Reporting people.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 02-07-2014 09:11AM #1

To different places for all different kinds of reasons. Is it a scummy thing to do?

I ask because right now I'm too-ing and fro-ing on whether or not to report my neighbour to the ISPCA.

Kimbot · 02-07-2014 09:13AM

Why would you report the neighbor to ISPCA?

P_1 · 02-07-2014 09:13AM

It all depends on the context. If you're thinking of reporting a neighbour to the ISPCA chances are they're harming an animal that doesn't really have a way of defending itself so in that case you'd be justified to do it in my eyes.

yermandan · 02-07-2014 09:14AM

jonny24ie wrote: »

Why would you report the neighbor to ISPCA?

They're hardly gonna report the feckin dog

Peregrine · 02-07-2014 09:16AM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I ask because right now I'm too-ing and fro-ing on whether or not to report my neighbour to the ISPCA.

If he/she is doing something that should be reported(you haven't shared the details so we can't judge the situation), you should do it. Think about the victim, not the perpetrator.

Kimbot · 02-07-2014 09:17AM

yermandan wrote: »

They're hardly gonna report the feckin dog

But i meant what is the neighbor doing that she is in two minds as to report them or not

Vojera · 02-07-2014 09:22AM

IMO if you know an animal is being abused or neglected then you have a responsibility to report them. I wouldn't consider it optional.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 02-07-2014 09:22AM

For a whole host of reasons, but the straw that broke the camels back would be last night they had one of their many dogs obviously on a chain, the dog was so hungry he broke away but was dragging this big iron chain about 9ft long after him. He is a very nervous dog, and ended up getting his chain caught underneath a block at our house while he was robbing our dogs food. The dog was terrified, our dogs were terrified but he was so hungry he kept trying to get back closer and closer to the food. Unfortunately, while he was trapped with the chain being caught, he ran in front of my brothers parked car, and ended up tearing the crap out of his BMW. It's badly scratched. All along the front but more so at the side.

That isn't even the only story. A few months ago, another dog of theirs came down to ours and attacked our dogs, then turned to attack my brother and a few days later went to attack me when I got out of my car. I text the owner just asking her to keep her dogs at home and she accused me of trying to start ****e and that dogs will be dogs, so there is no point in talking to them.

Last year two of their dogs attacked our neighbours pet goats and almost killed them, and the neighbours alcoholic boyfriend went out and shot both the dogs.

I don't know what to do! If I report them am I just making it worse for the dogs and I'm also worried the alcoholic boyfriend will shoot my dogs

shruikan2553 · 02-07-2014 09:25AM

I would report them to ISPCA and the gardai if the guy next door is using his gun when drunk. They probably can't do anything but they should at least keep an eye on things.

Penny Tration · 02-07-2014 09:26AM

Report them. Reporting them will only make it better for the dogs, not worse.

MagicIRL · 02-07-2014 09:29AM

Report them to the ISPCA.

Report them to the Gardai.

Report them to your local TD.

Report them to the NRA (If we even have one?) and they'll give you some advice I'd imagine.

And if all that doesn't work- Talk to Joe.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 02-07-2014 09:31AM

It's a disgrace Joe! I need some compensation for the stress!

Frosty McSnowballs · 02-07-2014 09:32AM

Just fcuking report them OP

Why let the dog go through all that sh1t because of societies misguided principles on not "ratting" people out.

Fcuk them, cnuts.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 02-07-2014 09:34AM

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Just fcuking report them OP

Why let the dog go through all that sh1t because of societies misguided principles on not "ratting" people out.

Fcuk them, cnuts.

I'm worried for my own dogs. He's already threatened to shoot my brother, when he was drunk. I would lose my life if anything happened my dogs

Rhys Essien · 02-07-2014 09:35AM

OP,these people should be left nowhere near animals.

biko · 02-07-2014 09:36AM

You should have reported them when the hungry dog broke away. Waiting this long only makes things worse.
The neighbours sound like a right pair of scummies, probably already known by the gardai.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 02-07-2014 09:37AM

Rhys Essien wrote: »

OP,these people should be left nowhere near animals.

I know! They used to have a horse that was eating clay, used to break out and just go along eating grass in the neighbours lawns and the side of the road, I remember my dad had bales of hay spare that he gave them for the horse and they acted like they were doing my dad a favour, taking it off his hands!

kiffer · 02-07-2014 09:39AM

Yes, report them...

