Did you hear about the horrible policeman act?

[BC_MoM]

They couldn't call animal control, it was 7:00 at night, and I don't think many stores would have that number at hand. The police still should have come. It was basically a hold up.

No one payed the $20, my brother and two co-workers eventually jumped him and held him.. They told him "Either you give us the bunny and we let you go, or you wait until the cops come" (he didn't know they weren't coming) and the kid goes "If you half let me go, I'll half give you the rabbit!"

Eventually he let go of the rabbit and ran out of the store. The bunny stayed in the store over night and the humane society came and retrieved him the next day and he went up for adoption.

[caseysmom]

Most animal controls have an emergency off hour number.

[Vela]

I heard that about the 911 operator. I had a similar thing happen when I was younger. My baby brother, about a year old, was choking to death on a piece of tinfoil (he had grabbed it from the box of fish medicine while my mom was putting it in the fish tank, and it had those sharp edges so it was stuck really well and I called 911 and was hung up on twice. If my mom hadn't been a nurse at the time and able to get it out herself by reaching down his throat with a pair of kelly clamps he would have been dead. My dad called back and reamed them out something fierce but at least my brother didn't die. I just think it's pathetic that something that is there to save lives it staffed by some of the worst "customer service" you can find and those crappy 911 operators, who fall asleep and threaten children give all the good 911 operators a bad name. I feel horrible for that poor boy being threatned while his mother died. I read they probably would have been able to save her if help had come. Poor little kid=(

As for the bunny story, police can't run out to every animal case, it's just not possible. If they were out saving animals they wouldn't be there to help other people in trouble. That's why they have animal control and animal cops, etc. I understand it was after hours and that was just "one case". But if they went out to all those "one cases" then nobody would be there to help people too. There is usually an after hours emergency number you can call for those things with animal control, and it's usually on the voicemail of the main number. I'm glad the bunny was saved though.

[king2005]

That poor boy will be scared for life. Not only did his mommy die, but he tried to save her & was threatened & didn't know what to do. poor poor poor child


As for the bunny case, I have mixed feelings.. it being a 911 call no. a police matter YES! I've called 911 before & asked to be transfered to the local police as it wasn't a life & death situation, but an officer was needed.

13yrs ago, I called the local police (there was no 911 in my town). I told them there was a raccoon in the neighbours yard & it didn't look right. They rushed 2 officers over. A lady officer was let into our yard & the male officer asked to go into the yard 2 houses down. They saw the raccoon & also felt something was wrong with it. the lady Officer watched the coon, while the male went to the 3 houses to let us all know they were going to shoot it & to keep all kids & pets indoors, until they gave the all clear. 16 shots later the coon finally died.

I'll explain why it took so many rounds. These Police Pistols (really the cartridge) are not designed to kill animals. The bullets are traveling so fast that they go right through the small animal & do not cause enough damage to kill it (when an officer shoots a person the cartridges are also not suppose to cause a gory mess, if the suspect dies ohwell, but the chances of survival is decently high). Also you cannot shoot the animal in the head if it is suspected of having rabies (they need the brain to test for it). They also wanted to make sure it was 100% dead before they went near it. Any twitching could mean its still alive (not likely but why risk it). My folks were very helpful. they supplied the officers with large trash bags & a box to make carring the body easier & less messy. The police were bad people (hells angels) but atleast they took good care of us when we needed them! Regular cops normally wouldn't deal with this stuff.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

That poor boy will be scared for life. Not only did his mommy die, but he tried to save her & was threatened & didn't know what to do. poor poor poor child

Exactly!!! That operator is definitely guilty for serious neglect!! I know some kids play games with the phone; but a help-call from a 6 year old should ALWAYS be taken seriously; They should at least have checked this!!!

Poor boy

[dab_20]

I heard about that on the news. What has this world come to?

[*LabLoverKEB*]

That just makes me sick... that's just HORRIBLE. Imagine what the little boy thinks of himself now... poor baby.