{"id":22266,"date":"2011-03-10T17:25:53","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T22:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/22266\/sarasota-fl-great-dane-severly-neglected-owners-wtf\/"},"modified":"2011-03-10T17:25:53","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T22:25:53","slug":"sarasota-fl-great-dane-severly-neglected-owners-wtf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/22266\/sarasota-fl-great-dane-severly-neglected-owners-wtf\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarasota Fl~ Great Dane Severly Neglected and May Be Given Back To Owners?! WTF"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happenning right now as we speak!! Great dane Severely Neglected and Now May Be Given BACK To Owner!Posted By:
\nAfSD\u2122(ADVOCATE FOR SAVING DOGS\u2122)<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Update: 941-861-9500 is a phone number that goes to the Animal Services
\nfacility \/ kennel. There are no county officials there. Let’s let the
\nemployees who are caring for the animals do their work. We’ve been
\npromised information as soon as the investigation results are in.
\nThanks!<\/h4>\n

After
\ncalling Sara.Animal Services- Was told to call(941)861-4005.Was told
\nthere is an investigation-the Vet will be interviewed & a home visit
\nto the owners.When I asked if the people who took care of him &
\ntook him to the Vet would be able to get him~she thinks they would be
\n1st to adopt him~but that was just her opinion!!!!!!<\/h4>\n

Sarasota Florida<\/h2>\n

Freedom Project- Florida’s Failure to save a helpless Dane<\/h2>\n

Follow this link for the CNNiReport
\nhttp:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/docs\/DOC-567997<\/a><\/p>\n

UPDATE POSTED HERE: http:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/docs\/DOC-568324<\/a><\/div>\n

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Isn’t he so beautiful?<\/p>\n

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He’s all bones… except for those giant paws!<\/p>\n

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His hips… clearly visible how one does not fit in its socket correctly, hindering walking.<\/p>\n

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Another bleeding sore.<\/p>\n

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Calluses from old healed sores.<\/p>\n

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Does this look like a healthy dog to you?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Save Tovan the Great Dane!<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Sign here!
\nhttp:\/\/www.thepetitionsite.com\/1\/save-tovan-the-great-dane\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Target:<\/strong> Animal officers and officials\/animal activists<\/div>\n
Sponsored by:<\/strong> Supporters of the equal treatment, rights, and respect of animals that we are taught to give our fellow humans<\/a><\/div>\n

Information came from this link: http:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/docs\/DOC-567997<\/p>\n

you
\ncan also follow Tovan’s fight on his facebook fan page:
\nhttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Save-Tovan-the-Great-Dane\/103416456406618#!\/pages\/Save-Tovan-the-Great-Dane\/103416456406618?sk=wall<\/p>\n

This
\nis Tovan, the beautiful great Dane who found his way into my front
\nyard. This dog did not walk here- he staggered, stumbled and wobbled his
\nway to my driveway, where he then collapsed.<\/p>\n

It was immediately
\nobvious this dog needed some serious help. He was so emaciated, you
\ncould see every bone in his body. He could not walk, could barely stand.<\/p>\n

Our first instinct was to give him something to eat. Unfortunately in his condition, this just made him vomit.<\/p>\n

We
\nrushed him to an emergency veterinary clinic in town, where they gave
\nus the option to either hand him over to Sarasota Animal Services,
\nwhere he would not receive emergency treatment (From our understanding
\nof what we were told, he would receive miminal treatment, just enough
\nto get him strong enough to be taken to the Animal Services shelter),
\nor to take responsibility for him personally and get him immediate
\ncare. We chose the latter. In our understanding, of what we were told
\nat the Emergency Clinic, he would only receive minimal care unless we
\nassumed financial responsibility- which we gladly did. We did this to
\nget him extensive care including x-rays, parisite tests and oncology
\ntests. We also paid for his prescriptions.<\/p>\n

Upon
\nexamination from the vet, he was found to be 30lbs underweight. He had
\nopen, bleeding sores on his legs. The vet said that these were
\n“pressure sores” indicative of possible confinement or laying on cement
\nall day and night. He also had calluses from more sores that had
\nhealed over, showing this could be long-term neglect.<\/p>\n

He was
\nalso found to have arthritis, hip dysplasia, a heart murmur, parisites,
\nand possibly cancer (the oncology reports are still pending).<\/p>\n

We
\nagreed to take care of him. We paid for all of his medical bills. We
\nset up a cozy room in our house for him, gave him his medication, took
\nhim out for frequent bathroom runs because he has to go very often. We
\nwere, and are, very willing and capable to take care of him. To give
\nhim all the care he needs and let him live the rest of his life in a
\nhome where there is someone home 24\/7 to care for him.<\/p>\n

