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Adopt Us, Or We'll Eat You, Too

Owner's suicide left pugs hungry, but they're OK to adopt

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 17, 2009 11:07 PM CST

(Newser) – Two dogs, looking for a loving home after the death of their owner—heart-string-tugging enough to get you to the animal shelter? What if we told you that pugs Harry and Sally ate their owner after he committed suicide? Yep, that’s the sales job facing the Humane Society in Papillion, Neb. The dogs, hungry and abandoned, were just going on instinct, a rep tells Fox News.

“That isn’t a reflection on them being a bad dog, being an aggressive dog, being a vicious dog, it’s simply what dogs do,” Pam Wiese says. “They have no food aggression. They have no aggression toward people. They don’t have aggression toward other dogs.” And none of the long-term psychological scarring one might find in humans, so c’mon, whaddaya say?

These aren't the actual pugs, but they kinda look like they could eat someone, don't they?
These aren't the actual pugs, but they kinda look like they could eat someone, don't they?   (Wikimedia Commons)
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BlueAyez
Jan 8, 2010 11:11 AM CST
They must have been starving to do that.
notorious5to3
Jan 7, 2010 3:07 AM CST
They look harmless enough.... Kookey90, you need to seek professional help.
cornelison
Dec 19, 2009 9:41 AM CST
What the pugs did was not unusual for animals. The desperate pigs on factory farms resort to cannibalism when they're stressed or hungry. This in no way reflects their true nature. In this case I agree with, "Reader644.. " the owner is to blame.
 

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