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Dog of Richmond SPCA CEO dies after being left in car for 4 hours http://www2.timesdispatch...02/288398/
Published: August 26, 2009 A dog belonging to Robin Starr, chief executive officer of the Richmond SPCA, died last week after being left alone for about four hours in her car. This morning, Starr and her husband, Ed, cried while recounting the story of what happened last Wednesday morning in an interview with the Richmond Times-Dispatch at the SPCA's offices. Ed Starr said that last Wednesday, as his wife prepared for work, he put the couple's 16-year-old dog into her Volvo station wagon. She often took the dog -- a deaf and blind mutt named Louie -- to work with her, according to the couple. He was her favorite dog, she said. Robin Starr arrived at work about 8 a.m. without realizing that the dog was in the car, they said. Ed Starr said he forgot to tell her Louie was in her car. "I just forgot . . . and didn’t think about it until I got this frantic phone call from Robin. I knew immediately what I had done," he said today. About noon, Robin Starr went to her car to go get lunch, and that's when she noticed Louie in the car. She took the dog inside to the SPCA clinic, then to an emergency veterinary clinic in Carytown. The dog died about midnight of kidney failure, the Starrs said. “At 16, he just laid down where you put him and didn’t make a peep,” she said. “He never made a peep in the car; he’d just lay there in the back.” According to the National Weather Service, last Wednesday's temperature in Richmond was 79 degrees at 8 a.m. and had reached 91 by noon. Tamsen Kingry, the SPCA's chief operating officer, said this morning that "the SPCA board of directors does not waiver in its support" of Robin Starr. She has been CEO of the Richmond SPCA since 1997. Starr said she does not plan to resign. Robin Starr has been an outspoken critic of Michael Vick and his role in a Virginia dogfighting operation, and of several local residents who were charged with animal neglect that led to animal deaths. For more on this story, see tomorrow's Richmond Times-Dispatch. -- Jeremy Slayton "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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Robin Starr has been an outspoken critic of Michael Vick and his role in a Virginia dogfighting operation, and of several local residents who were charged with animal neglect that led to animal deaths.
Irony? "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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bboy87 said: THIS part stuck out
Robin Starr has been an outspoken critic of Michael Vick and his role in a Virginia dogfighting operation, and of several local residents who were charged with animal neglect that led to animal deaths.
Irony? Where is your fucking logic? It was a mistake. | |
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bboy87 said: THIS part stuck out
Robin Starr has been an outspoken critic of Michael Vick and his role in a Virginia dogfighting operation, and of several local residents who were charged with animal neglect that led to animal deaths.
Irony? That part is a little ironic, but not the Mike Vick thing. That's completely different I graduated bitches!!! 12-19-09   | |
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Oh! Proving everyone is human. Even humanitarian/animaltarians make mistakes  2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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bboy87 said: THIS part stuck out
Robin Starr has been an outspoken critic of Michael Vick and his role in a Virginia dogfighting operation, and of several local residents who were charged with animal neglect that led to animal deaths.
Irony? Michael Vick should be savaged out of this country 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: UT
Oh! Proving everyone is human. Even humanitarian/animaltarians make mistakes "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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pickle said: bboy87 said: THIS part stuck out
Irony? Where is your fucking logic? It was a mistake. No need to curse 
What about the people who made the same mistake? The people she was critical of? Everyone makes mistakes "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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bboy87 said: pickle said: Where is your fucking logic? It was a mistake. No need to curse
What about the people who made the same mistake? The people she was critical of? Everyone makes mistakes Michael Vick is a pig and he would still be making that mistake if it was possible. 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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unfortunate accident. however, if this was average joe, peta and the spca would be all on this. | |
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sounds like a terrible accident. | |
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Fury said: unfortunate accident. however, if this was average joe, peta and the spca would be all on this.
well this sounds kinda true. Do we have a track record on their approach when normal people have made mistakes? 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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sounds like karma is a hot bitch....
