Mamaradlo's Sweet Oreo Boy
CDX,RN,MX,MXJ,AD Therapy
Dog
UPDATE:
If you believe that a man who intentionally kills a cocker spaniel
by running his car over
the dog 3 times deserves prosecution, then
now is the time to please write a short letter to:
Assistant District Attorney Jonathan Fogel
Supreme Court Bureau
130 Stuyvesant Place
Staten Island, New York 10301
Oreo wasn't only cute and clever; he
had a meaningful job working with autistic and handicapped children. See
video of Oreo working in his community here.
Oreo
doing the Figure 8 with children
No dog should be killed the way Oreo
was, but the loss we have suffered is all the greater because of the talent
this little guy had in reaching children and bringing them joy.
An
editorial recounting of
Oreo’s Murder
-D.
Locke
Last Thursday, March 11, 2010, Oreo, a
cocker spaniel who was a certified therapy dog and had a special connection
with autistic and handicapped children, was brutally killed by
his owner's neighbor in Staten Island, NY. Oreo was run over 3 times as
the driver of the car went back and forth getting into his parking space,
despite neighbors screaming and pleading for him to stop. One of the
witnesses was a mere child, and the entire neighborhood has been shaken by this
incident. I've been trying for days to think of what could cause a man to drive
over a cocker spaniel three times. Rage came to mind, or the other extreme-
heartlessness.
Some feel that this man is hostile to most of his neighbors. The
neighborhood, a quiet place on a dead end street, is generally proud of its
cohesion. Yet I'm told this man is very possessive of 'his
space' on the street. Previous threats were allegedly made to Oreo's
owner and trainer over snow removal his past winter. There were alleged
altercations with another neighbors previously over others
attempting to park in his space. Arguments had also broken
out with next door neighbors over putting their garbage cans too close
to where he parked .
On Thursday, Oreo and his 3 cocker siblings had escaped a gated area which
is shared by two other homes in the community. The cockers had gone to the
curb where trash had been put out right next to the neighbor's
parking space, as their owner tried to round them
up. They were busy investigating the trash when
the hostile neighbor came down the street, made a U-turn at the end of the
street, and drove up to park in his
space. Other neighbors were also near, screaming at him to stop as they
watched Oreo go under the car not once, but three consecutive times. When
the man finished parking and saw what he had done, he offered not a word
of apology or concern; he showed no discernable emotion at
all. Later he told the police it was an accident. That's kind
of like accidentally stabbing someone three times, in my mind.
You might think that Oreo died on the spot, but he was not so lucky. The
car's first two passes resulted in massive internal trauma; the third pass
injured his head. Oreo was first taken to a NY animal hospital, then transferred to a NJ critical care facility in an effort
to save his life. He finally succumbed on Sunday, his injuries proving too
great to bear. His owner is beside herself with grief at having first witnessed
his mutilation, then experiencing the agony of his long death. She wishes to
find justice for Oreo, to honor his memory as well as to protect all pet
animals from such callous acts. In his lifetime, Oreo gave so much to his
community. With his life taken, his community mourns the loss of their friend.
There is a rapidly growing number of pet owners getting
involved in a movement not only to support his owner through this horrific
ordeal, but to ensure that no such thing can ever happen again to any of us. We
are organizing using social media and the internet while Oreo's
owner tries to piece together her life
and examines legal options. It is her hope and
ours, as compassionate humans, that we can somehow find
justice for this little dog, who gave almost 11 years of his
life in loving service to our disadvantaged, our handicapped,
and our youth.
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