Worst Owner Ever Attempts to Euthanize His "Gay" Dog

Really? Yes, really. And his stupidity went viral. The dog is safe and sound in a new home, thank Dog.

Have you seen the news? It's a tale beyond belief: A Tennessee dog owner surrendered his dog -- a Pit Bull-Bulldog mix -- to the Jackson Rabies Control Animal Shelter, to be killed. What was the dog's crime? The owner saw the dog mounting another male dog. To the owner, this meant his dog is gay, and in that small, broken brain of his, that meant the dog had to be killed.

What a world.

Luckily, word of this travesty erupted into the Internet, because it had to. Someone who keeps tabs on the dogs being euthanized at the Jackson Rabies Control Animal Shelter -- a high-kill shelter -- made it so, when he wrote up the circumstances on his Facebook page, Jackson TN Euthanasia:

This guy [the dog] was signed over to [Rabies Control], not [because] he's mean or [because] he tears things up, but because ... his owner says he's gay! He hunched another male dog so his owner threw him away [because] he refuses to have a "gay" dog! Even if that weren't the most asinine thing I've ever heard, it's still discrimination! Don't let this gorgeous dog die [because] his owner is ignorant of normal dog behavior! He's in kennel 10L and he WILL be put down tomorrow [because] there is no room at the inn!

Naturally, this thing took off. Adoption offers poured in. According to a shelter worker who prefers to be unnamed, “I have had about 10 million calls this morning. It has been adopted already. It is gone. He’s in good hands.”

Whose hands? Stephanie Fryns, a veterinary tech from Jackson, who adopted the dog and named him Elton John. Elton John is going to a good home; Fryns already has four happy dogs.

She told ABC News that the dog “was pretty friendly so far. He’s pretty scared of everything, which is understandable. But he loved the car ride.”

As for the stupidity of the former owner, let's return to that for a sec. Animal expert Stanley Coren told the Daily News, “A male mounting another male is thus not displaying homosexual tendencies, but is simply saying, ‘I'm boss around here.’” 

Or, as that unnamed shelter worker put it, “You know, those dogs get on top of each other sometimes.”

You don't say. 

As for all those people who wanted to adopt the poor dog, well, there's no shortage of dogs facing death at the Jackson Rabies Control Animal Shelter. Just check the Facebook page of the guy who broke the story. He calls himself Jackson Madison Rabies Control Stalker, and his page is full of photos of dogs who are to be put to death within days. They deserve as much attention as Elton John.

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Outrageous: England's Royal Air Forces Euthanize Prince William's Guard Dogs

The prince retired, and the dogs were euthanized. The RAF is saying it's a "coincidence."

During his seven years as a search-and-rescue pilot for the Royal Air Force, British heir to the throne Prince William had two dogs protecting him: Brus, a seven-year-old Belgian Shepherd, and Blade, a nine-year-old German Shepherd. They patrolled the North Wales base “in a two-dog section set up specifically to protect William,” according to the Sun. 

As you may know, William retired from service last week. Three days after he did so, the two dogs were euthanized. 

The Ministry of Defense thinks it did nothing wrong. 

“The department’s policy is to rehome all military working dogs at the end of their service life wherever practicable,” a MoD spokesman told the Daily Mail. “Regrettably, however, there are occasions when they have to be put down.” 

What occasions are those? 

"Unfortunately, in this case the dogs were unsuitable for rehoming or alternative duties and so sadly, for the animal’s welfare, they had to be put down."

What does that mean? Well, a source told the Daily Mail that the dogs "were too aggressive to be kept at home" and that they couldn't be reassigned to other duties because the dogs "had a record of veterinary and behavioral issues." 

We don't have a full accounting of that reason, but on the face of it: ridiculous. A military base couldn't train a dog? It's not like it's a place dedicated to training. And what "veterinary issues" couldn't a military base handle, really, with the government footing the bill? More information about this needs to come out.

The RAF is claiming that the euthanasias were in no way related to the Prince leaving, and that the Prince did not work with the dogs. 

"To be clear, they were RAF Valley security patrol dogs, not sole protection for Prince William," the source said. "The timing of their sad demise is purely coincidental." 

That source was quick to reassure the Daily Mail reporter that at least someone loved the dogs. 

"These dogs had played an invaluable role offering security to our personnel over many years and were much loved by their handlers, who had an extremely strong bond with them."

Prince Williams has made no comment. At home, he and Kate spend their lives with Lupo, a black Cocker Spaniel.

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