I received an e-mail from a concerned animal-lover about the following situation. Please let me know if you have any advice or opinions on how this should be handled.
This person, who I'll call Rachel, lives in the city of Pittsburgh. Her neighbors have two dogs, a bulldog and a pit bull. Recently, the pit bull escaped from their backyard, and since then, they've been keeping her in a small caged area in the rear of the property. Rachel has never seen anyone go there to feed, water, or pay attention to the dog. When she goes on the back porch of her house that overlooks the puppy's yard, the puppy starts wagging her tail and whining for attention. She can't prove that they aren't feeding her or giving her water, but she looks all the time and the bowls are always empty. Should she or someone else report this? Who would you even report it to? Also, Rachel is somewhat afraid that if she reports the problem, the neighbors will know who it was, and let's just say that the neighbors don't have kosher occupations. They're somewhat intimidating and not people you'd want to have on your bad side.
So...what should she do?
1 comment:
call animal control, explain the situation, and ask not to be identified to the neighbors because the person would fear for their safety ... she can call the local police station for the animal control number ...
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