Animal Watch
D.C. Animal Watch
Thursday, January 27, 2005; Page DZ16
GALINA PL. NW, 5400 block, Jan. 14. A woman asked animal control to remove a goat from her yard. When an officer arrived, the woman said that she had seen men unload the goat from a truck, then leave in the vehicle. After a report about the goat was broadcast on television, the goat's owner called authorities, saying that the animal had been stolen from his yard in Cabin John, Md. He claimed the goat from the shelter, then moved it and another goat to a different location.
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EIGHTH AND H STREETS NE, Jan. 13. Police asked animal control to help with a Rottweiler that a drunk man was encouraging to attack pedestrians. When an officer arrived, police said that the man did not own the dog and that they had told him to go home. The animal was held at the D.C. shelter pending contact by an owner.
QUARLES ST. NE, 4400 block, Jan. 11. A woman asked animal control to have a black snake removed from her kitchen cabinet. When an officer arrived, he discovered that the snake was a dried banana.
NEW YORK AVE. NE, 1200 block, Jan. 13. A man surrendered a Rottweiler to the D.C. shelter, saying that he had recently acquired the dog but found out that it was spayed and that he could not make money selling puppies. The dog was made available for adoption.
NEW YORK AVE. NE, 1200 block, Jan. 14. A woman walking in a Capitol Hill neighborhood saw a small pit bull tied to a fence at a residence. The dog was thin and had recently given birth. When she asked a man at the home about the dog, she was told that its puppies had been sold and that he no longer wanted the mother. The woman took the animal to the D.C. shelter, where it was transferred to the Humane Society, which planned to investigate the dog's previous care.
NEW YORK AVE. NE, 1200 block, Jan. 14. Two cats were left in a plastic box outside the D.C. shelter's front door, although the shelter was open for business. The cats were made available for adoption.
NEW YORK AVE. NE, 1200 block, Jan. 12. A man reported that a neighbor had moved and had abandoned a cat in the street. The man, who said the cat had been entering his home through a cat door, took the animal to the D.C. shelter, where it was made available for adoption.