这贼真狠...# pets - 心有所宠
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http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/06/intruder_shoots_fam
A trespasser shot and wounded a dog defending its backyard in Metairie,
authorities said Tuesday. Zeus, a 5-year-old Doberman pinscher, was listed
in stable condition at Southeast Veterinary Specialists in Metairie.
But owner Henry McCaskill said he is scrambling come up with $3,419 for his
pet's surgery. The bullet struck Zeus in the face and came out of its bottom
jaw, shattering a few teeth, then lodged in its shoulder.
The incident occurred Monday about 11:30 p.m. at McCaskill's home in the 900
block of Wilker Neal Avenue, said Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. McCaskill said Zeus, an inside dog, had
begun barking, usually a request to go out or a signal that someone is
lurking nearby, McCaskill said.
"When he does that late at night, I just open the door," said McCaskill, who
recalled that Zeus once caught a burglar trying to break into a neighbor's
shed and another man who had jumped the fence into the yard.
McCaskill opened the door, and the dog raced into the backyard.
"I heard a gunshot," McCaskill said. "He started yelping. I didn't have
anything to protect myself, so I had to get inside and just close the door."
A deputy who arrived at the house told McCaskill he was in the area
searching for someone on the nearby railroad tracks, McCaskill said.
Fortunato said he had no information that deputies were following a suspect
at that time.
McCaskill never saw the gunman who shot his dog and could not give a
description to investigators. He and relatives are more concerned with
finding a way to pay for Zeus' treatment.
"He's a sweetheart," McCaskill said. "The only thing he ever did was protect
his home and his master."
A trespasser shot and wounded a dog defending its backyard in Metairie,
authorities said Tuesday. Zeus, a 5-year-old Doberman pinscher, was listed
in stable condition at Southeast Veterinary Specialists in Metairie.
But owner Henry McCaskill said he is scrambling come up with $3,419 for his
pet's surgery. The bullet struck Zeus in the face and came out of its bottom
jaw, shattering a few teeth, then lodged in its shoulder.
The incident occurred Monday about 11:30 p.m. at McCaskill's home in the 900
block of Wilker Neal Avenue, said Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. McCaskill said Zeus, an inside dog, had
begun barking, usually a request to go out or a signal that someone is
lurking nearby, McCaskill said.
"When he does that late at night, I just open the door," said McCaskill, who
recalled that Zeus once caught a burglar trying to break into a neighbor's
shed and another man who had jumped the fence into the yard.
McCaskill opened the door, and the dog raced into the backyard.
"I heard a gunshot," McCaskill said. "He started yelping. I didn't have
anything to protect myself, so I had to get inside and just close the door."
A deputy who arrived at the house told McCaskill he was in the area
searching for someone on the nearby railroad tracks, McCaskill said.
Fortunato said he had no information that deputies were following a suspect
at that time.
McCaskill never saw the gunman who shot his dog and could not give a
description to investigators. He and relatives are more concerned with
finding a way to pay for Zeus' treatment.
"He's a sweetheart," McCaskill said. "The only thing he ever did was protect
his home and his master."
