[keithr128]

The image included may be a little graphic but I would like to get my point across.
I received these two e-mails from a friend of mine.
There is a very good reason all dogs go to heaven and people don't know where they will go until they are there.

(Received Saturday morning) Maximus is a 4-5 year old pitbull that was brought into The Veterinary Medical Center by the town of islip animal shelter thursday night. He was brought into my job because he had been tied to a fence, doused in gasoline and lit on fire!!!!!!!

When he was finally rescued he was brought into my hospital with severe burn wounds over 60% of his body. He WALKED in wagging his TAIL!!!!!!!!! After doctors and assistants used a bolt cutter to cut his collar away from his charred body he sat quietly as they cleaned his wounds, even before his pain meds kicked in.

He is in no way out of trouble yet, he is going to endure at least 4-6 weeks of surgeries, countless weeks of rehabilitation. He is a fighter though. We are all hoping he recovers from his injuries. He also has a whole in the top of his mouth and broken teeth, and the bones on the roof of his mouth which doctors believe are from either trauma such as a good kick or a bat to the head prior to being lit on fire, or it could possibley have been caused by maximus as he tried to bite through the metal chain as he was on fire.

Save-A-Pet a great organization located in Port Jefferson is sponsoring the care for Maximus. We are asking for any and all donations to help in getting him well. There is also a $1,000 reward in any information leading to the arrest of the piece of dirt that did this.

(Received today about 4 pm)At 11:00 pm Maximus sucombed to his injuries we can only imagine the pain he endured in his short life and all though the last few days he was in imense pain we can take comfort in knowing he knew what it was to be loved and cared for. Let his story be a lesson that not all abuse cases have a happy ending, and i hope the piece of you know what that did this gets caught, or one day feels the same type of pain that he or she or they made this poor dog feel. RIP Maximus

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I have never understood abusing any innocent creature, be it an animal or a child. I do not understand how people can willfully inflict pain and injury on other living creatures like that.

[sari]

I have never understood abusing any innocent creature, be it an animal or a child. I do not understand how people can willfully inflict pain and injury on other living creatures like that.

[MattSchollmeyer]

man....i think that animals are like younger children...they have pure souls and no malwaare in them....mean people often mistake that for weakness....=(

[Johanna]

Thank goodness there are people like your friend who have the love and compassion to care for these mistreated animals. Wouldn't it be nice if there were true justice, and the knothead who hurt this dog had the same punishment the dog received? RIP Maximus, I know dog heaven will be kinder to you than your "owners" were.
Johanna

[**Brian**]

Thank goodness there are people like your friend who have the love and compassion to care for these mistreated animals. Wouldn't it be nice if there were true justice, and the knothead who hurt this dog had the same punishment the dog received? RIP Maximus, I know dog heaven will be kinder to you than your "owners" were.
Johanna

I agree: Far too often people believe that animals are something that do not have feelings or do not experience pain. I wish that some of these eeediots would realize that thier actions HURT these animals - The picture attached was indeed nasty, and I am glad that thier are people that have the heart to take in animals in distress, and mae the attempt to help them. Pit Bulls are known to be "vicious" only if TRAINED to be that way, and I don't see why someone would hook a dog to that fence and leave him there - the poor thing

This made me feel really mad - maybe for "justice" they should catch the dude that did this and chain him to a fence

Brian

[keithr128]

Pit Bulls are known to be "vicious" only if TRAINED to be that way

Another reason they tend to be vicious is the fact that they are constantly inbred which results in lowered intelligence and bad temperament.

[keithr128]

A political debate forum may be a better fit for you MarkN, since that is what you seem to want the way you basically insulted all of us here calling us bandwagoneer's and trying to twist the topic to a sociological analyzation of why people act the way they do when we were simply expressing our sympathies for this poor animal.
If you would also take the time to note that most of the people on this site have big hearts and do what they can to help these animals that are abused and mistreated (I have three shelter dogs myself) whether it is by adopting an animal or donating time or money, I have also done repairs on the roof of the North Shore Animal League's building at my own expense.

Edited by keithr128, 18 July 2007 - 09:35 PM.

[sari]

Unfortunately all of you, like 99.9% of humans are very short sited and see the first link of the chain that bothers them. Yes I agree that these injuries that were inflicted upon this or any animal are wrong. The truth of the matter is that we as a society should be recognizing what creates a human being to act this way. Alot of cultures pruduce people like this and the reality is, we as "human" beings need to focus on, and adjust our societies accordingly so that these people are not produced. Ponder these thoughts carefully as the majority of people are a self serving bunch. We supposedly have the highest intellect of all the creatures on earth. Yet do you know of any species with more problems?

I wonder how you propose that we adjust our societies so these people are not produced. Perhaps in the same way that we adjust our societies so that we have no war, or racial, religious or other intolerance. The vast majority of human beings would not dream of treating an animal like this, so I think you're making an extremely broad generalization, and I don't think it's society in general that has led to this. It may be family, or circumstances, or even just some deep-rooted evil, as I believe that some people are just bad, no matter how they're brought up. I hope you're quite proud of the fact, however, that you're in that 0.1% of humans that isn't short sighted; I guess the rest of us can only hope to achieve that perfection at some point. In the meantime, I'll enjoy the company of the rest of the short-sighted group that's just too stupid to see the real truth, but cares about the animals anyway.

Edited by sari, 18 July 2007 - 10:32 PM.

[ScHwErV]

MarkN, anyone who believes that they can find any category that 99.9% of all people fit into is a little insane.

Also, since you believe yourself to be an elitist who can see what needs to be done better than 99.9% of the people on this planet, why would you spend your overly important time dealing with us underlings?

keithr128, is there a topic to discuss here? I know you are outraged by what happened to this dog, but what kind of discussion do you hope to generate here?

[dsenette]

The better part of everyones lives is spent on improving their own lives.

whether you like it or not that's human nature...we're DESIGNED from the start for self preservation...ALL living things are designed for that one purpose....you know what you get out of helping someone? that warm fuzzy feeling in your belly? that's that self preservation gene kicking in....no matter what you want to say....and how you want to say it...everything we do as humans is done to make OURSELVES "feel better"....even the most noble acts done by the most noble people are done for the good of themselves in some way shape or form...

this doesn't diminish any good acts done by humans....but to say that "thinking of ones self first" is always a bad thing is a little off....it's what we are designed for

[dsenette]

that's an idyllic view of existence....someone can claim that they do something without having the self satisfaction of having done it...but it's not possible....and honestly if you don't get something out of doing the act...there's no purpose for the act...there's nothing wrong with doing something good because it feels good to do it....saying "i give to the poor because it's a good thing to do and it helps others" is the same thing as saying "i feel good about myself because i like to help others" and at that point you should feel good about yourself...you should embrace that self satisfaction...that's what we are psychologically designed to seek out...that feeling that we've done something to be proud of...the feeling of accomplishment...that feeling of being a good person...which is what's lacking in the world...it's why we have drug addicts and alcoholics...they can't feel good about themselves (either through psychological damage or other things that happened during their formative years) so they either take a drug that makes them feel that feeling artificially or makes them oblivious to the fact that they feel worthless ...

of course none of this is on topic for this thread....if there is a topic