- Target:
- St. Louis County Sheriff's Department
- Region:
- United States of America
Rugar, a beloved and devoted family dog, was shot in the face on Monday, July 9th and left to suffer by a St. Louis County, Minnesota Sheriff's Deputy...Officer Chris Cazin. The only reason that the officer drove down the quarter mile driveway was to deliver an old medical bill.
After first tazing Rugar, he then shot the dog in the face, and then the officer left the property. Rugar's owner drove up a short time later to find his faithful friend gurgling on his own blood in the driveway. The magnitude of this situation is astounding, the cruelty that the officer showed is truly horrifying. Needless to say, Rugar had to be put down, there was no saving him...the only option was to humanely end his suffering.
We have to put a stop to this kind of senseless violence. If we can't even trust officers to place proper judgement on the use of deadly force when it comes to our pets, how can we trust them with our children or ourselves?
Please stand up for Rugar and the many other pets who have lost their lives in similar circumstances.
We, the undersigned, call upon the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office to provide an explanation to the unjust and cruel treatment of Rugar.
This plea is extended to Sheriff Ross Litman, Deputy Ed Kipley and Deputy Chris Cazin.
We would like to know why an old medical bill that clearly stated was able to be mailed, in other words did not require physical delivery, was excuse enough for Deputy Cazin to be on a rural property. And once on that property, why Deputy Cazin felt he could inhumanely taze and then shoot a cherished family pet through the nose and leave it to suffer.
We not only want answers, we want to know that changes will be made within this office to ensure another family will not have to experience this pain.
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The Justice for Rugar petition to St. Louis County Sheriff's Department was written by Leslie Ruggiero and is in the category Animal Rights at GoPetition.