On 3-17-07 Diamond broke her lead and I called the Wexford County
dispatch to report her missing. They told me there had been no previous calls to animal control. I looked for her and found her 3 hours later with her leg shot and 2 inches blown off..... I reported it again and was told there were no deputies on duty to take my report.
The next day we got a call from an arrogant Animal Control Officer
named Anthony Noaker, stating: "So you wanted to report a dog that has been shot? Well, I shot your dog." No apology, compassion, nor civility demonstrated in this public servant. We questioned many details of the event that didn't add up; only very reluctantly did they finally file a report, after having changed their story 4 times.... We are so upset they did not - at the very least - notify us immediately after having shot her. Instead, Officer Noaker simply walked away, leaving her where he shot her to suffer all alone and bleed to death for the next 7 hours. The Sheriff's Dept. merely calls it a "lack of communication." Should Diamond have had to endure such suffering due to their "lack of communication"? Especially considering the fact she had never bit or touched the animal control officer? She was understandably scared after having been harassed by him for a full hour or more...So she growled, and he shot.... They claim an "attack," but she in fact never touched him. We as a whole need to petition authorities to retrain their animal control officers in following proper procedures and train their dispatch to improve communication so this doesn't happen to future families and animals.
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