eta: and do all these people have these long ass limos or something that they cannot see what is in their cars like babies and animals and such. Guess this explains those movies when a person is driving and someone pops up out the back seat of their car and starts stabbing them. Yet when I get in and out of my car I can always clearly see the backseat.... [Edited 8/26/09 18:02pm] | |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: Fury said: unfortunate accident. however, if this was average joe, peta and the spca would be all on this.
well this sounds kinda true. Do we have a track record on their approach when normal people have made mistakes? Dog Dies After Owner Leaves It In Hot Car \Jul 15, 2009 4:59 pm US/Mountain Dog Dies After Owner Leaves It In Hot CarDENVER (CBS4) ― A man visiting Denver from North Dakota has been charged with animal cruelty after a dog he left in a in a vehicle died Tuesday. Police say Quincy Vanderbilt, 24, left his dog in a car parked near Invesco Field. When he checked on the dog later in the afternoon it was dead. Vanderbilt is due in court August 20, 2009 for his first court appearance. Woman Arrested After Dog Died In Hot Car06/23/09 4:46 pm | reporter: Yvonne \ Wagoner - A woman has been arrested on a complaint of animal cruelty. Her dog died after officials say it was left inside a hot car at Toppers Recreational Area in Wagoner County.It can happen so fast. In this case, it was a rat terrier that was left inside, locked in a hot car for at least three hours. The owner was on a boat on the lake. Nicole Zipfel posted bond Tuesday, two days after being arrested after lakegoers complained about a small dog, desperately trying to get out of a locked, hot car. Owner of dog that died in hot car is charged August 12, 2009 1:47 PM | 58 Comments The owner of a dog who died Sunday while inside a car in the parking lot at Woodfield Shopping Center was charged with animal cruelty. Li Ya Lan, 29, of Ceder Rapids, Iowa, told police her 4-year-old female pug was in the car with the windows open about two hours while she was eating in a restaurant in the mall. Officials at an animal hospital on the 1300 block of North Roselle Road called police after Lan brought the dead dog in for treatment. The dog had a body temperature of more than 107 degrees, exceeding the capacity of the thermometer, Schaumburg Police Sgt. John Nebl said. Temperatures on Sunday reached the low 90s Police Dog Left In Car Dies. ACWORTH, Ga. -- Authorities are investigating the death of a K-9 unit police dog who apparently died of heat stroke after being left inside a patrol car. The dog, named Marco, died Monday after its handler got distracted while switching electronic equipment from one patrol car to another, Acworth Police spokesman Capt. Wayne Dennard said. The officer, a 13-year veteran of the department, was called inside the police station and returned to the patrol car later to find the dog dead. Dennard said he did not know how long the dog was in the car. Police did not release the name of the officer, a lieutenant who had worked with one other dog in his 10 years as a dog handler. Marco was a 6-year-old Belgian Malinois. The officer and Marco worked together for about five years. The dog was trained to detect narcotics and track missing people. The officer has been placed on paid leave while police investigate the death. A California driver is facing felony charges after leaving his dog in his car Wednesday. The 150-pound Rottweiler died of heat exhaustion after being left in the car for nearly an hour. Investigators say temperatures inside the car may have been as hot as 120 degrees. The dog's owner says he went inside his workplace to drop off something, but got distracted by a phone call. The owner is facing two felony counts of animal abuse. It was over 100 degrees again in some areas in Southern California Thursday. The hot weather is creating extreme fire danger. A "red flag" warning has been issued until Saturday night because of winds and low humidity levels. Tamsen Kingry, the SPCA's chief operating officer, said this morning that "the SPCA board of directors does not waiver in its support" of Robin Starr. She has been CEO of the Richmond SPCA since 1997. Starr said she does not plan to resign. etc...etc...etc... [Edited 8/26/09 18:12pm] | |
