If you're an animal lover...another worthy petition
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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/justice-foe-bear-bear/
Target: James Teare Sr.,Chief of Police Anne Arundel County Maryland
Sponsored by: Maria O.
Stunned dog owners and residents of a Severn neighborhood are shocked that authorities won't be charging a federal police officer who shot and killed a Siberian husky Monday night at a community dog park.
Bear-Bear, a brown and white husky that was about 3 years old, was playing in the Quail Run dog park at about 6:30 p.m., running off leash inside the fenced-in area, when the officer and his wife arrived with a German shepherd, who was kept on a leash. When the dogs began to play roughly, the federal officer asked Bear-Bear's guardian, his owner's brother, to call off the dog. But before he could do anything, the officer pulled out a gun and shot Bear-Bear, according to the husky's owner.
Bear-Bear, who belongs to Rachel Rettaliata, died of his injuries a few hours later. County police did not name the federal officer.
A spokesman for the Anne Arundel County Police Department said no charges will be filed and investigators found no evidence of criminal activity.
UPDATE: Online petition started for Bear-Bear
There is now an online petition set up, trying to rally 1,500 signatures to send to the Anne Arundel County Police department.
So far, they've got 368.
Find the petition here.
Here's what one signer from Missouri wrote: "This is a sickening, horrible story, and I hope Bear-Bear's owners know that there is an army out here who support them in seeking justice in this case. This could not have been handled any worse and if this is the police officer's answer to everything, then he needs to go."
Another person from Pennsylvania signed and wrote: "This breaks my heart just as it does anyone who reads this story. Who can just be [allowed] to pull a gun out and shoot. There are plenty of ways to stop dogs from hurting eachother. GUN is NEVER an Option! This Man needs to be punished! He needs to hand in the gun, aplogize to this family and think what if it was his dog?"
Target: James Teare Sr.,Chief of Police Anne Arundel County Maryland
Sponsored by: Maria O.
Stunned dog owners and residents of a Severn neighborhood are shocked that authorities won't be charging a federal police officer who shot and killed a Siberian husky Monday night at a community dog park.
Bear-Bear, a brown and white husky that was about 3 years old, was playing in the Quail Run dog park at about 6:30 p.m., running off leash inside the fenced-in area, when the officer and his wife arrived with a German shepherd, who was kept on a leash. When the dogs began to play roughly, the federal officer asked Bear-Bear's guardian, his owner's brother, to call off the dog. But before he could do anything, the officer pulled out a gun and shot Bear-Bear, according to the husky's owner.
Bear-Bear, who belongs to Rachel Rettaliata, died of his injuries a few hours later. County police did not name the federal officer.
A spokesman for the Anne Arundel County Police Department said no charges will be filed and investigators found no evidence of criminal activity.
UPDATE: Online petition started for Bear-Bear
There is now an online petition set up, trying to rally 1,500 signatures to send to the Anne Arundel County Police department.
So far, they've got 368.
Find the petition here.
Here's what one signer from Missouri wrote: "This is a sickening, horrible story, and I hope Bear-Bear's owners know that there is an army out here who support them in seeking justice in this case. This could not have been handled any worse and if this is the police officer's answer to everything, then he needs to go."
Another person from Pennsylvania signed and wrote: "This breaks my heart just as it does anyone who reads this story. Who can just be [allowed] to pull a gun out and shoot. There are plenty of ways to stop dogs from hurting eachother. GUN is NEVER an Option! This Man needs to be punished! He needs to hand in the gun, aplogize to this family and think what if it was his dog?"
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absolutely appalling!!!
and the worst part is...who is going to believe a lay person over a federal officer?!?