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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA N.H. woman allegedly shoved her golden retriever off a dock and then watched as it drowned
https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2019/06/17/nancy-bucciarelli-dog-drowning-merrimackMERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) Police say a New Hampshire woman is charged with shoving her golden retriever off a dock and standing by while the pet drowned.
Merrimack Police Chief Denise Roy called the incident earlier this month disturbing. Sixty-six-year-old Nancy Bucciarelli was arrested Friday on a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge.
Witnesses said Bucciarelli stood by and watched on June 8 as her 11-year-old dog struggled in Naticook Lake in Merrimack, New Hampshire. Others jumped into the lake to help, but it was too late.
Bucciarelli didnt respond to a message left at her home on Sunday, and its unclear if she has a lawyer. She is due to appear in court later this month."
How can anyone be so EVIL! That poor dog! I just can't get my mind around this level of cruelty. I hope she is prosecuted to the full extent of the law. What a horrible person.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Good idea. I'm in complete agreement.
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)See how she like it.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)The story may be more complex.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212197473#post49
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)They should not be able to have a pet/ animals. If you are an animal owner, it is your job to take care of them! If you can no longer take care of them, take them to a shelter or animal sanctuary were they will be taken care of. I don't understand this type of person, and I really don't want to understand them!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)My heart breaks when I think of what this poor animal went through. I am grateful for the people who jumped in the lake to try to save the poor animal, but unfortunately, they were too late.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)It is a horrible way to die.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)the story may be more complex.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212197473#post49
Princetonian
(1,501 posts)The woman is plainly a sadistic nutcase.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Goldens are such gentle, loving, trusting dogs. How on earth could she have done such a thing. I can't even say what I really think of this woman.
iluvtennis
(19,862 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It's just so heartbreaking. There are so many people who would have taken that dog. It just angers me so much that she had chosen to end his/her life so cruelly.
EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Grow up.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,611 posts)I"m confused as to why you were attacked for this. That woman is garbage for what she did to her dog. Saying what I really think of her would get me banned.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I don't understand why I am the one being attacked instead of the person who did this. Thanks for your support!
MustLoveBeagles
(11,611 posts)Duppers
(28,125 posts)That's her "I'm a better person than you" answer when I say I hate people.
She doesn't hate people simply because she keeps herself so cloistered from truth, just like many church-going Republicans.
There are truly evil people in the world, people we must be ready to confront in order to protect innocent animals and innocent people.
The "Hear no, See No Evil" may work for you, but DU wouldn't exist if we took that stance about all evils of the world.
Saying that, I still understand where you're coming from. If there were not laws and consequences, I know I could truly "end" people who hurt innocent animals. I love animals more than most people.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Grow up.
Captain Stern
(2,201 posts)But in case you are, you could have avoided reading the post simply by not clicking on it.
You can pretty much avoid reading any posts on DU you don't like, by not opening DU.
If you forego the internet altogether, and don't look at any newspapers or magazines, you can avoid reading even more stuff. And definitely stay away from books.....those things have all kinds of disturbing words in them.
If you follow my advice, you'll never, ever, have to read something you don't like again.
EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Get a grip. It's a news item. Yes it's horrible, but FFS, I didn't do it.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)You did nothing wrong.
Sigh.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I appreciate it.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)tritsofme
(17,379 posts)fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)There are things that I don't like to read about either. Things that dig into my psyche and bother me. Pictures of violent outcomes or harmed children for instance.
I avoid those article and people who post them repeatedly I put them on ignore.
It's ok. It's a big Internet.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)... aren't dogs able to swim? Does anyone have more details?
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Tanuki
(14,918 posts)struggling to swim when it drowned.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Most likely the dog was arthritic and not able to swim at that age. I don't know any further details. Usually Retrievers are very good swimmers, but my guess is this dog was not well to begin with.
