# Unintentional cruelty? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 23, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-cruelty/582863 "2011-05-23T05:05:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-cruelty/582863/21 "2011-05-27T00:07:55Z")
I saw a story on yahoo today that indicates the family plans to take the dog back in a few weeks after all. I wonder if they truly wanted the dog back and just didn’t know how to do it or if the disapproval of the public influenced that. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-cruelty/582863/22 "2011-05-27T11:33:35Z")
> [@lavenderviolet](#): > > I saw a story on yahoo today that indicates the family plans to take the dog back in a few weeks after all. I wonder if they truly wanted the dog back and just didn’t know how to do it or if the disapproval of the public influenced that. Maybe they couldn’t look after it for a few weeks but most shelters won’t let you dump a dog on them then take it back. ---
**Author:** ![blueskiesfrompain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@blueskiesfrompain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueskiesfrompain)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-cruelty/582863/23 "2011-05-27T20:32:26Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > It’s the general trend of filming instead of helping, and I agree it makes you look rather bad. Sure, catch it on film for documentation purposes, but give it a few seconds and then go help. Perhaps the most iconic photo ever taken that falls into this category: [link](http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/vulture-stalking-a-child/) ---
**Author:** ![MizTina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MizTina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizTina)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-cruelty/582863/24 "2011-05-28T04:23:36Z")
> [@blueskiesfrompain](#): > > Perhaps the most iconic photo ever taken that falls into this category: > > [link](http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/vulture-stalking-a-child/) Oh my gosh, I remember that picture, and it was horrifically haunting not knowing anything about what happened after the picture was shot. Reading the story behind the picture is just mind blowing. I’ll not spoil it. ---
**Author:** ![MizTina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MizTina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizTina)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-cruelty/582863/25 "2011-05-28T04:25:50Z")
> [@lavenderviolet](#): > > That poor pooch. I’m glad he is getting treatment but it does seem pretty harsh that after all that struggle to get back to the family he wound up being given up. I hope his family finds a way to keep him. > > Dogs have such amazing loyalty. I am reminded of that photo of a dog lying faithfully by the grave of its owner that had died in those terrible landslides in South America: [http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/\_news/2011/01/15/5850433-a-dog-takes-its-loyalty-to-the-grave-in-brazil](http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/15/5850433-a-dog-takes-its-loyalty-to-the-grave-in-brazil) Another heartache picture, I don’t even want to google what happened afterwards. Gah. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-cruelty/582863/26 "2011-05-28T23:32:51Z")
Update on Mason: _Mason is “doing fantasic” after his May 20 surgery where metal plates were attached to his bones so they could heal, Doster told The Lookout in an email. “We are excited that he will be going back to his family and to the home where he finally returned after 3 weeks,” he wrote. Mason is expected to be able to walk completely normally after he recovers in about six weeks, though his front legs will be a bit shorter than his back legs. Mason’s family has requested to not be named in the media, Doster added, but **they are “very excited” for Mason to come home when their house is again inhabitable in about five weeks.** _ Personally, I don’t think they dumped Mason. I think they may have shown him in that state so he could get the help he needed and have a place to stay while they got their life back together. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-cruelty/582863.md?page=1)