Beware! Animal Abuser in your Neighborhood! [View All]

[RetroLounge]

That is what was printed on an envelope along with my address which I found in the mailbox today. No return address.

Inside was a print out of an article from the local Milwaukee paper. It seems my neighbor across the street, a WWII vet, and an old curmudgeonly guy, but otherwise pretty nice, had a small dog and the dog bit 3 people in the neighborhood. The police told him they were going to take the dog away and put it to sleep, then bill him for the procedure.

Instead he tied a heavy weight to the dog's neck and drowned it in a water barrel in his back yard. No criminal charges were filed, but he was fined for the biting and improper maintenance and care of an animal. The only part of the article that was underlined by hand was the part about the DA not filing charges.

Now I certainly don't agree with what he did, and please don't get all outraged over this (well, not too much please, that's not the point) as people I know from farms take their dogs out in the woods and put a 22 bullet in their heads when they get old. Yes, that bothers me too. And I am a dog lover and put my own to sleep last year.

But here's the kicker. This happenned 5 years ago.

My point is, why on earth does someone print out this article now and mail it out, 5 years later, presumably to everyone on the block? Seems petty and vindictive. And spineless to do it anonymously. It's not like the guy goes around and kills everyone's pets. Anyhow, I'm not sure what creeped me out more, him doing this, or the letter now 5 years later.

Thoughts?

RL