Couple In Trouble For Calling 911 About Dog

Oreo the Great Dane

O’FALLON, MO – An O’Fallon, Missouri couple considered it an absolute emergency, their beloved Great Dane collapsed right in front of them. They called 911 for help. Now, they’re in trouble with police; still grieving the loss of their dog. Rose and Randy Lakey are due in O’Fallon, Missouri Municipal Court next month. People may […]

Is ASPCA New York Using Your Donations To Murder Animals? Pets Alive Thinks So.

This is article is from the Pets Alive Blog. They are the organization that asked to take Oreo. Pets Alive is a no-kill animal shelter, located in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, about 1 1/2 hours from New York City. Their mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and place animals in need. Victims of neglect, […]

New York State Legislators Seek "Oreo's Law"

Nathan Winograd For SF Animal Shelters Examiner ‘Oreo’s Law’ Would Give Dogs a Second Chance at Life MANHATTAN — A bill to allow animal welfare organizations the right to request animals be given to their care when a shelter is planning to euthanize them will be introduced in the State Legislature this week by Assembly […]

The Meaning Of Oreo

By Nathan Winograd For SF Animal Shelters Examiner Over the last several days, the ASPCA’s killing of a dog named Oreo has ignited a furor among animal lovers nationwide. They tried to justify it by claiming she was aggressive. But the question of whether or not Oreo was beyond rehabilitation is merely a side story to […]

ASPCA Issues Statement On Euthanasia Of Oreo

NEW YORK— The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) issued a statement from President and CEO Ed Sayres prompted by today’s euthanasia of Oreo, a victim of animal cruelty: On June 18th, a one-year old Pit Bull Mix named Oreo was thrown off a 6th floor Brooklyn roof top by […]

Oreo Is Dead

By A. G. SULZBERGER For The New York Times Oreo, a dog that was nursed back to health after surviving being thrown off the roof of a six-story building, was killed Friday by lethal injection. A two-year-old pit bull, Oreo was euthanized inside the New York City headquarters of the American Society for the Prevention […]

Deluge of Pleas to Spare Oreo, Dog Thrown Off Roof

By A.G. SulzBerger For The New York Times Animal rights supporters have bombarded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with phone calls and e-mail messages in a frantic last-minute bid to save Oreo, a pit bull that survived being tossed off a roof and is scheduled to be euthanized Friday afternoon. […]

Calls To Save Life Of Brooklyn Dog Thrown From Roof

Animal welfare activists and pet lovers are demanding that a dog that survived being thrown off a six-story Brooklyn building this summer be allowed to live. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says it will euthanize the pit bull mix named Oreo on Friday. The agency says she is unpredictably aggressive. […]

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