Please save Snaps! SeaTac, Washington Pitbull to die!
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King County Police Department, King County Animal Control
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On June 22, 2009 a group of young teens were observed abusing a Pit Bull on the streets of Washington. When two women intervened the teens attacked them and then used the dog as a weapon against them. This was not the dogs fault. The only fault here is that of the teens that facilitated the attack. Even one of the victims acknowledges this. Fortunately both women are going to be okay. The dog, however, is going to die. The teens, the ones at fault, will probably get probation. This is not fair. This dog, Snaps, deserves justice. Look at his face, look into his eyes. It obvious he%u2019s never known any kindness and is a broken soul.
Please sign this petition urging King County, Washington officials to spare this dogs life. To hand him over to a rescue that can care for him and give him the sanctuary he deserves. Please help us to get Snaps to a place where he will know kindness and compassion for the first time in his life. He didn%u2019t deserve this. This poor dog has been punished enough in his young life.
Thanks for you time.
http://www.kval.com/news/local/48785042.html
King County Government
Phone: 206-296-0100 or
Toll-free: 800-325-6165
On June 22, 2009 a group of young teens were observed abusing a Pit Bull on the streets of Washington. When two women intervened the teens attacked them and then used the dog as a weapon against them. This was not the dogs fault. The only fault here is that of the teens that facilitated the attack. Even one of the victims acknowledges this. Fortunately both women are going to be okay. The dog, however, is going to die. The teens, the ones at fault, will probably get probation. This is not fair. This dog, Snaps, deserves justice. Look at his face, look into his eyes. It obvious he%u2019s never known any kindness and is a broken soul.
Please sign this petition urging King County, Washington officials to spare this dogs life. To hand him over to a rescue that can care for him and give him the sanctuary he deserves. Please help us to get Snaps to a place where he will know kindness and compassion for the first time in his life. He didn%u2019t deserve this. This poor dog has been punished enough in his young life.
Thanks for you time.
http://www.kval.com/news/local/48785042.html
King County Government
Phone: 206-296-0100 or
Toll-free: 800-325-6165
We signed the "Please save Snaps! SeaTac, Washington Pitbull to die!" petition!
# 2,044:
5:03 am PDT, Sep 26,
MAHIEU Isabelle, France
# 2,043:
8:04 pm PDT, Sep 20,
Johnine Cimbaro, New Jersey
OH PLEASE LOOK INTO HIS EYES!!! HELP HIM PLEASE!!! SHOW YOU HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART & BE COMPASSIONATE BY SAVING HIM!!! GOD BLESS HIM & KEEP HIM SAFE & GIVE HIM A HAPPY FOREVER HOME!!! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!!!
OH PLEASE LOOK INTO HIS EYES!!! HELP HIM PLEASE!!! SHOW YOU HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART & BE COMPASSIONATE BY SAVING HIM!!! GOD BLESS HIM & KEEP HIM SAFE & GIVE HIM A HAPPY FOREVER HOME!!! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!!!
# 2,042:
10:51 am PDT, Sep 20,
Floch Valerianne, France
# 2,041:
9:10 pm PDT, Sep 17,
Sonia Beccheri, Brazil
please save our friends It´s a shame
please save our friends It´s a shame
# 2,040:
9:26 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Name not displayed, Arizona
Hurray for Snaps! Thank you Olympic Animal Sanctuary for giving him his second chance!!
Hurray for Snaps! Thank you Olympic Animal Sanctuary for giving him his second chance!!
# 2,039:
1:19 am PDT, Sep 15,
Toni Davis, New Zealand
# 2,038:
4:23 pm PDT, Sep 13,
Stephen Markwell, Washington
Hi, everyone -- thanks for all of your work to save Snaps, but you can stop signing this petition. I brought him home on Sept. 11: http://olympicanimalsanctuary.org/ Thanks, Steve Markwell, Executive Director Olympic Animal Sanctuary
Hi, everyone -- thanks for all of your work to save Snaps, but you can stop signing this petition. I brought him home on Sept. 11: http://olympicanimalsanctuary.org/ Thanks, Steve Markwell, Executive Director Olympic Animal Sanctuary
# 2,037:
3:19 pm PDT, Sep 13,
Laurie Grady, New York
# 2,036:
10:05 am PDT, Sep 13,
JoAnne Mitchell, Chiasson, Canada
I feel we should give this poor dog a chance! Show him love and care and the results will be amazing. The majority of my pets have been abused and never have I had any reason to change ny mind. Animals give only love, unlike thier abusive owners.
