33 Dogs killed in 'bloody frenzy' revenge.

[Paroxysm]

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1181957/Dogs-killed-in-'bloody-frenzy'-revenge

A Kiwi man has sought the ultimate revenge on his neighbour by shooting 33 of his dogs dead in a "bloody, rifle-killing frenzy".

Bad blood had been brewing between Russell Mendoza and Rowan Hargreaves since Monday when Mr Mendoza found his fox terrier mauled to death.

He was sure one of Mr Hargreaves' 39 dogs was to blame and sought retribution the next day by heading next door to the quarry property armed with a .22 rifle and a 12-gauge shotgun.

Mr Mendoza asked Mr Hargreaves, a mechanic who lives in a broken down truck surrounded by car wrecks, to sign a note agreeing to the mass shooting.

What ensued was what police in the small North Island town of Wellsford described as a "bloody, rifle-killing frenzy".

The owner, who said he'd felt "under enormous pressure" to sign the note, stood behind a shack to shield himself from the "bloodbath".

He said the sound of his canine companions being shot was unlike anything he'd ever heard before.

"They were screaming, making sounds dogs just don't make. When one was gone, the others knew they'd be next but they had nowhere to go," he told The New Zealand Herald.

Dozens of dogs were found dead in a corner where they had been cowering to avoid gunfire.

Others were shot in their cages, hit either by ricocheting bullets or at point-blank range.

"There was a pile of puppies right alongside the campervan the dog owner lived in," Senior Constable Barry Rose told AAP.

The youngest were three-weeks-old.

Four pups hiding under their dead mother in the van and two other dogs survived.

Sen Const Rose said it wasn't a straightforward case of a neighbourhood dispute.

"They got along quite well as neighbours before. There was no dispute, no nothing, not until the little fox terrier was found dead," the officer said.

On top of that, it seemed Mr Hargreaves was more aggrieved by the manner in which his animals had been killed rather than the fact they had died.

"But whether it had been under duress or not he had given permission for the dogs to be shot but not in that manner," Sen Const Rose said.

The Society Protection of Animals (SPCA) will investigate whether the killings were carried out humanely.

This is probably the most ****ed up thing I have ever heard.

 

[Master Chief]

I'd stick that .22 rifle so far up the guy's ass the barrel would come out of the top of his head.

 

[Alex The Great]

The Society Protection of Animals (SPCA) will investigate whether the killings were carried out humanely

Are you kidding me? I say put him against the wall, count to 3 and fire


well, it's good that those puppies survived

 

[SuperFerret]

Are you kidding me? I say put him against the wall, count to 3 and fire


well, it's good that those puppies survived

Believe it or not, a bullet is considered a humane form of euthanasia in many places, the U.S. included. Of course, this doesn't sound like the dogs were treated humanely, so it's possible that animal cruelty charges could be brought up.

I'm not familiar with New Zealand's (that's where "kiwi" people are from, right?) animal laws, so I don't know what charges might be brought up, though the owner seems to have consented to this, so a "destruction of private property" charge may be out of the question as well.

 

[Alex The Great]

If he doesn't get charged, I will be extremely angry

 

[The Apatow Crew]

Why'd the guy have 33 dogs for anyway?

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Hope someone beats this guy's head in with a hammer. People like this do not belong in society.

 

[terry78]

There seem to be some pieces missing from this story. So the Mendoza dude found his fox terrier mauled. So we jump ahead to him assuming one of the neighbor dogs did it, and he immediately goes GTA on the dogs without asking the neighbor beforehand if anything had happened or if he knew of anything. He had him sign a note? Where does the note come from? This can't be just about a dog. There had to be some more **** going on.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

There seem to be some pieces missing from this story. So the Mendoza dude found his fox terrier mauled. So we jump ahead to him assuming one of the neighbor dogs did it, and he immediately goes GTA on the dogs without asking the neighbor beforehand if anything had happened or if he knew of anything. He had him sign a note? Where does the note come from? This can't be just about a dog. There had to be some more **** going on.

The note is him trying to avoid being arrested. He shot the dogs, then made the owner sign the note at gunpoint. If I just saw my insane neighbor kill 33 of my dogs, I'd do it for my own safety.

 

[SuperFerret]

Why'd the guy have 33 dogs for anyway?

