Another Dog Burned in Nashville, TN
Posted on 2007 under Burned-Set on Fire, Crimes Against Canines, Furbabies in Need of Help, Just Sad :(, News & Updates |3 Aug
Another dog burned in Nashville, TN, in the very same neighborhood where in June a dog was doused with gasoline and burned to death. Five boys ranging in age from 9-14 were arrested for that heinous crime.
Angel is a 5-month-old mixed breed German shepherd puppy. On Tuesday night her owner said she walked outside and suddenly saw Angel on fire.
“When I got out here he was blazing, and all you could smell was the hair in the skin,” said Angel’s owner.
The dog’s owner asked not to be identified and said the dog ran off. The owner found her pet Thursday morning shivering underneath a neighborhood bench. She called Metro animal control for help.
Officers said they believe Angel was burned with a torch.
“Someone had to hold the dog down long enough to do this. They held it to its ears and to its eyes long enough to curl the ears. It’s an ungodly, unthinkable act,†said Billy Biggs of Metro Animal Control.
“I’m probably going to have to take the little tips off because the tissue there is dead,” said veterinarian Dr. Dottie Diveley.
In June, a dog wandering in the same neighborhood was soaked with gasoline and burned alive. Five boys living a few houses down from Angel’s owner are charged with animal cruelty. Police said it is not clear if they are responsible for hurting Angel.
“This eye may kind of contract a little bit, but I think she will still be able to see,” said Diveley.
Three of the boys charged with burning the first dog wear ankle monitors. The devices use GPS to track their location.
Representatives from the district attorney’s office will be looking to see if they were in the area near Angel when she was hurt. (WSMV)
What kind of a sick thrill could someone possibly get out of torturing a defenseless and innocent animal!! The person(s) responsible need to be found and face the hot end of a torch themselves to see what they put that poor dog through!!
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by Lian, on August 4 2007 @ 1:43 am
Is it just asking too much to hope humans will emulate someone good in their life or a hero like the animal control people, or a fireman/woman, nurse, doctor, scientist, rather than the most despicable. This continued dog burning is an epidemic, and for what? Isn’t there enough suffering and pain in this world. Can’t these people feel anything? If it’s those kids again, well, they can be written off as sub-human. Worse still, what if it’s another bunch of kids imitating them? Is there no end. Where are the parents? Or more importantly what kind of parents are they? I shudder to think. Are these people that do this completely without conscience or themselves abused or are they uneducated or just born that way. Anybody have any answers?
by Lisa McGlaun, on August 6 2007 @ 2:03 pm
That is so awful. It hurts so badly to read articles like this, even more so when children are involved in the c ruelty.
by Lisa, on August 16 2007 @ 11:34 am
Don’t feel sorry for children. They are evil little creatures. I know, I am a teacher. Parents these days don’t believe in punishing their kids- it “hurts their self esteem”…..bull****.
by Susan Beeeeeeeeeeee, on September 23 2007 @ 10:15 pm
I’m going to write a film script: about a little BRAT who burned a German Shepherd alive and grew up to be beaten by a gang in an alley, rescued by a K-9 German Shepherd, ended up blind as a result of the beating, and became dependent 24-7 on a German Shepherd SEEING EYE DOG. German Shepherds help police, blind people, soldiers, serve as therapy dogs, PROTECT AND SERVE. What is heartbreaking is that DEADBEATS - children, adults, I don’t give a rat’s mole what age - killed one animal and tried to kill another. And they walk around with Paris Hilton ankle monitors. Dog Burner Wanna-bes - just try and come for my girl and I’ll do a CHARLIE BRONSON on you!
by Lisa, on September 23 2007 @ 10:35 pm
What the hell is wrong with the kids in Nashville, TN? Ahhhh, the south…my old home…NEVER will be again. I’m serious, there is something wrong with the people down there. Lived there all my life until about 8 years ago….. I LOVE the story listed before my comment about the girl who set the GS on fire, then was beaten in the alley, only to need a seeing eye shepherd later in life…. sends a chill down my spine. KARMA IS REAL PEOPLE….CAREFUL - WATCH YOURSELVES! I have seen it time and time again - what goes around will definitely come around - just ask the blind girl…..
by For The Love of the Dog » Tennessee Burned Dog Ready to Find a Home, on September 24 2007 @ 7:46 am
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by Susan Bee, on September 24 2007 @ 8:41 am
Lisa, animal cruelty goes on everywhere, not just the South. Having said that, I envy you for getting out. I want to go to ALASKA: mostly wildlife, few moronic humans.
by ‘Angel’ Still Looking for Her Angel | Burned-Set on Fire | Current Dog News, Tips and Information for You and Your Canine Companion, on December 21 2007 @ 11:20 am
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by Teri, on January 9 2008 @ 2:39 pm
It’s sad to think that same children that set this helpless little fur baby on fire are the same adults that will be leading our country in 20 years. This is our future? No thanks!