Bluepinky
(2,275 posts)The dog, Bailey, had cancer throughout his body. His owner loved him very much and took him swimming because he had always loved the water. Nancy, the owner, helped him off the dock into the water, but Bailey collapsed and sank. Nancy was hysterical and begged for help. An officer at the scene asked her if she had purposely drowned her dog to avoid paying for him to be euthanized, and this is the account that has been publicized. Apparently this woman is doubly traumatized, by the sudden death of Bailey and by the very public vilification of her.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)Coventina
(27,121 posts)You take it to a place where it can walk in at its own pace and comfort level.
This woman is either: a) pure evil or b) so stupid she deserves the animal cruelty charge anyway.
Bluepinky
(2,275 posts)She may have done the wrong thing with a sick dog but apparently her intentions were good, she loved her dog and is not an evil person.
The whole incident was misrepresented by the media (and we know that could never happen, right)?
fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)Was he summoned there? Or just happened to be at the dock?
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)she couldn't have saved him, without even endangering herself. She will have her day in court later this month, and if she was in fact hysterical and begging for help, and not callously ignoring the dog's desperate plight, I would imagine the witnesses at the scene will say as much.
Bluepinky
(2,275 posts)Tanuki
(14,918 posts)"Got my Trump socks on for voting day!!!!!! Gooooo Trump!!!! Bucciarelli wrote on November 8, 2016, showing off a pair of socks .
.....
Her most recent visible post on Facebook trashes Democrats saying, Democrats have outright stated that they will obstruct everything the Republican president does, even if it means harming America. They have put party before country and it is UNACCEPTABLE.....(more)
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)They are all such horrible people.
IronLionZion
(45,450 posts)RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)Pun intended.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Like the cages and baby snatching they love for people or pain from lack of healthcare
Trump socks? Trump sucks !
MustLoveBeagles
(11,611 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)At this point, I really don't care what happens to her so long as she is gone.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)IronLionZion
(45,450 posts)If a pet is suffering badly and needs to be put down, PETA will do it https://www.peta.org/blog/euthanize/
lunasun
(21,646 posts)cost was not the issue
Duppers
(28,125 posts)If someone did the same to that evil woman.
certainot
(9,090 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,629 posts)dflprincess
(28,079 posts)I would really hope that is the case. My friend's dad became afraid of the family pet, though he never lashed out at it and the poor dog seemed to understand when to keep his distance and when his old pal did remember him and he could come close.
And just how can this only be a misdemeanor if she is in her "right" mind?
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)So its confirmed shes a hateful nut.
myohmy2
(3,163 posts)...republican...
MustLoveBeagles
(11,611 posts)My mom developed dementia in her fifties due to a stroke. She lost control of her arms and tossed our new puppy to the ground. It wasn't on purpose and she felt bad about it. Fortunately our dog wasn't hurt and is still going strong at 12 years old. I think this woman is just malicious. They should throw the book at her.
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)Soulless hag.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)You don't throw- er, excuse me, "help" an old dog off a dock or a pier or anything like that. ANYBODY knows that. This woman is either negligent or pure evil. Either way she should be prosecuted. This alternate story line sounds like something concocted by the old hag or her family in order to take the (very well deserved) heat off.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Evil, evil human she is.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)marlakay
(11,473 posts)Robbie is my big baby and I just cant even imagine, they are the sweetest animals that look at you with such love and adoration.
ZZenith
(4,123 posts)I would not lend a hand.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)ZZenith
(4,123 posts)You have, no doubt, some reason to vigorously defend this woman but any decent dog owner would have jumped in and helped the dog out of the water. She didnt feel a minute of remorse until the weight of public opinion fell hard on her. She was trying to save the $75 euthanasia fee - something her hero Trump would do.
Coventina
(27,121 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)Coventina
(27,121 posts)You would lead it to a place where it could walk in at its own pace and comfort level.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)I grew up with them. They would lie down in a mud puddle to get wet. In mid-winter.
This story doesn't parse. There is a lot of missing information here.