At the Lancaster Animal Care Center in California, Mary lost her life on Wednesday. She was quietly led to the backroom of the shelter. She trembled with fright with her tail tucked tightly between her legs – as if she knew she had no future. Within moments Mary was restrained, poison was injected into her left paw and her young life quickly drained away. Mary never did anything wrong. She was a good dog. Here is her tragic story.
Shelter volunteer Sal Valdepena’s free time centers around the local shelters. His passion is helping to save the dogs. As he was uploading Mary’s profile to social media to bring more attention to her plight, he learned she had been euthanized. Sal was devastated but determined that Mary will not be forgotten:
“I was uploading her profile to get her seen. Tragically she was killed yesterday. I am still posting her because even though she’s gone I want everyone to see this sweet angel. To all the stupid f*** backyard breeders whose brains are no bigger than cockroaches look! To all the morons who dump pets look! And to the society who doesn’t give a sh** look!
Ce ne sont pas les animaux qui devraient être euthanasiés, mais ceux qui les abandonnent et les torturent. Repose en paix adorable amour.
OMG…she is beautiful !!! so, so sad. What are shelters for but to “SAVE” not murder !! RIP sweet girl…I am so very sorry.
What a gorgeous baby girl you were Mary, and God has you in their arms now. What a tragic, heartbreaking, sad, sad story. If only she could have found a loving home, look at how sweet she was and nothing but unconditional love to give as well no doubt. Humans could learn so much from animals about what it means to love! It’s soul-shattering to learn that over a million dogs are euthanized every year – that’s a shocking number. And just reading about the fear that one poor, beautiful angel felt taking her last few steps – times that by 1.2 million.
I bet you brought joy to just about everyone that met you Mary and the people reading Sal and Cheryl’s story of your short life *will* shed a tear, I know I did. Rest well and play well in heaven beautiful angel XXX ❤️
Poor mutt. Unfortunately she will not be the only one. It is important that dogs are neutered and spayed otherwise the dog population will increase and there seems not to be enough people willing and able to adopt one and look after it responsibly.
Sal if you or anyone else know of any backyard breeders, maybe we should create a page and post them. This way, people could ask authorities to investigate: people could check this “registry” to ensure they are not getting a dog from them. Employers could check it when hiring. High school students wanting to learn how to demonstrate legally and to deal with media could walk the sidewalks in front of the breeders operations. There are lots of possibilities here. I am absolutely done with nothing being done about these heartless creeps.
IT IS NOT JUST BACK YARD PREEDERS!!! JUST LOOK AT HUMANE SOCIETY UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONAL! Other rescue agencies BRINGING THOUSANDS “yes< I DID SAY THOUSANDS'OF DOGS from OVER SEA'S ; AGAIN FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES !!!!! TO BE ADOPTED IN THE USA FROM DOG EATING COUNTRIES!!! So the UAS dogs LIKE MARY are EUTHANIZED AFTER ONLY 14 days like MARY in "KILL?MURDER ( is more like it) Lancaster California…. WOW THANK YOU HSUS &HSUSI for helping MURDER OUR AMERCIAN BORN DOGS in shelters so the foreign DOGS could get the home !!! Our citizens can use the FOREIGN DOG as BRAGGING rights SEE I saved this DOG that was going to be used for food in KOREA !!! while the USA DOG IS LEAD DOWN THE HALL UUST LIKE MARY!!!
This kind of shit I don’t understand and it pisses me off. Why do these animal control and shelters kill such young dogs? They never get a chance at life. #LancasterAnimalCareCenter
This is so very sad to hear. Started to cry as I read this. RIP Mary.
So sad , feel empty for this beautiful lost soul, rip sweet girl I’ll remember u rip xxx
To the monsters that dumped her you are no better than a piece of trash. It makes me hurt so much that this baby was killed for no reason. RIP you are now at Rainbow Bridge and are not scared.
So very very sad!!!! Poor Mary didn’t have a chance at life. My husband and I always adopt thru our local Humane Society. They make the best family members!!!! RIP Mary you will not be forgotten!
So sad, shelters are supposed to help not kill. This senseless killing needs to be stopped!!@
The post about Mary is so well done, direct, and to the point. It hits the mark. They can’t slither around, or away from their crimes on this one. WELL DONE RIP Mary.
I REALLY WISH THAT THEY HAD NO KILL SHELTERS.JUST THE LOOK ON THE DOG FACE WAS SO SAD IT MADE ME FILL UP WITH TEARS.
She was beautiful I don’t know why people are in such a hurry to KILL
So sad, so needless
Poor sweet baby-girl. I am SO SAD reading this. She looks like she was such a LOVER. My heart breaks. ???? And yes, I know how many “pit bulls” are killed every DAY in this country. I wish I could save them ALL. Rest in Peace, sweet Mary. I wish I could have saved you. You were a sweet soul, to be sure. ????
Any people who surrender a dog or a cat don’t deserve to be called human been. They simply don’t know what love is. There are just a piece of sheet
Crying for this beautiful baby. All shelters should be no-kill shelters.
My heart breaks for all the “Marys” out there.
Tears pouring down my face. Not only for Mary, RIP sweet Angel, but for every single of the 3, 287 dogs who will be killed today. even worse, she looks like my Sierra (RIP Mommy) who left her body 2.5 years ago due to Lymphoma of the GI tract. We can DO better. Every shelter CAN BE no-kill. How??