ferky1 Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Pardon me if this has been previously posted, but I didn't see it anywhere on here. Maybe the dogs are mutating to be resistant to certain forms of euthenasia! :wink: Anyway, good for him: [url]http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1060249312168822.xml[/url] Dog survives gas chamber with his tail wagging 08/07/03 Jim Suhr Associated Press St. Louis- Cast into a city gas chamber to be euthanized with other unwanted or unclaimed dogs, it appeared that the roughly year-old Basenji mix had simply run out of luck - and time. But this canine had other ideas. When the death chamber's door swung open Monday, the dog now dubbed Quentin - for California's forbidding San Quentin State Prison - stood very much alive, his tail and tongue wagging amid the carcasses of a half-dozen other dogs. Animal-con trol supervisor Rosemary Ficken had never seen such a thing and didn't have the nerve to slam the door shut again on the dog and fire up the carbon monoxide. This 30-pound, orangish ani mal, she be lieved, beat the odds and should live on, doggone it. "She told me, Please, take him. I don't have the heart to put him back in there and re-gas him,' " said Randy Grim, founder and head of Stray Rescue of St. Louis, the charitable shelter that took in the dog before taking the animal's story public. Quentin's ordeal was played and replayed yesterday on local television stations, drawing scads of people looking to adopt "such a sweet dog" that showed such dogged resilience. The center euthanizes dogs nearly every morning - about 3,000 a year. Quentin's fate appeared grim. Surrendered to the city by an owner no longer wanting the animal, the dog eluded adoption, landing him in the death chamber that he somehow managed to emerge from, groggy from the sedative but otherwise "pretty responsive," if not downright rambunctious. "There was a reason for this dog not to go down," said Rich Stevson, program manager for the animal center. "Maybe this dog is a special dog of some kind." The next morning, he said, "it was jumping up and down, wagging its tail." Grim said yesterday that Quentin was a little malnourished but "in very good condition," being checked for heartworm and other maladies by a veterinarian. "You can tell he's really digging it," Grim said of the dog. "He has a bed, love, food and water." And that invaluable second chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosebud Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 :D Good for you Quentin. :angel: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelboddy Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Yeah for the pup. :banan: Wish more could survive. :( :angel: That pup must have a very special purpose in life. :angel: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheltielover Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Wow, way to go Quentin! [img]http://www.kurts-smilies.de/kiss2.gif[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowlabsrule Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 :o Go Quentin! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaleb124 Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 What a very nice story!!! 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacer126 Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Alright Quentin :angel: I hope that story gets more people into the shelter to adopt. Maybe all the other ones that wanted Quentin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 I[quote] hope that story gets more people into the shelter to adopt. Maybe all the other ones that wanted Quentin.[/quote] That's exactly what I thought Stacer, and all I could think of were the ones that didn't walk out. How do they do these jobs, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night. :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bk_blue Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 What a little fighter!!! Go Quentin! :angel: God I wish they would stop gassing dogs. Put them to sleep humanely if you have to. :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellieangel Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 [quote]God I wish they would stop gassing dogs. Put them to sleep humanely if you have to.[/quote] I'll second that bk :( What a remarkable dog ! I hope he finds his forever home soon :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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