I feel we should give this poor dog a chance! Show him love and care and the results will be amazing. The majority of my pets have been abused and never have I had any reason to change ny mind. Animals give only love, unlike thier abusive owners.
# 2,035:
11:12 pm PDT, Sep 12,
Alysia Stark, Washington
I can't believe this story that makes me so sad I HATE animal abuse. Save snaps
I can't believe this story that makes me so sad I HATE animal abuse. Save snaps
# 2,033:
5:14 pm PDT, Sep 12,
Brenda M. Cotnoir, Rhode Island
By destroying an innocent animal used as a pawn, you are giving power to these delinquents and encouraging them to go ahead and do it again. Please keep in mind that the bullying and torturing of an animal is one of the first signs of psychopathic behavior. Society needs to do something other than make petty excuses for such deplorable behavior, and stop allowing the abuse of animals as its facilitation. I have found that dogs given a fair chance in life become the most loyal friends you could ever have. Give this poor creature a good, loving home, and he will be better for it long before these teenaged monsters, if given the same chance.
By destroying an innocent animal used as a pawn, you are giving power to these delinquents and encouraging them to go ahead and do it again. Please keep in mind that the bullying and torturing of an animal is one of the first signs of psychopathic behavior. Society needs to do something other than make petty excuses for such deplorable behavior, and stop allowing the abuse of animals as its facilitation. I have found that dogs given a fair chance in life become the most loyal friends you could ever have. Give this poor creature a good, loving home, and he will be better for it long before these teenaged monsters, if given the same chance.
# 2,032:
12:36 pm PDT, Sep 12,
Cathy Larsen, Idaho
"Please" help and allow this dog to "go to a safe place" and to be allowed "to learn what it is like to be loved and safe". "Don't punish this innocent animal" because of the negligent behavior of it's owner.
"Please" help and allow this dog to "go to a safe place" and to be allowed "to learn what it is like to be loved and safe". "Don't punish this innocent animal" because of the negligent behavior of it's owner.
# 2,031:
7:41 am PDT, Sep 12,
Sandra Cole, Virginia
You need to punish the DEED not the BREED. You know these teens are at fault and their criminal behavior will only escalate after the probation wears off. Don't punish the victim for Chrits sake. PUNISH the CRIMINAL-the TEENS who did this. You have witnesses who are telling you he did not do this. DO THE RIGHT THING-send these thugs and criminals a NEW message. Your not going to get away with this-it won't be blamed on the animal-you will pay for your mistake!
You need to punish the DEED not the BREED. You know these teens are at fault and their criminal behavior will only escalate after the probation wears off. Don't punish the victim for Chrits sake. PUNISH the CRIMINAL-the TEENS who did this. You have witnesses who are telling you he did not do this. DO THE RIGHT THING-send these thugs and criminals a NEW message. Your not going to get away with this-it won't be blamed on the animal-you will pay for your mistake!
# 2,030:
12:05 am PDT, Sep 12,
Pamela Christiansen, Idaho
I have 3 dogs....they do as I ask.....they love me uncondiionally....to me, they are not just dogs....they are my family and deserve the same treatment as I do. If I trained them to protect me, they would do it. If I trained them to love everyone, they would do it. Snaps deserves to be spared and trained to love....he will do it. Remember, dog is just God spelled backwards. Do what God would do....Save him!
I have 3 dogs....they do as I ask.....they love me uncondiionally....to me, they are not just dogs....they are my family and deserve the same treatment as I do. If I trained them to protect me, they would do it. If I trained them to love everyone, they would do it. Snaps deserves to be spared and trained to love....he will do it. Remember, dog is just God spelled backwards. Do what God would do....Save him!
# 2,029:
5:41 pm PDT, Sep 11,
Connie Mogull, New York
It seems so easy to kill poor animals who depend on us but that is just not the answer--we need to allow this poor abused dog to have a chance at a good life as a beloved pet. These teens have never been taught compassion but seem to have been allowed to run wild in the street and their actions are now causing the death of a living creature. Where is the justice in this situation? Shame on us for not being kind to this poor dog.
