BY HEATHER DAVIS / NASHVILLE PAW MAGAZINE
There is public outcry after a shocking chain of events in Williamsburg, KY last week. Local business owners had been feeding a friendly stray dog - a Great Pyrenees they’d named Bugsy - and decided it would be best to call animal control so officials could find a home for the sweet pooch. What happened, however, was horrifying. The animal control officer, instead, drove up and shot the dog, killing it. Had the locals known the dog’s fate, they would have taken rescue measures into their own hands, and are now speaking out against a system gone wrong.
Read the full news story here.
Middle Tennesee’s own Big Fluffy Dog Rescue has stepped up by writing a formal complaint letter and starting a petition for the city to take action against the officer. You can make your voice heard by signing the petition here.
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