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Fury said: SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: well this sounds kinda true. Do we have a track record on their approach when normal people have made mistakes? Dog Dies After Owner Leaves It In Hot Car \Jul 15, 2009 4:59 pm US/Mountain Dog Dies After Owner Leaves It In Hot CarDENVER (CBS4) ― A man visiting Denver from North Dakota has been charged with animal cruelty after a dog he left in a in a vehicle died Tuesday. Police say Quincy Vanderbilt, 24, left his dog in a car parked near Invesco Field. When he checked on the dog later in the afternoon it was dead. Vanderbilt is due in court August 20, 2009 for his first court appearance. Woman Arrested After Dog Died In Hot Car06/23/09 4:46 pm | reporter: Yvonne \ Wagoner - A woman has been arrested on a complaint of animal cruelty. Her dog died after officials say it was left inside a hot car at Toppers Recreational Area in Wagoner County.It can happen so fast. In this case, it was a rat terrier that was left inside, locked in a hot car for at least three hours. The owner was on a boat on the lake. Nicole Zipfel posted bond Tuesday, two days after being arrested after lakegoers complained about a small dog, desperately trying to get out of a locked, hot car. Owner of dog that died in hot car is charged August 12, 2009 1:47 PM | 58 Comments The owner of a dog who died Sunday while inside a car in the parking lot at Woodfield Shopping Center was charged with animal cruelty. Li Ya Lan, 29, of Ceder Rapids, Iowa, told police her 4-year-old female pug was in the car with the windows open about two hours while she was eating in a restaurant in the mall. Officials at an animal hospital on the 1300 block of North Roselle Road called police after Lan brought the dead dog in for treatment. The dog had a body temperature of more than 107 degrees, exceeding the capacity of the thermometer, Schaumburg Police Sgt. John Nebl said. Temperatures on Sunday reached the low 90s Police Dog Left In Car Dies. ACWORTH, Ga. -- Authorities are investigating the death of a K-9 unit police dog who apparently died of heat stroke after being left inside a patrol car. The dog, named Marco, died Monday after its handler got distracted while switching electronic equipment from one patrol car to another, Acworth Police spokesman Capt. Wayne Dennard said. The officer, a 13-year veteran of the department, was called inside the police station and returned to the patrol car later to find the dog dead. Dennard said he did not know how long the dog was in the car. Police did not release the name of the officer, a lieutenant who had worked with one other dog in his 10 years as a dog handler. Marco was a 6-year-old Belgian Malinois. The officer and Marco worked together for about five years. The dog was trained to detect narcotics and track missing people. The officer has been placed on paid leave while police investigate the death. A California driver is facing felony charges after leaving his dog in his car Wednesday. The 150-pound Rottweiler died of heat exhaustion after being left in the car for nearly an hour. Investigators say temperatures inside the car may have been as hot as 120 degrees. The dog's owner says he went inside his workplace to drop off something, but got distracted by a phone call. The owner is facing two felony counts of animal abuse. It was over 100 degrees again in some areas in Southern California Thursday. The hot weather is creating extreme fire danger. A "red flag" warning has been issued until Saturday night because of winds and low humidity levels. etc...etc...etc... Hopefully this raises awareness in blatant terms that not everyone needs to be criminalized for mistakes involving animals. 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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Fury said: SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: well this sounds kinda true. Do we have a track record on their approach when normal people have made mistakes? Dog Dies After Owner Leaves It In Hot Car \Jul 15, 2009 4:59 pm US/Mountain Dog Dies After Owner Leaves It In Hot CarDENVER (CBS4) ― A man visiting Denver from North Dakota has been charged with animal cruelty after a dog he left in a in a vehicle died Tuesday. Police say Quincy Vanderbilt, 24, left his dog in a car parked near Invesco Field. When he checked on the dog later in the afternoon it was dead. Vanderbilt is due in court August 20, 2009 for his first court appearance. Woman Arrested After Dog Died In Hot Car06/23/09 4:46 pm | reporter: Yvonne \ Wagoner - A woman has been arrested on a complaint of animal cruelty. Her dog died after officials say it was left inside a hot car at Toppers Recreational Area in Wagoner County.It can happen so fast. In this case, it was a rat terrier that was left inside, locked in a hot car for at least three hours. The owner was on a boat on the lake. Nicole Zipfel posted bond Tuesday, two days after being arrested after lakegoers complained about a small dog, desperately trying to get out of a locked, hot car. Owner of dog that died in hot car is charged August 12, 2009 1:47 PM | 58 Comments The owner of a dog who died Sunday while inside a car in the parking lot at Woodfield Shopping Center was charged with animal cruelty. Li Ya Lan, 29, of Ceder Rapids, Iowa, told police her 4-year-old female pug was