Man tries to beat dog; shoots self instead

[ixnay]

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0124dog-gun24-ON.html

WINCHESTER, Va. - A man trying to beat his dog to death with a gun was fatally wounded when it apparently went off accidentally, police said.


Raymond Poore Jr., 43, called his wife at work Thursday and told her that their dog had bitten him and he intended to kill the animal, police Capt. David Sobonya said.

The wife came home about 6 p.m. and found her husband unconscious, with a number of dog bites and scratches. Emergency medical personnel discovered that Poole had been shot. He was pronounced dead at Winchester Medical Center.

Sobonya said Poore must have beaten the 30-pound shar-pei with the gun that went off. He said the stock of the weapon, a combination rifle and shotgun, was broken and there appeared to be blood and dog hair on it.

The dog was in the custody of an animal control officer. Sobonya had no detail on how badly it was injured.

Hooray for karma!

[Ming]

Who knows... maybe the dog grabbed it from him and fired it

But yeah... GO KARMA !!!!!!!!!!!

[Shi Huangdi]

I remember hearing this story elsewhere, it mentioned that the dog had put to death by Animal Control.

[General Ludd]

Reminds me of the turkey hunter who was shot in the leg by a dead turkey.

[cavebear]

Sounds like a good Darwin Award candidate! Seriously, I have no objection to really stupid annoying or cruel people taking themselves out of the gene pool. I want the world to be a better place for me to live in.

[DRoseDARs]

Natural Selection in action: It's a beautiful thing!

[Skanky Burns]

What a sad loss.

[MarkG]

the dog had put to death by Animal Control.

what? it should be left free!

[cavebear]

Originally posted by MarkG

the dog had put to death by Animal Control.

what? it should be left free!

At some point, I grant animals the right to "self-defense" even against humans.

I tend to be a "top of the food chain" type of person, but there are limits. No one ever has the right to torture animals to no purpose. And I'm getting to the point of no one has the right to injure animals for non-food reasons rather quickly.

[johncmcleod]

cavebear-I love animals too, and I used to have the same opinion, but I changed my mind. Animals have no conscience. They just do everything by instinct. I don't like to see a dog tortured though, because there's a possibility they might be conscience of themselves. For example, they have dreams.

[Hueij]

Animals have no conscience. They just do everything by instinct. I don't like to see a dog tortured though, because there's a possibility they might be conscience of themselves. For example, they have dreams.

Aren't you contradicting yourself here?

Anyways, I'm sure my cat is self-conscience. It knows when it is happy or unhappy.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by cavebear


At some point, I grant animals the right to "self-defense" even against humans.

I tend to be a "top of the food chain" type of person, but there are limits. No one ever has the right to torture animals to no purpose. And I'm getting to the point of no one has the right to injure animals for non-food reasons rather quickly.

Perhaps this dog was very vicious and the owner realized it needed to be put down. That would seem to make sense, since animal control destroyed it. Granted he should have gone through the proper channels, but I'm not so quick to characterize this as evil human vs. noble dog.

[Bereta_Eder]

tried to beat his dog to the death with a gun
got shot
instant flickerings of proof of god's existance

[Ming]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
but I'm not so quick to characterize this as evil human vs. noble dog.

I don't care how evil the dog was... you don't attempt to kill a dog by clubbing it to death. That's just brutal and wrong! There are faster and less painful ways to put a dog down.

[David Floyd]

That's funny as hell