It seems so easy to kill poor animals who depend on us but that is just not the answer--we need to allow this poor abused dog to have a chance at a good life as a beloved pet. These teens have never been taught compassion but seem to have been allowed to run wild in the street and their actions are now causing the death of a living creature. Where is the justice in this situation? Shame on us for not being kind to this poor dog.
# 2,028:
5:36 pm PDT, Sep 11,
John P Yarno, Washington
It is just plain wrong to blame the dog. It has been established, and verified by the oweners in court confession, that the owner was responsible for ordering the dog to attack. If this is an offence which is punishable by death, then it is the owner who should receive the punishment not the poor dog.
It is just plain wrong to blame the dog. It has been established, and verified by the oweners in court confession, that the owner was responsible for ordering the dog to attack. If this is an offence which is punishable by death, then it is the owner who should receive the punishment not the poor dog.
# 2,027:
10:56 am PDT, Sep 11,
Name not displayed, Washington
# 2,026:
10:37 am PDT, Sep 11,
Naomi Gauntlett, Pennsylvania
These boys need help; and the dog deserves to go to a good home where he will not be abused.
These boys need help; and the dog deserves to go to a good home where he will not be abused.
# 2,025:
10:35 am PDT, Sep 11,
Diane R, Idaho
This poor dog is a victim. Please spare him and hopefully he can have some peaceful days that I doubt he has ever experienced.
This poor dog is a victim. Please spare him and hopefully he can have some peaceful days that I doubt he has ever experienced.
# 2,024:
10:27 am PDT, Sep 11,
Jennifer Ward, Nevada
I have a pitbull. She is the best dog ever. Snaps is worth saving. They are smart dogs, and I am sure it can be a great dog. That teen needs to be put in jail for a long time. Save Snaps! It did not know what it was doing!
I have a pitbull. She is the best dog ever. Snaps is worth saving. They are smart dogs, and I am sure it can be a great dog. That teen needs to be put in jail for a long time. Save Snaps! It did not know what it was doing!
# 2,023:
10:21 am PDT, Sep 11,
Carmen Oberheu, Nevada
This is so awful! I hope that Snaps can end up in a safe environment. To kill this dog would be nothing short of savage!
This is so awful! I hope that Snaps can end up in a safe environment. To kill this dog would be nothing short of savage!
# 2,022:
10:20 am PDT, Sep 11,
Raffaella Milito, Canada
# 2,021:
10:09 am PDT, Sep 11,
Name not displayed, California
Please give SNAPS a fair chance. Please let him be evaluated by an impartial party to see if he can be rehabilitated. SNAPS has been abused once in front of witnesses, who knows what he suffered at the hands of this monster behind closed doors.
Please give SNAPS a fair chance. Please let him be evaluated by an impartial party to see if he can be rehabilitated. SNAPS has been abused once in front of witnesses, who knows what he suffered at the hands of this monster behind closed doors.
# 2,020:
10:05 am PDT, Sep 11,
Scott Krause, Washington
# 2,019:
9:32 am PDT, Sep 11,
Laura Lowe, New York
If Vick's dogs can be saved, this poor soul should at least be given a chance!
If Vick's dogs can be saved, this poor soul should at least be given a chance!
# 2,018:
8:52 am PDT, Sep 11,
Yvonne Ochse, Arizona
Please think before you act. Yes, the dog attacked, but he was a tool. Every dog starts, and often remains, at the mercy of humans for its learning and its very life. As a helpless puppy, a canine learns only what we teach it, and tries its entire life to please. This dog, Snaps, performed only as it was told. Please turn it over to a Pitbull rescue organization that will retrain it and give it the kind of life and kindness it's never known. We all, animals and humans, have only one life. Isn't it a shame for this dog to die never having known a bit of how good it could be? Thank you.
