Boxer tied to train tracks left for dead... (small update)

 Poor girl.    Bless the heart of that train conductor who helped to save her.  People's capacity for cruelty never ceases to disgust me. 

 I just don't understand.  I really don't.  I hope she finds a good loving forever home when she is ready for adoption.  I wonder what happened to her puppies - actually I don't want to wonder....

How sad and happy too that someone saw her and cared enough to do something about it.   I am guessing she could not have been there very long or she would have been discovered sooner it didnt look like it was out in the middle of nowhere.  It is so hard to understand for those of us that treat our pets like family.   I hope she gets a very good forever home!

shadowsgin

I am guessing she could not have been there very long or she would have been discovered sooner it didnt look like it was out in the middle of nowhere. 

Exactly what I thought.  Why didn't anyone else see her.  As far as I can tell, she was placed very near a road.  She must have barked and people had to have heard her or even passing cars should have been able to see her. 

A coworker of mine just had to put down his 2 year old boxer and his wife really wants another.  They have been discussingg rescue so I hope they put in an application for this girl.

My Grandfather was an inspector for the Pennsylvania RR for 40 years -- he's been gone 41 years now but he was not only a dog-lover but he'd have been hopping mad at the absolute INSANITY of this. 

This idiot who went out of their way to tie this dog to the tracks didn't *just* endanger the dog.  This could have derailed the entire train, and the poor engineer (if they survived the accident) would have had to live with the resulting accident on their mind and record forever. 

Grandpa used to go out in the middle of the night to accident sites -- and just an animal ON the track (like a cow) could cause a horrible train wreck, much less something actually tangled on the track itself. 

To this day I 'wave' at the engineer and the 'end of the train' (there are no more cabooses anymore *sigh*) in memory of Gramps every time I see one.  He was a "get it done" kind of man and I can only sit here in tears knowing only too well the agony that other trainman was trying to avert by warning about this dog. 

No engineer ever wants to take a life and the responsibility weighing on their shoulders is huge.  No train ever just "stops" easily -- and the resultant loss of property and loss of life can be catastrophic.

 We all think of the dog -- but  I've held Gram's and Mom's hands while Grandpa was out helping to "pick up the pieces" from a derailment too many times.  This could truly have been tragedy averted.  Seems to me like Choo choo probably has a job to do in this life!!  I hope the perfect people get her.

Georgie -- keep track of this if you can please??  I'd love to know if your friends get her!

calliecritturs

This idiot who went out of their way to tie this dog to the tracks didn't *just* endanger the dog.  This could have derailed the entire train, and the poor engineer (if they survived the accident) would have had to live with the resulting accident on their mind and record forever. 

Good point Callie, I never thought of that....my Grandpa who died when I was 1 was a Street Car man..

Only the coldest of hearts would do such an awful thing.  And the kindest of hearts to call and save her life.  Actually, I think anyone with half a heart would have called.  Best wishes for a full, happy life Choo-Choo.

I can't imagine the type of person capable of tying a dog to railroad tracks.  All that I can do is hope that karma pays Choo-Choo's previous owner a visit...

BEVOLASVEGAS

All that I can do is hope that karma pays Choo-Choo's previous owner a visit...

Amen!  I like to think there's a special place in Hades for the person who did this.

My best wishes to Choo Choo.  I'm confident she will find the most loving forever home.  She deserves it!

There are times when I've thought that if I had my life to live over, I might have done something involved with animals. Such as being an ACO or HS officer. As a rule, they don't actually arrest the suspect. The police are called in for that, per their investigation. The hard parts of course are rescuing the animal, seeing the state they are in, hoping that they can be saved, and feeling bad when they can't. The hardest part would be holding back on unleashing unholy vengeance on the piece of crud that would do this. Even an old stockman is more humane putting a .45 behind the ear. And even if one's local shelters are kill shelters, that is somewhat more humane than a freight train. Depending on speed, it can take a train up to a mile and half to stop. And, as pointed out before, anything on the tracks can cause a derailment and the tragedy that ensues from that.

If we could pts the people that would do this, would that be so wrong? Obviously they are lacking even the minimum of compassion that one sees in a dog, let alone a human. And they have proven themselves to be a danger to others around them. We get rid of cancer by cutting it out, irradiating it, or poisoning it. When an appendix goes bad and endangers the life of the patient, the appendix is removed. If it sounds like I'm de-humanizing the suspect, well, the suspect beat me to it be being less than human, even by being less than the dog.

However, I could assuage my umbrage if given a chance to hock a lugey on the suspect.

ron2

If we could pts the people that would do this, would that be so wrong?

Don't you think a more fitting end would be to tie the guilty party to some train tracks and send an empty train heading their way? 

Callie, I have a good friend who is an engineer for UP and he has been involved in two fatal wrecks and suffers horrible nightmares.

ron2

However, I could assuage my umbrage if given a chance to hock a lugey on the suspect.

Ron, this is one of the most interesting sentences I have every read! LOL 

JackieG

Don't you think a more fitting end would be to tie the guilty party to some train tracks and send an empty train heading their way? 

Yes. Poetic justice and certainly a mosaic application. (Law of Moses, eye for an eye, etc.)

 Hey, Callie, we have something in common.  My grandpa worked on the railroad in Minnesota as a young man, and when he moved out here, was a member of the Boston Carmen's Union for years.  I know that you are absolutely right about that person having endangered the whole train.  I hope Choo Choo gets a great home, and that they keep her name as a reminder - she can be the poster child for how NOT to act!  As others have said, the depth of disgust I have for such people as would do such a thing grows with each passing day.  When will this crap ever stop????  How much more simple and humane would it have been to take the poor dog to a shelter?

Disgusting, totally disgusting.  They probably threw their unwanted baby in the dumpster too!   God will get them.