Possibly for breeding or herding purposes, hell, they could all be pets. If the guy has the land, resources and will to keep 33+ dogs then more power to him.

 

[AnorexicBatman]

WHAT THE HELL!!! WHY DID HE SIGN THE NOTE? IT SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE!!!

Good god!! What the **** man! I want to slaughter the bastard!!

 

[Oddzball]

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1181957/Dogs-killed-in-'bloody-frenzy'-revenge


This is probably the most ****ed up thing I have ever heard.

No. THIS woman is far eviler.

For those who'd rather sleep easier at night, spoilers on.

Spoiler

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100122/ap_on_fe_st/us_hamster_hammer_death
Police say Georgia mom forced son to kill hamster
WARM SPRINGS, Ga. – A Georgia woman is in jail after police say she forced her son to kill his pet hamster with a hammer as punishment for bad grades.
The sheriff of rural Meriwether County told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday that the 12-year-old boy told his teacher about the killing. The teacher reported it to the Division of Family and Child Services, who contacted police.
Sheriff Steve Whitlock said 38-year-old Lynn Middlebrooks Geter of Warm Springs faces one charge each of animal cruelty, child cruelty and battery.
The sheriff's office said she remained in the Meriwether County jail early Friday. It was not immediately known if she had a lawyer.
Meriwether County is located about 90 minutes southwest of Atlanta.
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Information from: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, http://www.ajc.com

 

[AnorexicBatman]

You know what disturbs me most? The fact that that some puppies were hiding under their... DEAD MOTHER!!! And the owner said that the dogs were making sounds they normally do not make and several were killed while COWERING IN A CORNER!

 

[Majic Walrus]

I'm no animal rights activist but that's still pretty ****ed up.

 

[Bad Superman]

Both this guy and the emo psycho girl should be fed to PETA.

F#)*'em

 

[huskerwebhead]

This kind of stuff really pisses me off. Domesticated animals rely on us for protection, food, water, care, everything. They are generally helpless, and in most dogs, have unfaltering loyalty/love for their masters. Someone can beat their dog and the dog will turn around and come right back to the person, tail wagging, looking for a pet. For someone to do this, or allow this, is something I just can't fathom.

The note is him trying to avoid being arrested. He shot the dogs, then made the owner sign the note at gunpoint. If I just saw my insane neighbor kill 33 of my dogs, I'd do it for my own safety.

From what I understand the neighbor brought the note to the dog owner PRIOR to the shooting. Which is even more screwed up. He did say he was afraid for his life though.

Why'd the guy have 33 dogs for anyway?

I wondered that too. Did I read the article right? He had 33 dogs and was living in a truck surrounded by junk cars? WTH?? He shouldn't have had 33 dogs in a situation like that anyways.

Regardless.....

 

[Raiden]

This is F up. Agreement note or not (and I'd argue that the owner of those 33 dogs probably signed it at gunpoint), the killer should be prosecuted and put in jail for a very long time.

 

[Figs]

You know what disturbs me most? The fact that that some puppies were hiding under their... DEAD MOTHER!!! And the owner said that the dogs were making sounds they normally do not make and several were killed while COWERING IN A CORNER!

Although I obviously wasn't there, to me that sounds like a good number of them weren't killed instantly and were just mortally wounded and crying. I could be wrong of course.

I'm no animal rights activist but that's still pretty ****ed up.

Neither am I but I still really like animals...especially dogs.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

He signed the note?

GTFO

 

[LEX]

Apparently, the owner was "under enormous pressure" and if being held at gunpoint wasn't the cause of that, I don't know what was. That seems to be the safe assumption to go with, as vaguely helpful as this article is. Looking from the owner's point of view to the barrell of a shotgun, I can hardly fault the man.

Despicable, though, what was done to the dogs. One of the dogs may or may not have mauled his fox terrier, so let's just kill them all to be certain. Wut?

 

[Nivek]

Sounds like the guy should have finished himself off. Scumbag.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

From what I understand the neighbor brought the note to the dog owner PRIOR to the shooting. Which is even more screwed up. He did say he was afraid for his life though.

Who is saying this? The guy who just killed 33 dogs? Yeah, he's definitely a credible source

 

[Suirou]

Who is saying this? The guy who just killed 33 dogs? Yeah, he's definitely a credible source

The owner of the dogs said it.

 

[Ghostvirus]

So you can have 33 dogs, but only a limited amount of children?