Please think before you act. Yes, the dog attacked, but he was a tool. Every dog starts, and often remains, at the mercy of humans for its learning and its very life. As a helpless puppy, a canine learns only what we teach it, and tries its entire life to please. This dog, Snaps, performed only as it was told. Please turn it over to a Pitbull rescue organization that will retrain it and give it the kind of life and kindness it's never known. We all, animals and humans, have only one life. Isn't it a shame for this dog to die never having known a bit of how good it could be? Thank you.
# 2,017:
8:26 am PDT, Sep 11,
Michael VanWinkle, South Carolina
# 2,016:
8:06 am PDT, Sep 11,
Kathy Montgomery, California
# 2,015:
7:20 am PDT, Sep 11,
Elizabeth Young, Georgia
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# 2,014:
6:59 am PDT, Sep 11,
Carol Sandoval, Texas
As pits are not my dog of choice, I have been exposed to many that are wonderful, obedient, loyal pets. Snaps is a victim here in this situation and with some TLC could probably make a super pet.He deserves a chance.
As pits are not my dog of choice, I have been exposed to many that are wonderful, obedient, loyal pets. Snaps is a victim here in this situation and with some TLC could probably make a super pet.He deserves a chance.
# 2,013:
6:45 am PDT, Sep 11,
Manuela Birner, Rhode Island
Please give this poor abused soul a second chance at a life. His actions were not his fault but the fault of the dangerous youths who mistreated him. I am a pitbull owner and know first hand how wonderful and loyal these dogs are.
Please give this poor abused soul a second chance at a life. His actions were not his fault but the fault of the dangerous youths who mistreated him. I am a pitbull owner and know first hand how wonderful and loyal these dogs are.
# 2,012:
6:25 am PDT, Sep 11,
Susan DeWitt, Montana
Please do not kill an innocent dog. This dog has never known love or kindness. The women that were hurt during this intervention obviously had a heart because they were trying to save Snaps from more abuse. This dog can be placed in a sanctuary or rescue, just as the pitbulls Michael Vick and his group abused so horribly. They can be rehabilitated as some of the Vick pitbulls have proven...they are now therapy dogs. Why kill an innocent dog when he was being abused and manipulated by several teens whose parents obviously don't care what they do and to whom or what. Take some action, not just a slap on the wrist and probation. The teens and parents should be punished. Susan DeWitt
Please do not kill an innocent dog. This dog has never known love or kindness. The women that were hurt during this intervention obviously had a heart because they were trying to save Snaps from more abuse. This dog can be placed in a sanctuary or rescue, just as the pitbulls Michael Vick and his group abused so horribly. They can be rehabilitated as some of the Vick pitbulls have proven...they are now therapy dogs. Why kill an innocent dog when he was being abused and manipulated by several teens whose parents obviously don't care what they do and to whom or what. Take some action, not just a slap on the wrist and probation. The teens and parents should be punished. Susan DeWitt
# 2,011:
6:16 am PDT, Sep 11,
Rebecca Sack, New York
Snaps was a victim of abusive teenagers. If Snaps can be shown love, respect and kindness Snaps will shown the same qualities back. Look at the Vicktory (Michael Vick) dogs for example. Those dogs were trained to fight and some now have jobs as therapy dogs. Snaps has feelings, Snaps felt abuse from those teenagers. Please let Snaps feel some love and kindness in his life time. Let Snaps have a chance at finding a home.
Snaps was a victim of abusive teenagers. If Snaps can be shown love, respect and kindness Snaps will shown the same qualities back. Look at the Vicktory (Michael Vick) dogs for example. Those dogs were trained to fight and some now have jobs as therapy dogs. Snaps has feelings, Snaps felt abuse from those teenagers. Please let Snaps feel some love and kindness in his life time. Let Snaps have a chance at finding a home.
# 2,010:
5:54 am PDT, Sep 11,
Katie Isabelle, Rhode Island
# 2,009:
5:01 am PDT, Sep 11,
Lisa Waters, Florida
Please find it in your hearts to find a home for snaps. So many times I have seen pits raised by idiots, and this case is no difference. Snaps deserves to have the love that he was denied.
Please find it in your hearts to find a home for snaps. So many times I have seen pits raised by idiots, and this case is no difference. Snaps deserves to have the love that he was denied.
