A Pinal County Animal Care & Control (AC&C) employee was terminated today following an investigation into the accidental euthanasia of a dog earlier this week.
Pinal County launched an investigation on Monday, the same day that the dog was euthanized. The dog in question was “Target,” a street dog from Afghanistan who became a lifesaving hero when she thwarted an attack by a suicide bomber. She was later brought to the US by volunteers and private donors to live in San Tan Valley with a soldier’s family.
Last Friday, Target got loose and was later picked up by AC&C and brought to the county’s shelter. The dog was not microchipped or licensed with the county.
Monday morning, Target was mistakenly put down even though she had not been scheduled for euthanasia at the time.
“We are continuing to look into management practices and procedures at Animal Care & Control to ensure that something like this cannot happen again,” said Lisa Garcia, Assistant County Manager for Health & Human Services.
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I feel double sorry for the employee that was let go. It sounds like the procedures in place made this an easy mistake. A real fix would be to change procedures and hold the animals for a little longer. The dog should have been microchipped as well, but, given the history of this, that may have just been an oversight. I don’t agree that there is one person that is at fault in this case.
The owners have to take some responsibilty here, no collar/tags or chip. At the very least it should have had a collar and county license.
Take a look through the Lost and Found on PetSocialWorker.org, most of the found dogs have no collar/tags and very few of the lost ones either.
Wonder how his family would feel if we “accidentally” put him down. Get a job at McDonalds, it’s less hard to fuck up.
Hey Hooch, wonder how you would feel if somebody accidently pulled your head out of your and then popped it right the fuck back in where it belongs. Maybe you should fucking sample the E shot to see if it is civilized. You fucking pussy loser!
I apologize to the site for the language indiscretions. But not to Hooch who should probably be posted on street corners as a danger to humanity.
If it were only that easy to get rid of health care providers that mistakenly kill their patients. How many people never made a mistake at work?