Een bloedbad: 57 honden afgeslacht ( video )

 VIDEO:
http://www.ky3.com/news/local/arkansas-dog-massacre-leaves-57-dead-few-survivors/21048998_37052158

Autoriteiten in de Amerikaanse staat Arkansas zijn een onderzoek gestart naar een massale moordpartij onder honden. In een verlaten bos vonden ze het stoffelijk overschot van 57 viervoeters, die in koelen bloede waren afgeslacht. Ook troffen ze vijf levende honden aan.

"Ik werk 25 jaar in de wetshandhaving maar het is voor het eerst dat is zoiets meemaak", vertelde sheriff Joey Pruitt aan KY3. Volgens de sheriff zijn de honden waarschijnlijk eerst vergiftigd en daarna doorzeefd met kogels.

De autoriteiten weten niet wat de hondenmoordenaar bezielde, maar laten weten dat het waarschijnlijk niet om gestolen huisdieren gaat. Vijf honden hebben de slachtpartij overleefd. Een was zo zwaar toegetakeld dat een boswachter hem alsnog uit zijn lijden heeft moeten verlossen.
"Ik heb hier geen woorden voor. Ik heb mijn hele leven met honden gewerkt en ik hou zo veel van ze dat ik niet weet hoe ik hier mee om moet gaan. Maar ik zal mijn best doen om degenen te redden die te redden zijn", zei John Magruder van het lokale dierenasiel. De dierenbescherming gaat adoptie-adressen zoeken voor de overlevenden.

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De Engelse versie  

  
The Searcy County sheriff says two people from a lumber mill came into a remote forest area to look at the timber tracts. They were disturbed by what they found: dozens of dead dogs scattered throughout the woods.
John Magruder still can't believe his eyes, two days later.   He's shelter manager for the Searcy County Humane Society.

It's difficult to look at the bullet riddled bodies and consider their innocent lives.  Magruder wasn't there to gawk, however. He was looking for survivors.

"I don't really have any words for what it makes me feel like.  I've worked with dogs all my life and I love them a whole bunch and I just don't deal well with this, but I'm doing my best so I can save the ones I can," said Magruder.
The sheriff is also shocked.
"This is my first in 25 years of law enforcement I've never seen anything like this," said Sheriff Joey Pruitt.

No one lives in the timber land where the massacre occurred.  The sheriff thinks someone brought the dogs out here, fed them poison, and opened fire.
"Systematically just start shooting and just leaving them lying and not even making sure that they're dead.  I just can't imagine somebody doing that," Pruitt said.
The sheriff and state investigators recovered evidence, but they're still processing the massive crime scene.  No suspects have been named, but the sheriff does want to reassure the public, "I don't think they're stealing people's pets."

So far 56 dogs have been found either poisoned and/or shot to death. Another dog that was shot and wounded had to be put down by a game warden, bringing the total to 57. Magruder says there was no hope of saving the dog that had to be euthanized because of its injuries.
A few dogs survived.  That's why Magruder was out in the forest for the third day in a row.  He had a dog travel crate, and a bag of food.  He's been feeding survivors and trying to lure and rescue them.
One female was too skittish to approach the food.  She lurked in the woods, but didn't stray from her murdered pack.
Magruder already rescued four other dogs and took them back to the Searcy County Humane Society shelter.
"We caught these two little female dogs. We brought them in this morning. This dog in here has been shot," said Magruder.
Only one of the male dogs is recovering from a bullet.  It passed through the shoulder and is beginning to heal.  Magruder checked on him, "You doing okay, Bubba?"
"They could have found homes for these dogs. Why? Just why?" asked Jean Passmore, the Humane Society treasurer.
Her emotions are raw and she broke into tears while discussing the crime.
The people of this Humane Society are trying to channel their anger into nursing the survivors back to health.
Magruder says three of the four rescued survivors were skittish and difficult to catch.  One little dog came right to Magruder, though, eager for love.
"He saw us, and that I had a bag of treats, and he took a treat and he was in the truck (immediately).  He said, 'I've had enough of this,'" Magruder said.
Soon, he'll be up for adoption.
"Who could hurt him? Why would you hurt him?"
The Searcy County Humane Society can be reached at 870-448-5579.  It also has a list of pets ready for adoption on its Facebook page.
Magruder and Passmore say they need donations to help cover medical costs and maintenance of the shelter.