# 2,008:
3:47 am PDT, Sep 11,
CYNTHIA GOLDMAN, Ohio
You don't know if the dog can be rehabilitated or not until it is evaluated by a professional. Give the dog a chance with a good and reputable rehab facility or have a person from that facility come and evaluate the dog first before deciding it's fate. This is only fair to the dog. According to the article the dog attacked the elderly woman in response to it's owners command. With the beating it took from her and her friends initially it stands to reason the animal would do whatever it is told to please it's owner. If this is the case then it would stand to reason that a new owner with a different agenda would also be able to control this animal...it only wants to please. Have the animal evaluated first, PLEASE, for the animal's sake. Thank you Please note: I am not a fan of Pit Bulls but every animal deserves a chance.
You don't know if the dog can be rehabilitated or not until it is evaluated by a professional. Give the dog a chance with a good and reputable rehab facility or have a person from that facility come and evaluate the dog first before deciding it's fate. This is only fair to the dog. According to the article the dog attacked the elderly woman in response to it's owners command. With the beating it took from her and her friends initially it stands to reason the animal would do whatever it is told to please it's owner. If this is the case then it would stand to reason that a new owner with a different agenda would also be able to control this animal...it only wants to please. Have the animal evaluated first, PLEASE, for the animal's sake. Thank you Please note: I am not a fan of Pit Bulls but every animal deserves a chance.
# 2,007:
12:59 am PDT, Sep 11,
Ashley Jensen, Washington
# 2,006:
10:08 pm PDT, Sep 10,
Julie Messerer, Washington
Snaps is a victim here! His "owner" is a 16-year-old wanna-be felon who was kicking him and abusing him in public before turning her anger & hatred on two women who questioned her behavior!! Snaps was doing what his owner told him to do--she sicced him on the women!! He attacked because it is a DOG'S NATURE TO PLEASE THE OWNER!! Michael Vick's dogs that had been used in fighting were rehabilitated--give Snaps the same opportunity!!!! (The links for pit bull rehabilitation centers are on the 3rd page of the KOMOTV.com Comments section regarding Snaps' story.)
Snaps is a victim here! His "owner" is a 16-year-old wanna-be felon who was kicking him and abusing him in public before turning her anger & hatred on two women who questioned her behavior!! Snaps was doing what his owner told him to do--she sicced him on the women!! He attacked because it is a DOG'S NATURE TO PLEASE THE OWNER!! Michael Vick's dogs that had been used in fighting were rehabilitated--give Snaps the same opportunity!!!! (The links for pit bull rehabilitation centers are on the 3rd page of the KOMOTV.com Comments section regarding Snaps' story.)
# 2,005:
8:22 pm PDT, Sep 10,
Lorie Ann Morgan, Washington
# 2,004:
7:09 pm PDT, Sep 10,
Leeann Badgett, Washington
I recall the news coverage of this travesty. This happened in my neighborhood. The teens ordered the dog to bite, and he did so only reluctantly. The mother of one of the teens disputed the account of the victims and witnesses. The mother is trash as are the teens. I doubt very much that Animal Control is happy about the prospect of putting the dog down. They are faced with an owner eager to put the dog down to put this event behind her and keep her scuzzy teen out of trouble. The only meager hope for this dog is to appeal to an animal group like Best Friends that is equipped to take a dog for the rest of its life.
I recall the news coverage of this travesty. This happened in my neighborhood. The teens ordered the dog to bite, and he did so only reluctantly. The mother of one of the teens disputed the account of the victims and witnesses. The mother is trash as are the teens. I doubt very much that Animal Control is happy about the prospect of putting the dog down. They are faced with an owner eager to put the dog down to put this event behind her and keep her scuzzy teen out of trouble. The only meager hope for this dog is to appeal to an animal group like Best Friends that is equipped to take a dog for the rest of its life.
# 2,003:
6:43 pm PDT, Sep 10,
Carol BeckMan, Washington
# 2,002:
5:34 pm PDT, Sep 10,
Cynthia Thorgren, Indiana
please give this poor doga chance for a future to be rehabilated it can be done i have rescued rehabilated pits in my family that are very loving dogs!
please give this poor doga chance for a future to be rehabilated it can be done i have rescued rehabilated pits in my family that are very loving dogs!
# 2,001:
4:25 pm PDT, Sep 10,
Kevin Boyer, Louisiana