in the car with the windows open about two hours while she was eating in a restaurant in the mall. Officials at an animal hospital on the 1300 block of North Roselle Road called police after Lan brought the dead dog in for treatment. The dog had a body temperature of more than 107 degrees, exceeding the capacity of the thermometer, Schaumburg Police Sgt. John Nebl said. Temperatures on Sunday reached the low 90s Police Dog Left In Car Dies. ACWORTH, Ga. -- Authorities are investigating the death of a K-9 unit police dog who apparently died of heat stroke after being left inside a patrol car. The dog, named Marco, died Monday after its handler got distracted while switching electronic equipment from one patrol car to another, Acworth Police spokesman Capt. Wayne Dennard said. The officer, a 13-year veteran of the department, was called inside the police station and returned to the patrol car later to find the dog dead. Dennard said he did not know how long the dog was in the car. Police did not release the name of the officer, a lieutenant who had worked with one other dog in his 10 years as a dog handler. Marco was a 6-year-old Belgian Malinois. The officer and Marco worked together for about five years. The dog was trained to detect narcotics and track missing people. The officer has been placed on paid leave while police investigate the death. A California driver is facing felony charges after leaving his dog in his car Wednesday. The 150-pound Rottweiler died of heat exhaustion after being left in the car for nearly an hour. Investigators say temperatures inside the car may have been as hot as 120 degrees. The dog's owner says he went inside his workplace to drop off something, but got distracted by a phone call. The owner is facing two felony counts of animal abuse. It was over 100 degrees again in some areas in Southern California Thursday. The hot weather is creating extreme fire danger. A "red flag" warning has been issued until Saturday night because of winds and low humidity levels. Tamsen Kingry, the SPCA's chief operating officer, said this morning that "the SPCA board of directors does not waiver in its support" of Robin Starr. She has been CEO of the Richmond SPCA since 1997. Starr said she does not plan to resign. etc...etc...etc...
[Edited 8/26/09 18:12pm] These examples are not comparable. These people knowingly left their dogs in the car, this women didn't know her dog was in the car. | |
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JustErin said: These examples are not comparable. These people knowingly left their dogs in the car, this women didn't know her dog was in the car. Exactly. Completely different circumstances. |
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so he put the dog in the car and didn't tell the wife. how is that different? none of these people i'm sure INTENDED to kill their dogs..but they contributed to their pets demise. he is no different. and especially as an animal advocate | |
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Fury said: so he put the dog in the car and didn't tell the wife. how is that different? none of these people i'm sure INTENDED to kill their dogs..but they contributed to their pets demise. he is no different. and especially as an animal advocate
i agree with this. I'm sure most of those other people left the dog out of absentmindedness. 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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Fury said: so he put the dog in the car and didn't tell the wife. how is that different? none of these people i'm sure INTENDED to kill their dogs..but they contributed to their pets demise. he is no different. and especially as an animal advocate
He is not the animal advocate, she is. You were talking about her leaving the dog in there, not him. I agree, he should be charged, but not her. She is not to blame at all. | |
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JustErin said: Fury said: so he put the dog in the car and didn't tell the wife. how is that different? none of these people i'm sure INTENDED to kill their dogs..but they contributed to their pets demise. he is no different. and especially as an animal advocate
He is not the animal advocate, she is. You were talking about her leaving the dog in there, not him. I agree, he should be charged, but not her. She is not to blame at all. Then why in the hell is this even a story?  I graduated bitches!!! 12-19-09 | |
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JustErin said: Fury said: so he put the dog in the car and didn't tell the wife. how is that different? none of these people i'm sure INTENDED to kill their dogs..but they contributed to their pets demise. he is no different. and especially as an animal advocate
