He yelled for a neighbor to call 911 and called for his wife and daughter to come help. Photo via WoodTV. . ?I feel that we were led to that place, OK, because it was out of the ordinary for me to come in this direction,? Kopp said. The baby was laying on her side in the fetal position, not crying or making any noise. A newborn baby girl is alive and in fair condition after she was found abandoned in a patch of weeds along a rural Michigan roadside. 1792 SHARES Related Items: 3 Comments 3 Comments Leave a Reply Your email address will not be published. The hero responsible for finding the infant ? a black Labrador retriever named Bobby. Kopp told ?he thinks it was an act of God that brought him and Bobby to the newborn girl. Both mother and baby are hospitalized and in fair condition. They estimated that she was about 6 hours old when she was found. ? This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Kopp then saw the infant move. When Bobby started sniffing around in the weeds below a satellite dish, he discovered the newborn baby, her umbilical cord still attached. ?I tend to think it was God led us this way, that all life is precious to Him.? The baby?s mother is said to be a young teen that lives nearby.1792 SHARES Jeffrey Kopp and his Black Lab, Bobby found the hours-old newborn girl beneath this satellite dish during their morning walk. When Kopp?s daughter picked up the infant, she began to cry. Required fields are marked * Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Despite some bruises and scrapes, the baby girl was breathing and conscious when emergency responders arrived. Jeffrey Kopp said he doesn?t normally walk his dog crate along this particular street, but Bobby was especially persistent about going in that direction on Tuesday morning
Apollo?s owners contacted police when the young dog escaped, to alert them that their dog was loose and that they were looking for him. Hometown Police Chief Charles Forsyth posted on the?: On 7/25/14 Police Dispatch received a phone call (recorded call on file) from the dog owners home that their dog a 16 month shepherd/pit mix was loose and requested the Police to watch out for the dog. In addition, all reports and witness statements will be forwarded to the Illinois State Police Public Integrity Unit to be reviewed.428 SHARES On Friday afternoon, Apollo, a 16-month old German Shepherd mix slipped out the front door. The Officer reports while attempting to coax the dog back into the house the dog turned, growled and approached him in a threatening manner.? Apollo?was taken to the Animal Welfare League in Chicago Ridge, where he died Saturday morning. ?I tried to call him in the house and he just stood there staring and I guess he showed his teeth and the cop just shot him, right in front of me and my 6-year-old daughter.The Officer located the dog in the area and followed it back to its home. Required fields are marked * Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The Officer then withdrew his service weapon and fired one shot striking the dog.? In a rare display of immediate and commendable action after a dog shooting, the Hometown Police Chief fired the 15-year veteran of the police force. ? This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Moments later he would be shot in the head by a Hometown, Illinois police officer right in front of the the family, including a 6-year old little girl and several neighbors. . 428 SHARES Related Items: Recommended for you 6 Comments 6 Comments Leave a Reply Your email address will not be published. It was a phone call they?ll likely regret making for the rest of their lives. Chief Forsyth explained, ?although the Officer may have been justified under the Illinois Use of Force statute governing deadly force, I have made the decision to terminate that Officers employment with the Hometown Police Department.? Apollo?s owner,?Nicole Echlin, said they had just brought Apollo back into their yard when police showed up. She told ,??We were in the lawn and the cop already had his gun out,? Echlin said
Required fields are marked * Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The caller said that she had been present at the scene at least 30 minutes before the arrival of police. Despite repeated warnings by police, news stations, animal advocates, and the general public, people continue to carelessly leave dogs inside parked cars. Such was the case on Wednesday when Maryland?s Anne Arundel County Police Department responded to an alert about a dog left in a truck with no water, showing signs of distress, at the?Glen Burnie District Courthouse parking lot. The dog appeared to be in distress. The dog?s owner was cited. He was given a citation for leaving an animal unattended in a vehicle. Based on the fact that the temperature was 90 degrees and the dog, a 7-year-old Scot-Terrier mix, was in obvious distress, the officers broke a window to rescue the dog. While temperatures outside were in the low 90?s, temperatures inside a vehicle, even with windows down, can soar to over 120-degrees in only a few minutes. According to an announcement by the , Upon arrival, officers spoke with a civilian witness, who said she noticed a dog unattended in a pickup truck. The dog was evaluated by Animal Control and, because he did not need medical attention, was returned to the owner. About 30 minutes after they rescued the dog, his owner, 54-year old James Humphries,?returned to the truck.Anne Arundel Country Police broke a truck window to rescue this distressed dog locked inside. ? Related Items: Recommended for you 9 Comments 9 Comments Leave a Reply Your email address will not be published. Photo via Anne Arundel County Police Department. The officers noted that one of the truck?s windows was open only about one inch and there was no water available for the dog. Please, leave your dogs at home or keep them by your side. . Officers made attempts to locate the vehicle?s owner in the court house without success. ? This site uses Akismet to reduce spam
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