Oreo, Abused Dog Killed by ASPCA on 11/13/09
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The Ultimate Betrayal
Oreo was Executed by the ASPCA this Afternoon
Oreo Is Dead
Oreo, a dog that was nursed back to health after surviving being thrown off the roof of a six-story building, was killed Friday by lethal injection.
A 2-year-old pit bull, Oreo was euthanized in the New
York City
headquarters of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, after the organization rebuffed last-minute pleas to spare her
life. The organization called the dog a danger to the public.
On Friday morning, Oreo received a last meal of “premium quality”
kibble and canned dog food. She was then given a sedative, though she
appeared “content, alert and panting,” according to an organization
spokesman. Oreo was injected in the leg with an overdose of sodium
pentobarbital and was pronounced dead at 3 p.m.
The organization has euthanized 107 dogs so far this year, through October.
Oreo’s case came to public attention in June when her owner, Fabian Henderson, threw her off the roof of his apartment building at the Red Hook Houses in Brooklyn. Mr. Henderson was convicted of animal cruelty and was scheduled to be sentenced in December.
Oreo broke two legs in the fall. News reports of the incident, accompanied by photos of the brown and white dog with her front legs in casts, triggered a flood of adoption offers and financial donations to help pay for the medical care.
However, as Oreo recuperated from her injuries under the care of the A.S.P.C.A., she was increasingly viewed as a danger — difficult to control and “unpredictably aggressive,” according to an organization spokesman.
News of Oreo’s death provoked angry reactions among supporters who had been frantically lobbying the A.S.P.C.A. to delay the euthanization and allow time to negotiate a deal to transfer Oreo to an animal sanctuary in the Hudson Valley.
In one appeal, Camille Hankins, the director of Win Animal Rights, sent an e-mail message to the A.S.P.C.A. begging for clemency and accusing the organization of completing “what the animal abuser who threw her off that Brooklyn roof top set out to do.” Protesters also gathered briefly at the headquarters Friday morning.
The A.S.P.C.A. was unmoved, citing the evaluation of staff members and an outside veterinary behaviorist who said that Oreo could not be rehabilitated. “Animal cruelty isn’t pretty and doesn’t always have a happy ending,” said the society’s president and chief executive, Ed Sayres, “It is ugly and sad and, ultimately, tragic.”
Seven staff members were present during the euthanasia
procedure.
But the dog’s former owner, Mr. Henderson, was not on hand to witness
his pet’s final moments.
Mr. Ed Sayres
President & CEO
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
424 E. 92nd St
New York, NY 10128-6804
e-mail: esa...@aspca.org
Telephone: 1-212-876-7700 Ext. 4603 - Direct line to Ed Sayres being re-routed at the moment.
His secretary, Christine is at: 1-212-876-7700 ext. 4600
If the above voice mailboxes are full, check out the following contact page for the ASPCA and call any number listed and tell them that you want to leave a message about Oreo.
http://www.aspca.org/about-us/contact-us.html
Win Animal Rights will be issuing a statement about Oreo sometime this weekend.
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