[GaReb770]

<p>So, someone makes arrangements to bring a dog from Afghanistan to the United States.   But then the individual who owns the dog neither tags nor microchips it in case it should get lost.  But the dog gets out of its yard, is picked up by animal control and then mistakenly euthanized.  Of course the animal worker who made the mistake is fired.  But at the same time it sounds to me like the owner was woefully negligent in his attitude concerning his responsibilities in making sure the dog was properly tagged and/or microchipped to prevent something like this from happening.   So we now have a dead dog and blame being placed entirely on the animal control worker.  I think there should be a shared responsibility of blame.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/arizona-worker-fired-for-747490.html" target="_blank">http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/arizona-worker-fired-for-747490.html</a></p>

 

[fox-runr]

Without reading the article completely... I was going to say employee zero percent. Reading the article, I still think the employee may not have been responsible...but the shelter is. I don't know the policy but maybe another employee may have put the dog in the "to be euthanized" pen...on Monday this employee sees the dog in that pen and does his job. Without real specifics. Hard to say anyone is totally to blame. Kind of like the old cases where a nurse marks the wrong leg, the doctor comes in an amputates it. A continuum of mistakes...not just one<br><br>

 

[go play in traffic]

<p>although i have seen some dogs kept as pets, mostly they are more feral creatures than domesticated ones.  the dog would have needed a whole host of vet care before leaving the country.  in short, a lot of work went into the dog that was then left poorly secured...</p>