Short Stuff: Rescuing Mistreated Pets | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW

[Music]. hey and welcome to the short stuff I'm. Josh and there's Chuck and Jerry sitting. in for Dave so this is short stuff. that's right this is all about if you go. by a house and you see a dog that's. being mistreated whether or not it's. okay to bust into that yard or house and. take that dog yeah because of course you. would think well yeah there's a dog. suffering or a cat suffering or even a. pig or something suffering of course I.

should be able to go rescue the thing. and the answer that is no do not do that. but that doesn't mean you should just. leave that animal on its own you should. go do something about it and we're going. to tell you what to do that's right uh. if you do that you could get charged. with trespassing or theft of course MH. um all 50 states have uh obviously. animal cruelty laws so you you do have. um some things you can do like uh well.

well we should talk about cars first. because there is a a bit of a loophole. if you see a dog like in a hot car um in. a lot of States I think 31 States uh say. that's a crime and 14 states provide you. civil immunity for you to just brick. that window open and get that dog or cat. out yeah which is pretty cool like if. you see some sort of animal that's who's. live whose life is in danger or can. suffer from Serious injury in a hot or. very cold car then then you can like you.

said break the window but there are some. criteria you have to meet in those um. states where they do offer immunity uh. you have to believe the animal is in. immediate danger immediate danger not. like wow if that animal stays in there. for three more hours it's going to. cook that's a big one uh yeah you have. to try and find the owner uh and then. you know try the car door to make sure. it's locked that's a big one like you. have to determine that there's no other. way to Free the Animal because wouldn't. you just have egg on your face if you.

smashed somebody's windshield in to. unlock the door and found the door was. already unlocked yeah egg and maybe. glass that's right uh another one is uh. you want to use the minimum amount of. force necessary to get in the car like. you don't want to break your way in and. then proceed to go smash all the rest of. the windows in just cuz you know this is. your one big chance yeah and and you. can't go running at it. going right because in cartoon fashion. your baseball batch is going to bounce.

off of the car's window anyway that's. right uh and then let's say you do all. this stuff right you bust that window. open you got that dog uh you've got to. you know you got to call 911 of course. in Most states and you should anyway but. then you got to stay there and wait with. that animal until somebody of authority. shows up right some some states you have. to call 911 first others you have to. call after they're like just get to the. business of getting the animal out first. right that's right like you said that. loophole only exists in 14 states and. and in at least one of them Indiana.

you're still on the hook for half of the. damage that you cause to the vehicle. seems unfair yeah but even if your state. is not one of the 14 then um your city. might be I think uh so this is a rare. short stuff that um we got help with. from Dave and he said that in Boise you. can um you have legal immunity even. though in the state of Idaho you don't. yeah so check your local laws if you. feel like you want to drive around and.

look for hot dogs with a brick right. while eating a hot. dog uh so again that is just cars uh if. you see an animal at a house um that's. in danger or you feel like it's in. danger call 911 um if it's an emergency. they'll send somebody out they may route. it to an animal control um the cops can. enforce and handle animal cruelty in a. lot of places but um the ASPCA found and. is a little old but in 2010 less than.

20% of police uh reive that kind of. training and less than half of them are. even familiar with those laws yeah so. you'll probably get someone from like. animal control sent out yeah um I looked. for an updated study and the mo the best. I could find was 2015 and it was. supplemental more than an update but the. stat that jumped out to me is um 50% of. law enforcement officers who were pulled. said that they encountered dog fighting. in their line of work.

so they do need to to have better. training and better awareness of animal. cruelty laws um and I think something. like a good 50% of those same um cops. that were pulled said we want more. training more and better training to. deal with stuff like that yeah should we. take a break yeah let's take a break all. right. [Music].

y y. [Music]. y uh okay so uh if you see an animal. that is in distress or you think is. being neglected or abused or something. but their life isn't an immediate danger. as far as you can tell um there are some. other things you can do um I don't know. if we said if you call 911 you want to.

report it as an emergency and then the. dispatcher will probably be like well. tell me a little bit about it and. depending on whether it's an emergency. or not they might send the cops they. might send the animal control or animal. shelter people but no matter where you. live your city or county is going to. have some division or department or. agency that's in charge of enforcing. animal cruelty laws right but it's not. necessarily the cops it's not even. necessarily a governmental agency in. some places is it's a charitable.

organization who steps up and is like. we'll we'll handle this if nobody else. is yeah I think in 34 states um the the. Humane Society has actual. deputized um animal control people like. deputized by the local police that. essentially act as the police of this. kind of thing yeah and um in California. New Jersey and Pennsylvania they're also. authorized to carry guns and they're.

also authorized to shoot animal abusers. on. site that's not true but it should be. true see you couldn't tell from my. whistle whether or not I fell for that. one that's my new move oh it worked cuz. it threw me for a loop I'm also really. tired and I saw long legs last night so. I'm not quite myself but we'll see if it. works again in the future H what's long. legs I've heard of that what is that. dude it's ID Perkins new movie the guy.

black coat's daughter and I am the. pretty thing who lives in the house yeah. which we disagreed very famously on. black coat's daughter okay so this is a. lot more movish than black coat's. daughter yeah I've heard it's good it's. very good but it also like seriously I'm. not quite right today after having seen. that movie it's worth seeing though I. would say get to theaters too and see it. in theaters I watch the Brian deama. Classic blowout out last night on.