This isn't like they're stealing cable TV, or don't have a TV licence or are hiding a member of the IRA.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 02-07-2014 09:39AM

biko wrote: »

You should have reported them when the hungry dog broke away. Waiting this long only makes things worse.
The neighbours sound like a right pair of scummies, probably already known by the gardai.

They're not though! They're the type who would be trying to keep up with everyone else, fancy cars and put on accents, and not a pot to piss in!! The whole neighbourhood is talking about them.

Kimbot · 02-07-2014 09:39AM

He has threatened to shoot someone, I would be ringing the ISPCA and the Guards and get them both talking to one another in this case.

Menas · 02-07-2014 09:40AM

Report them. If we Irish were not so good at looking the other way this country would be a lot better than it already is!

moycullen14 · 02-07-2014 09:41AM

I'd have no problem reporting anyone with respect to animals.

Came across two guys the other evening walking a pit-bull terrier in a a residential area. The dog was not muzzled. On to the guards like a shot. The carnage these dogs could cause if they get loose is incredible.

SeanW · 02-07-2014 09:42AM

Why in f*** are you still wondering whether you should report these people, they sound like scum?

It's not like they didn't pay their road tax or something.

SEPT 23 1989 · 02-07-2014 09:50AM

Cruelty to children/animals or if i got poisoned eating out of a food establishment are the only times i would lift the phone and report it to the state

anything else not a chance

Frosty McSnowballs · 02-07-2014 09:57AM

The trick is to shoot them before they shoot you.

There are ways to deal with that type of person. But first step is AGS.

Best of luck

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 02-07-2014 10:05AM

Well guys, I called the ISPCA and they didn't seem to want to know at all. If the dogs don't look emancipated, then that's okay. It's not a crime to chain up your dog, or it's not a crime to shoot your dog! It's only a crime to cause them pain and suffering. So as long as the dogs being fed (doesn't matter where it's being fed apparently!) it's alright!

What a shower of asswanks.

Knex* · 02-07-2014 10:08AM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Well guys, I called the ISPCA and they didn't seem to want to know at all. If the dogs don't look emancipated, then that's okay. It's not a crime to chain up your dog, or it's not a crime to shoot your dog! It's only a crime to cause them pain and suffering. So as long as the dogs being fed (doesn't matter where it's being fed apparently!) it's alright!

What a shower of asswanks.

That's pretty disappointing news. Sorry to hear it, OP.

On the other hand, 'asswanks', is definitely my new favourite insult.

SEPT 23 1989 · 02-07-2014 10:14AM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Well guys, I called the ISPCA and they didn't seem to want to know at all. If the dogs don't look emancipated, then that's okay. It's not a crime to chain up your dog, or it's not a crime to shoot your dog! It's only a crime to cause them pain and suffering. So as long as the dogs being fed (doesn't matter where it's being fed apparently!) it's alright!

What a shower of asswanks.

the disgraceful thing is that no matter what state the animal is in the scumbag who owns it has to sign it over to the ISPCA before they can take them away

Philo Beddoe · 02-07-2014 10:26AM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Well guys, I called the ISPCA and they didn't seem to want to know at all. If the dogs don't look emancipated, then that's okay. It's not a crime to chain up your dog, or it's not a crime to shoot your dog!

If only we had a Lincoln or an O'Connell to stand up for these dogs and break their shackles.

donegal__road · 02-07-2014 10:31AM

OP I have been on the verge of doing the same. A family on the same road as me have a large dog, a Toki I think, which has been on a chain in their garage since I moved to this area 8 years ago.

I feel very sorry for the dog, it sits in an open barn day in day out, on this chain. I have seen them take it out for a walk only a handful of times. It is a large dog and looks well fed, but it has no company. The thought has occurred to me that it might bolt sometime when it is released from this chain.. but it is getting older and my guess is that it will live out its days in this barn as a prisoner.

Vojera · 02-07-2014 10:45AM

At the very least you should now start keeping a diary of their antisocial behaviour, be it threats, noise or mistreatment of the dogs. It's much harder for the guards or the ISPCA to ignore you when you have something like that to show them.

Reporting people.

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