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Jerry Allen Bradford, 37, was charged with felony animal cruelty
No charges leveled against the pup presumably.
Poor marksmanship? 
No, seriously though, immediately after posting this I began to brood. I think I leaped to judgment of this.
What if this guy does love his dogs, to distraction.
With all the hurricane damage, perhaps he has lost his job, his home, any way to provide food...maybe he is not lucky to have a computer, or electricity, and he does not have access to any help agencies.
Maybe the local shelter is corrupt, sells dogs for research, or there is dogfighting in the area, and dogs from the pound have shown up as "training" victims.
Would I have shot my little puppies? To save them starvation and terror? Yeah, I suppose that would be the braver thing.
Now if this guy was just lazy, or his girl left him and this was his way of lashing out, absolutely they should charge the pup with unfinished tasks..
I feel bad for the three little ones found.
I said on the Vip side, this reminds me of "the Yearling."
The floods, the backwards way of solving a problem, because some people just don't ever get to figure things out. They just kind of bash their way thru life, and it is a mystery why they were put here. Such misery.
On to what I do know , I can pray for all the people, esp. kids, to be safe and reunited with their pets. I am kind of writing a lot more than I need to cause this story got to me, but I bet you can tell, I lived next to a big macho...person like this as a kid, and I had a lot of uncertainity as to whether the rent would be paid, what would happen next. It left me with a devout wish that those who should be protected, would be directed to help, and that every time I could help, I'd get a Providential nudge.
So, far, that is the one thing I am proud of in my life. I have paid attention to the nudge, but I read a story like this, and I think, wow, Pd, you really could do a lot more.
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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
- Mahatma Gandhi
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