Criterion app it's a good one it's a. good one um all right so that's movie. recommendations okay back to animals. um if you. know if this kind of thing that matters. to you then look up what you've got. going on in your town um find out who. the animal control agencies are uh. there's bound to be a website where you. can report something like this if you. don't want to just straight up call 911. or maybe it's the kind of thing where. you're like man I got a bad feeling and. something's like if you seen a dog on a.

chain or something like that um you know. and it it doesn't look like it's. necessarily dying or suffering you can. still file a complaint cuz you shouldn't. keep your dog on a chain in the front. yard or or backyard or in yard or sidey. yard uh so fill out a complaint online. uh and they will get back to. you right like you know they'll they'll. they'll do it they those don't get. ignored even if um they don't have some. sort of like here write this in this. field and write this in this field there.

are some like details that you want to. include or some steps you want to take. um the first is you want to be as. detailed as possible about what you. think is going on whether it's abuse or. neglect or both or whatever why you. think that and also you want to make. sure you have the right address you. don't want the SWAT team showing up with. the wrong address of somebody who you. think is um neglecting an animal that's. right especially in those three states. that can shoot you on site sure.

another one is um sure another one is um. the dates and times where you witness. the abuse yeah it's a good idea kind of. just keep a little log of what's going. on and when it's happening yeah and as a. little um just life advice anytime. something significant happens so you're. like this might come back at some point. it's good to note the time and date it. just legitimizes whatever you're saying. yeah and you know a lot of times these. things can be done anonymously I mean. you may have to submit your name and. cont information you maybe you can make.

an anonymous tip but they're also not. going to say like hey your across the. street neighbor said blank blank blank. right yeah that guy there yeah the one. looking. on yeah exactly um and then yeah so you. but you you may be called to testify as. a witness that's the reason why you. might want to be included um and then. there's a there's a good workaround too. if if you're like I think something's. going on I don't suspect that the dog's. life is an immediate danger but I just.

want to know I want to make sure that. the dog's okay um most of the time you. can call in what's called a wellness. check on on an animal with the Humane. Society you can do the same thing with. humans too um but you can do it with. animals and the Humane Society will send. out an officer who knows what they're. doing and knows what to look for and all. the signs and how to speak to people and. find out if the dog is actually being. abused or neglected and then they'll. send you a ribbon that you can wear. around town that just says hero.

uh are we at the point where I can tell. my quick story of when I've done this. yeah yeah please um so you haven't even. heard this one but um quite a few years. ago uh we had we got a report you know. we're have our finger on the pulse a. little bit of the local sort of animal. rescue people around us which is you. know where we live It's a Wonderful team. that are doing God's work um in the. neighborhoods that surround me and we. know a lot of them and they're all like. that's how we Charlie is through one of.

these rescues um like trapping her in. the woods with some uh wonderful people. and um I tell you what though you Blow. That Whistle and they're like we are on. it man what do you need that's awesome. um so I uh got a report through this. network that there was um a dog that had. like a family that moved and left this. dog in the backyard and it was emaciated. which is one of the most reprehensible. things I can think of is just to not. even try and rehome your dog but to just. say we're leaving the dog here and it.

was on our route in our neighborhood on. our dog walk and we went by a couple of. times saw this dog in the backyard and. came back with some wire cutters and cut. a big hole in that chain link fence and. took this dog and found her a great home. and I checked in a couple of times over. the years and then realized about three. or four months ago that I hadn't in a. long time and checked in with his family. and that sweet old dog had just passed. away a few months earlier no and had a.

great great life with his that's awesome. that dog went on to be Supreme Court. Justice Ruth Bader. G I never felt so good about doing. something and uh you can look at my. Instagram I posted a the mom of the. family sent me a picture um and this dog. is one of those that like got a totally. gray face and head basically and so I. kind of told the story and put up a. little tribute picture on my Instagram. of when we got this dog and then the old. sweet Gra face so that's said Chuck the.

podcaster if you want to check it out I. probably won't think to pin it but it's. in there very sweet man uh I guess. that's it right yeah but I also don't. advise you to do stuff like that we just. acted on Instinct yeah so yeah just go. back and listen to what we said and keep. an eye out to uh help animals that are. in need of help okay everybody do as. Chuck says not as he. did uh yeah well of course that means. short stuff is out.

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