I am a Park Ranger and was on duty at the riverfront when this call came out over the police radio. Myself and another Park ranger assisted the Chattanooga Police and the McKamey Animal Officer in the search for this wounded animal. We located the dog around the 500 block of River St. and what I saw was traumatizing. The look in that dogs eyes before it was taken to the emergency vet haunted me the rest of the day. No animal deserves to die in such a slow and painful way. The suspect, Roger Beason, was completely out of line. There were no children or old ladies at risk or being attacked by this animal just a grown man dealing out a gruesome punishment to a dog that was little more than a nuisance. This is not just a crime against animals but animal lovers as well. No animal deserves to die in such a horrible fashion.
Stray dog shot with bow and arrow euthanized
I am a Park Ranger and was on duty at the riverfront when this call came out over the police radio. Myself and another Park ranger assisted the Chattanooga Police and the McKamey Animal Officer in the search for this wounded animal. We located the dog around the 500 block of River St. and what I saw was traumatizing. The look in that dogs eyes before it was taken to the emergency vet haunted me the rest of the day. No animal deserves to die in such a slow and painful way. The suspect, Roger Beason, was completely out of line. There were no children or old ladies at risk or being attacked by this animal just a grown man dealing out a gruesome punishment to a dog that was little more than a nuisance. This is not just a crime against animals but animal lovers as well. No animal deserves to die in such a horrible fashion.