on moving it. We didn’t know it was a problem. Anytime you wanted to come visit, you were more than welcome to visit.”

The Wilson County District Attorney's Office said it is aware of Wade's complaint and is investigating.

(WRAL - July 31, 2015)