Oc Animal Care Valerie Dog
It is an animal cruelty case which has rocked the nation…Cargo, aka Valerie, was adopted from the Orange county animal shelter on July 23 and this week, she was thrown out of a car in south Los Angeles, California, by two men and she died from injuries a short time later.
What is known about this horrible crime
Valerie was adopted from the animal shelter by a Hispanic male – she was spayed and microchipped, but the information on her chip led nowhere. Ghetto Rescue FFoundation (GRFF), the agency which tried to save Valerie, wrote:
We know she was spayed and microchipped to a male Hispanic who we tried to contact once we found out she was chipped. We were not successful.
An exam of Valerie's body revealed vaginal trauma – she ultimately died from a ruptured aorta, believed to be the result of blunt force trauma.
Statement from the animal shelter
OC Animal Care has commented on the horrible situation:
OC Animal Care staff is aware of a situation with a dog, "Valerie,/Cargo" recently adopted from our shelter. Our staff and volunteers are deeply saddened to learn of her passing and the alleged circumstances involving her death. Valerie was with us for three months and was loved by many.
Although this incident occurred outside of our jurisdiction and we are not the investigating agency, we are working with the local authorities in Los Angeles regarding this case. OC Animal Care is providing them all the information we have about Valerie and will continue to assist in their ongoing investigation.
The OC Animal Care shelter does not discriminate against those wishing to adopt unless they are suspected of or have been convicted of animal offenses. We utilize information about investigations from our own animal control as well as other law enforcement agencies to make this determination. We take the safety of all animals in our care seriously and, as a result of the circumstances surrounding Valerie's death, the individual who adopted Valerie is now ineligible for future adoptions at our shelter.
If you have any additional information regarding this case, please contact the Los Angeles Police Department Animal Cruelty Task Force at 213-486-0450."
Free adoption events
Valerie was one of many dogs adopted at a free adoption event. Many people are now calling for an end to the free adoptions because of what happened to Valerie/Cargo. Others, knowing that the animal shelters are over-crowded, believe that animal abusers will find victims regardless of the adoption events (many pets are given away free online) and they do not want to see the adoption events come to an end because of this week's cruelty case.
What do you think should happen? Should free adoption events come to an end? Or will abusers find victims regardless? Should the adoption events continue but with better safeguards in place? Please feel free to weigh in with your comments and suggestions below.
(Valerie photo from OC Animal Care)
Find Ghetto Rescue FFoundation on Facebook here.
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Source: https://petrescuereport.com/2018/what-is-known-about-cargo-aka-valerie-dog-dead-just-weeks-after-being-adopted/
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