Fast
\nforward 2 days, and an owner came forward to claim him. We offered to
\nhelp the owner care for him if she was unable. We offered to pay for
\nhis medical expenses and care for him while she wasn’t home. She wanted
\nno part in it. We then contacted Sarasota Animal Services and asked
\nthem to do an investigation to ensure the safety of the dog before
\nreturning him.(Note: We became highly concerned when the vet told us
\nthat the owner had told them that the dog was only missing for about
\n24hrs; which means the emaciated state was not due to a long time
\nmissing in the wild… this information suggested that the emaciated
\ncondition emerged from care in his original home environment- and that
\nis when we asked them to please investigate before returning him to the
\nowners.)<\/p>\n

To our amazement, they said no. They told us
\nto return the dog as he was “stolen property”. This dog came to us on
\nthe brink of death, and the authorities would do nothing to help him.<\/p>\n

I
\ncalled both the local Humane Society and SPCA, only to discover that
\nin this county, Animal Services, HS and SPCA are all one organization.
\nThey still refused to help this poor dog.<\/p>\n

I called our
\nlocal news station. I spoke with a man on the tipline who said he would
\n“see what he could do” to get Animal Services to open an
\ninvestigation.<\/p>\n

When I called back to follow-up, I was told by a woman that there was nothing they could do.<\/p>\n

I
\ncalled the National Humane Society in Washington, D.C. They were
\nheartbroken, but could not do anything for him because there are no
\nfederal animal cruelty laws, and how these things are handled is at the
\ndiscretion of local authorities.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the woman
\nwas demanding her dog back, yet she would not give us an address to take
\nhim to. We received a call later in the day that they would be coming
\nto get the dog with a sheriffs deputy because we “refused” to give him
\nback. Again, she never gave us an address to take him to, or even her
\nlast name.<\/p>\n

We printed off the photos of his condition,
\nand got a copy of his medical records from the vet, and took this down
\nto Sarasota Animal services in the hopes that they would reconsider
\nopening an investigation.<\/p>\n

They would not even look at the photos.<\/p>\n

They continued to insist we must give the dog back.<\/p>\n

Why?
\nBecause the vet put on his record that he was a “lost dog”, not an
\n“possibly neglected orabused dog” (which the people at the clinic said
\nwas a possibility). At the time, the vet could not determine if he had
\nbeen neglected because we had no idea how long he had been on the
\nstreet. Only when the owner revealed he had only been missing one day,
\ncould we confirm he had gotten into this state at their hands.<\/p>\n

Animal
\nservices returned the dog to his owners, with no investigation in the
\nconditions he will be living in, or the other dogs at the residence.
\nThey will not help him.<\/p>\n

We will be returning to Animal Services in the morning.<\/p>\n

We will not give up the fight for this dog’s life.<\/p>\n

Local law enforcement has failed this beautiful animal, with the excuse of a trivial detail. We need to save Tovan.<\/p>\n

Tovan’s
\nlife lies in the hands of Sarasota Animal Services. These are the
\npeople who returned him to his owner without even inspecting his living
\nconditions or reviewing his medical records. Hopefully we can convince
\nthem to open a case.<\/p>\n

SAS<\/p>\n

8451 Bee Ridge Rd<\/p>\n

Sarasota, FL<\/p>\n

(941) 861 9500<\/p>\n

For anyone making calls to SAS, this is all the info I have to identify this story:<\/p>\n

He is a 10yr old grey harlequin great dane. Or so the owner says, the vet thought he was about 5.<\/p>\n

His owner’s names are Mike and Angie. They would not give us a last name.<\/p>\n

They provided a Bradenton, FL address, though this is very suspicious as that is 30 miles from us.<\/p>\n

There is no case number as of yet, because they refused to even open a case to FIND OUT what happened to him.<\/p>\n

If we get them to open a case, I will share that info ASAP.<\/p>\n

I’m
\nnow hearing that SAS claims they know nothing about this dog. We went
\nin there IN PERSON twice yesterday! The first time with photos and vet
\nrecords, and the second time with the dog himself! What is wrong with
\nthese people?!?!<\/p>\n

UPDATE as of around 5pm on March 9th: SAS, of
\nSarsota, Fl decided to open up an investigation on Tovan and his
\n“owners.” This is a pending investigation and we won’t know the outcome
\nuntil they are done investigating, but it’s progress and with this
\npetition it could be more progress. Maybe we can make places where
\nofficials don’t take these animal abuse cases so seriously, even more
\nserious then ever. There needs to be a national animal abuse law in
\nplace instead of city or state laws. This is a national crisis that
\nneeds to be taken seriously. These animals need to be seen as
\nindividuals instead of just someones property. Anyways Thank you for
\nsigning Tovan’s petition and please spread his story and this petition!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Happenning right now as we speak!! Great dane Severely Neglected and Now May Be Given BACK To Owner!Posted By: AfSD\u2122(ADVOCATE FOR SAVING DOGS\u2122) Update: 941-861-9500 is a phone number that goes to the Animal Services facility \/ kennel. There are no county officials there. Let’s let the employees who are caring for the animals do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}