# Somebody actually is burning you dog (RO)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-actually-is-burning-you-dog-ro/418372>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 7, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-actually-is-burning-you-dog-ro/418372 "2007-09-07T15:51:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-actually-is-burning-you-dog-ro/418372/1 "2007-09-07T15:51:41Z")

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And it’s not funny at all.

WARNING: video of cute puppies with horrible burns…audio of whimpering

[click if you must](http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/09/07/elliott.burned.dogs.wsb)

Some rather half-assed speculation ensues about possible “gang initation” connections, and whether it’s more than one person because it’s spread out across the metro area. Yeah, it’s definitely several perpetrators, unless it’s one who can drive. :dubious:

Guess where?

Atlanta, the epicenter of Michael Vick admirers. Hrmmmm.

Several of the dogs involved look like pit bull mixes to me, but that may simply be a function of the distribution of breeds in the area.

I don’t really have anything to add except that people really, really suck sometimes.

Sailboat

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**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-actually-is-burning-you-dog-ro/418372/2 "2007-09-07T16:30:03Z")

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Never enough animal ro for my tastes.

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**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-actually-is-burning-you-dog-ro/418372/3 "2007-09-07T16:45:34Z")

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RO? Hardly. My outrage has reached the professional level for sub-human clods of amphibian shit that do these kinds of things. If I saw this happening, you’d be reading about my ass in the papers. Fate never sees fit to put people like this in front of me, mores the pity.

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**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-actually-is-burning-you-dog-ro/418372/4 "2007-09-07T17:03:53Z")

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Your link takes me to a interview about a movie that I’m not interested in seeing. I couldn’t find the story. Can you give a better summary of what happened? I’m sure I’ll be very angry and heartbroken, so I don’t really need a video.

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-actually-is-burning-you-dog-ro/418372/5 "2007-09-07T17:21:16Z")

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Sorry, there’s an advertisement you have to sit through before the news item starts.

PAWS animal shelter reports that puppies and dogs have been turning up in the Atlanta area that appear to have been burned by someone pouring flammable liquid onto their backs. First one was found in July; iirc, they’ve found roughly a half-dozen. The “reason” for the abuse, and the identity of the perpetrator(s), are unknown. Officials worry it’s the start of a trend.

Sailboat