Be Responsible–Place Your Unwanted Dog Correctly

Posted on April 03, 2009 by Nancy Houser

This story is breaking hearts and going around the internet like fire. With the current recession affecting families, animals are beginning to take it in the shorts with owners finding themselves unable to feed or care for them. But Copper could have been saved if his owner would have placed him in a shelter or spent the time finding an adequate home–instead of turning him loose with a hastily scribbled note of “Help Me” attached to him.

Read at Dogster.com at “A Wing and a Prayer“:

OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Copper would shake your hand, speak and even toss you a high-five. A note taped to the mixed-breed’s collar attests to his talents, but these deeds are not verifiable by eyewitness account.

Copper, you see, is dead.

The 30-pound male dog, estimated to be about 1 year old by Kalamazoo County Animal Services and Enforcement officials, was found March 18 lying on the shoulder of an asphalt road in Oshtemo Township. There was a hole in his skull, inflicted when a car hit him.

It was too late to heed the message someone had written on the tape wrapped around his collar: “Help me.”

Beneath the tape, in a plastic baggie, was a handwritten note describing Copper’s charming talents — he could sit, roll over, crawl, play dead and shake hands.

But someone let Copper go, abandoning him instead of dropping him off at one of several agencies around town that could have saved his life. The case has haunted KCASE Officer Mark Vanderberg since he was called to investigate.

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