elizabethann
07-22-2006, 10:50 AM
I just sent an email to our local paper regarding this story. I said the Mack family was irrisponsible & should never be allowed to own dogs again. In short, this kids dog was shot a few months back because it killed a neighbors chickens. Some guy offered his OWN dog to this kid to replace the one that was killed. Well now this dog was hit by a car and killed. This is not the first time a dog owned by this family has been run over & killed. It's probably the 4th or 5th. I am sooooooooooooooooo mad & disgusted!!!
Gift dog dies; had replaced one fatally shot
Londonderry – Months after a local youth’s dog was shot and killed, a new dog given to him by a stranger has also died, this time when it got hit by a car.
“The dog did pass away, unfortunately,” said Police Capt. Bill Hart.
In April, a Siberian Husky owned by then-16-year-old D.J. Mack was shot by neighbor Harold Morrissette when the dog attack his chickens, killing four. The dog was not on a leash at the time, and the chickens, on Morrissette’s property, were not in a cage.
Less than a month ago, Jim Lisofsky of Dunbarton donated his own Siberian Husky to Mack after reading about what had happened. Lisofsky said he no longer had the time to look after the dog, which he called “a friend.”
Days after he gave the dog away, Lisofsky said, he had told Mack’s mother the dog was prone to running away if not kept on a leash. “Just don’t let him loose,” he said he told her.
Police said neighbor Karen Pinkney called Thursday afternoon to tell them a “stray” dog was in her yard, alone.
Pinkney, who lives across from Morrissette and just down the road from the Macks, called police to say the dog had run out in the road and had been hit.
Mack, when reached at his home, hung up on a reporter. Lisofsky, who regretted not being able to see the dog one more time like he had hoped, said of Mack, “I guess he doesn’t have too much luck with dogs. Accidents do happen.”
Lisofsky said he wasn’t angry. “I’m kind of bummed out my dog’s dead,” he said. “I’m not upset that I gave him the dog.”
Morrissette said he filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Daniel Mack, D.J.’s father, in an effort to recover the cost of the four chickens, which he said totaled $200.
Gift dog dies; had replaced one fatally shot
Londonderry – Months after a local youth’s dog was shot and killed, a new dog given to him by a stranger has also died, this time when it got hit by a car.
“The dog did pass away, unfortunately,” said Police Capt. Bill Hart.
In April, a Siberian Husky owned by then-16-year-old D.J. Mack was shot by neighbor Harold Morrissette when the dog attack his chickens, killing four. The dog was not on a leash at the time, and the chickens, on Morrissette’s property, were not in a cage.
Less than a month ago, Jim Lisofsky of Dunbarton donated his own Siberian Husky to Mack after reading about what had happened. Lisofsky said he no longer had the time to look after the dog, which he called “a friend.”
Days after he gave the dog away, Lisofsky said, he had told Mack’s mother the dog was prone to running away if not kept on a leash. “Just don’t let him loose,” he said he told her.
Police said neighbor Karen Pinkney called Thursday afternoon to tell them a “stray” dog was in her yard, alone.
Pinkney, who lives across from Morrissette and just down the road from the Macks, called police to say the dog had run out in the road and had been hit.
Mack, when reached at his home, hung up on a reporter. Lisofsky, who regretted not being able to see the dog one more time like he had hoped, said of Mack, “I guess he doesn’t have too much luck with dogs. Accidents do happen.”
Lisofsky said he wasn’t angry. “I’m kind of bummed out my dog’s dead,” he said. “I’m not upset that I gave him the dog.”
Morrissette said he filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Daniel Mack, D.J.’s father, in an effort to recover the cost of the four chickens, which he said totaled $200.