[Allegedly] Human

Daisy

...When I first began opining online my blog was called The Department of Injustice. To a degree it served its purpose, but along the way I found myself focusing on things that weren’t necessarily injustices so much as they were stories about people who can be found in the shallow end of the gene pool—the ones whose parents’ hindsight hopefully includes wishing that they had sought an abortion. It ultimately made me realize that a more appropriate blog title would be Faint Expectations (my apologies to Charles Dickens).

...Sadly we have a few more people to add to the heap of examples.

...Ryan Dawson, 21, and Ronald Arnold, 17, allegedly (I use this term only to protect myself legally; I support the idea of innocent until proven guilty, but considering that this isn’t a common accusation I’ll reiterate that I only use the term “allegedly” for legal reasons) dunked Daisy, the Labrador puppy seen above, in a bowl of vodka and forced it to drink until the dog became unresponsive. The dog’s owner—who himself was accused of giving beer to the puppy on other occasions—took the dog to the home of an off-duty police officer who called for medical services.

...The dog survived after receiving fluids intravenously and adoption offers—hopefully from people who aren’t as subhuman as the puppy’s owner or his friends—have begun to come in. The two guys who [allegedly] almost killed the puppy can get a maximum of three years in prison if found guilty.

...That’s nice, but I’d sooner force them to drink Liquid-Plumr.

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch