Little dog didn't deserve to die this way
MELISSA MINCHEW Rusk

An abandoned dog met an untimely death recently on U.S. Highway 84

What is this world coming to when people just dump animals on the side of the road? I live on U.S. Highway 84 , and we have had many stray dogs come to our house. I have seen so many get run over and killed, and I've had to bury them.

On Oct. 17, a beautiful black female dog came to our house and wouldn't leave. She was so sweet and didn't have a mean bone in her body. I called the city a couple of times to have someone come out and pick her up, but no one came.

Next morning I called again. I went to bed praying she would be okay. Then at 11:15 p.m. I knew she didn't have a chance. I heard it when the car hit her and kept going.

I ran to her and she was still breathing. My mother and I stayed with her 10 minutes petting her until she passed on.

I am not putting the city at fault for not picking her up - they had their hands full and I understand that. I put at fault the careless people who dump animals and don't give them a second thought, and those who don't stop for them and who don't care enough to come back to see about the animal they just hit. If more people cared these things wouldn't happen. My six-year-old old son wouldn't have had to sit up all night crying because he was sad about the pup getting hit and dying.

My son now believes the puppy is an Angel in Heaven watching over him for life. It hurt me enough to watch her die but even more to see my son hurting.

I believe there should be some sort of punishment for those who hit animals as well. It was tragic and shouldn't have to happen to innocent animals who just don't deserve this kind of death.