He is not the animal advocate, she is. You were talking about her leaving the dog in there, not him. I agree, he should be charged, but not her. She is not to blame at all. why should he be charged? It was a total accident. that's it. 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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JustErin said: Fury said: so he put the dog in the car and didn't tell the wife. how is that different? none of these people i'm sure INTENDED to kill their dogs..but they contributed to their pets demise. he is no different. and especially as an animal advocate
He is not the animal advocate, she is. You were talking about her leaving the dog in there, not him. I agree, he should be charged, but not her. She is not to blame at all. so she's the advocate and he's just the advocate's clueless husband. did she chastise him like the spca does everybody else? not buying it. nobody at the richmond spca office noticed this dog in the car? on their own premises? i bet if this happened at the mall they'd be out riding around on bicycles checking shit out. i have two dogs of my own and i would never leave them in the car--period. | |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: JustErin said: He is not the animal advocate, she is. You were talking about her leaving the dog in there, not him. I agree, he should be charged, but not her. She is not to blame at all. why should he be charged? It was a total accident. that's it. People know that leaving your dog in your car in the summer not only can kill it but usually means a fine or a charge due to by-laws. And if you don't know, being charged is the best way to learn your lesson - the hard way, unfortunately. | |
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Fury said: JustErin said: He is not the animal advocate, she is. You were talking about her leaving the dog in there, not him. I agree, he should be charged, but not her. She is not to blame at all. so she's the advocate and he's just the advocate's clueless husband. did she chastise him like the spca does everybody else? not buying it. nobody at the richmond spca office noticed this dog in the car? on their own premises? i bet if this happened at the mall they'd be out riding around on bicycles checking shit out. i have two dogs of my own and i would never leave them in the car--period. You have no idea what she did in response to what he did. The dog was old, blind and deaf and they said would just lay there...so it's very believable that no one saw it laying there. | |
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you don't get into animal welfare because you don't care about animals. she has likely saved the lives of countless dogs and cats over the years, and she's beating herself up over this more than any of her detractors ever could. | |
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JustErin said: SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: why should he be charged? It was a total accident. that's it. People know that leaving your dog in your car in the summer not only can kill it but usually means a fine or a charge due to by-laws. And if you don't know, being charged is the best way to learn your lesson - the hard way, unfortunately. I wish we knew your criminal record!  2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: JustErin said: People know that leaving your dog in your car in the summer not only can kill it but usually means a fine or a charge due to by-laws. And if you don't know, being charged is the best way to learn your lesson - the hard way, unfortunately. I wish we knew your criminal record! I don't have one! I never get caught at anthing.  | |
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JustErin said: Fury said: so she's the advocate and he's just the advocate's clueless husband. did she chastise him like the spca does everybody else? not buying it. nobody at the richmond spca office noticed this dog in the car? on their own premises? i bet if this happened at the mall they'd be out riding around on bicycles checking shit out. i have two dogs of my own and i would never leave them in the car--period. You have no idea what she did in response to what he did. The dog was old, blind and deaf and they said would just lay there...so it's very believable that no one saw it laying there. so you think the dog just laid there and died because it was old deaf and blind? | |
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Fury said: JustErin said: You have no idea what she did in response to what he did. The dog was old, blind and deaf and they said would just lay there...so it's very believable that no one saw it laying there. so you think the dog just laid there and died because it was old deaf and blind? Not just old it was 16 years old, so ya, those three factors make that scenario a high possibility. | |
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