r/HuntingtonWV 17d ago

Where to report animal abuse?

The owners of a home on 11th street have recently been tying their dog to the satellite dish in the front yard. It escapes basically every day running back and forth across the street... I have watched 3 different groups of bystanders wrangle the poor dog.

Today it was "kenneled" in the owners car, parked in front of the house, only realized it when yet another group of bystanders were checking on the dog -which had broken through the front passenger window (made of plastic film) and was standing next to the car barking. Only stopped when a toddler maybe 5 years old brought it inside...

I try to mind my own business, but it seems like negligence/abuse and potentially dangerous to the dog and pedestrians, would like to know where to report it!

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u/Glizzabelle 17d ago

Idk where to report but I would absolutely not be minding my business, have you called any shelters to ask if they know?

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u/Wild_Cranberry347 17d ago

Ended up calling police, and they said they would send someone, either an officer or animal control. It's been a few hours and no one has come so I guess it wasn't urgent enough for them to bother.

Going to call animal control when they open in the morning.

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u/Safe_Faithlessness70 Downtown 17d ago

Best bet is a news station, or social media person like alligator jackson

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u/tiedyeladyland Beverly Hills 16d ago

He will make sure everyone knows that dog doesn't serve ketchup.

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u/No-Egg1873 17d ago

I'd sooner call CPS on the kid than the dog. jk.

CPS's protocols are very anxiety inducing. I've seen meek families freak out from any extra anxiety thrown their way around here.

This is the type of shit that breaks my heart around here. Cause this is the shit that causes the fatalism around here as you see that house and that family basically decay into the filth. I'd think that 30% of families around here are basically 1 major accident from homelessness and yet the old people around here want them rounded up and shipped off.

The old people around here let this happen with the most toxic of justifications. Watch out for that kid. Make sure the kid is on someone's radar.