Police seek person who tied 1-year-old dog to fence and set it on fire

[hopemountain]

16. why? why? why? today i learned

of another terrible thing. i haven't shared it with anyone because nearly all of us in my circle are pet rescue folks and i do not want to upset them as i have been. i live in a rural community.

a woman up the road from me - whose home burned to the ground thanksgiving weekend - deliberately locked her big, old dog in the house while it was burning and then safely fled the fire with her "precious" belongings. when asked by fire fighters if there were any other people or pets in the house she answered "i will tell you about it on monday". when the embers had cooled enough for the investigation the next day, the fire chief found the dog's remains at the front door. it was a flue fire.

i spent most of today sobbing over her big beautiful bernese mountain dog. he was friendly to all who passed on the road & greeted us with a wag of the tail and a lick on the hand. the old man next door sadly recounted the recent events. he had helped the fire chief with a diagram of the home because he had built it while working as a contractor. my neighbor & his wife had been feeding the dog and giving him fresh water for months because it seemed to them the woman was not feeding him.

i am heartbroken by the dark cruelty and disrespect of life everywhere. i don't know what the answer.