OPP Kills Dog In Error

They thought it was a rabid coyote.

Except it wasn't. It was someone's pet. Apparently there was a blind old dog missing, was this that dog? I highly doubt on old blind dog was acting like a rabid coyote. This dude fucked up, plain and simple. He purposely ran over the dog three times then, because he couldn't even do that right, shot the dog because it still wasn't dead. What exactly are the qualifications to be an OPP officer these days? Clearly stupidity and ineptitude are high on the list.
 
It's been confirmed it was someone's old dog , weak and deaf, that wandered off during bad weather.
http://www.680news.com/2015/10/20/owner-speaks-dog-killed-opp-collingwood/
Having multiple dogs myself I feel for the owner , although she should probably shoulder some of the blame. People need to dog proof their properties.

This happened just a few blocks from a weekend house I have in Collingwood,
very much a dog town, almost every home has one or three and the whole town is pissed .
There's a petition to get the officer suspended with over 1200 supporters already in just a few hours
https://www.change.org/p/mayor-susa...utally-killed-an-innocent-dog#petition-letter

Reminds me of this incident last year , in this case the dog was shot on its own property!
http://youtu.be/WCNNiRfQiTg
 
Given the condition of the dog...it could be mistaken as acting 'strange' .... And in the middle of the night hard to blame a guy for seeing a weird 'coyote'

Sad for the owner..... But what's done is done.
 
Witnesses thought it looked like a coyote. Even the owner said it looked like one. Sad story.
 
Trigger happy? Try having a dog that looks like a pit charge at you and see how you'd react. It' a shame, but that's the cop defending himself from what he could perceive as a threat to his s
 
So in you view a driver's normal response to a charging pitbull is to
run his car over it? Never know the breed can be as powerful as
an elephant. BTW, was the dog actually charging at the police?
 
Trigger happy? Try having a dog that looks like a pit charge at you and see how you'd react. It' a shame, but that's the cop defending himself from what he could perceive as a threat to his s

I have plenty of times. I frequent dog parks, go for walks and there were numerous times dogs had come running at/towards me, the trick is, YOU DON'T MOVE, stand still.
That's assuming you have the balls to do so in the first place. Sorry about your luck Zen.
 
The dog that was run over was believed to be a coyote, possibly rabid. The cop was protecting himself and taking care of it the best way he could. In a built up area you can't just shoot it while it's moving, after he hit it and immobilized it, he finished it with a single shot. The other dog in the video charged straight out of the house directly at the officer.
 
Maybe instead of calling the police, people should call animal control.

There was a recent story about a woman who walked into her local pet store and saw a 125 pound python wrapped around the owner strangling him:Eek:. Don't mess with wildlife.
 
Even if he thought it was a coyote it is ridiculous to accept that his response was to run over the dog multiple times before shooting it.

I certainly hope this cop gets the punishment he deserves.
 
Even if he thought it was a coyote it is ridiculous to accept that his response was to run over the dog multiple times before shooting it.

I certainly hope this cop gets the punishment he deserves.

Exactly, his response was inhumane.