At times you realize a situation that
is such a major, epic, FAIL that the only allegory that can describe
it accurately is Train Wreck.
There is a true Animal Uncontrol Train
Wreck unfolding in Maricopia County, AZ. This is a disaster so epic
in scale, it left me speechless for a while (and getting me to shut
up is an epic accomplishment in itself). Interesting to note that
many Train Wrecks are often caused by a few minor mistakes / problems
that ultimately lead to an epic disaster.
Another aspect of the Trainwreck is
that so many people lie about the details (usually to protect
themselves), that it is difficult if not impossible to determine what
actually happened.
Here is what I think happened,
and feel free to eludicate me on any details I may have wrong or may
have missed.
February 24th, 2014 4 year
old Kevin Vincente was attacked by a pit bull type dog ("Mickey")
in Phoenix AZ. The dog caused massive injuries to Kevin's face,
resulting in severe blood loss and requiring extensive plastic
surgery to his face. Kevin likely faces years of reconstructive
surgeries to his face.
Apparently, Kevin was under the
auspices of a babysitter at the time. The babysitter took Kevin and
her 5 year old to her boyfriend's house for a visit. Kevin had been
a guest on this property in the past, and was no stranger the the
boyfriend or the dog. The boyfriend was Mickey's owner at the time
of the incident.
It appears that the children were
playing near "Mickey" when the dog lunged and bit Kevin on
the face. Mickey proceeded to perform a "shake and hold"
maneuver on Kevin for an unspecified period of time. Long enough to
do a lot of damage to Kevin's face, in any case. The babysitter then
drove Kevin to an emergent care facility and he was then ambulanced
from there to the hospital.
The boyfriend (Sorry, I can't seem to
determine this individual's name) surrendered Mickey to Maricopia
County Animal Control after the incident. This person has not been
charged with any crimes at this time that I know of.
For more details on this incident,
consider the related Dogs
Bite Decateur AL article.
First, I invite any Facebook users to
visit the For
the love of Kevin Facebook page. Please give it a "Like"
at least... I'm sure Kevin and his family could use the support. The
page has info on how to donate funds and the like.
Now, none of the above is all that
unusual. Something like this happens daily. Where this gets
interesting and I mean that in a strictly morbidly fascinating
kind of way, is viewing the public response to the incident.
Note that the For
the love of Kevin Facebook page has about 360 "likes"
as I write this. Unfortunately, the Save
Mickey Facebook page has 35,200 "likes as I write
this!! Apparently, an extremist Animal Rights advocacy group, the
Lexus Project, has taken up Mickey's cause, pulling out all the
stops to not only prevent Mickey's euthanization, but to get him
re-homed!
I'm not liking these odds: The Mickey
supporters outnumber the Kevin supporters nearly 100 to 1.
Those are not winning odds, people.
Indeed, Mickey is now represented by
the Schill Law Group, who has filed for and received a legal
restraining order against Maricopia County Animal control, preventing
them from euthanizing Mickey until ALL of the legal proceedings have
been exhausted. Note the TRO is only temporary, I am sure Schill will file even more sophisticated motions in the future.
For my remarks on how A.R. Extremists
lie, cheat, abuse the legal system and social media to achieve their
goals, consider
my remarks on the subject from 2012. That playbook indicated is
being followed to the letter.
In any case, Lexus, Schill, and a horde
of rank and file supporters are pulling out ALL the stops to "Save
Mickey". They may, indeed, succeed. Think about that for a
minute, a known human mauler coming to a neighborhood near
you! Thanks Lexus Project!!
More to come... this fiasco has barely started...
