Mar 25, 08 09:25 pm — What Would Stone Cold Steve Austin Do?

Well, not actually. What would you do?

Today I had a moment where I chose to do nothing rather than do something good that would lead to something bad that I wouldn't want to happen.
I was leaving a customers facillity today where they burn garbage which is a fairly large facility at 400 tons of refuse burned per day.

At the edge of the compound was this scraggly dog, just standing in the road and I could see that his left front leg was damaged but he was standing on it. I couldn't tell what was wrong with him other than that.

Now here is the hard part. I just kept driving. From past experiences with the local animal control, if you call them they come, take the dog, put it at the pound then its euthanized in 7 days if no one claims it. You CANNOT claim it if it isn't yours and the only way to rescue a dog is if its less than 3 years old. This dog was older than 3, and they euthanize if they are older than 3.
If I would have taken it to a vet, they would have called Animal Control since its not my dog.

So basically since the dog was beat up, but able to walk I let him be. Maybe he'd find his way back home rather than attempt a 'rescue' which would ultimately end up with him being euthanized rather than helped at a no kill shelter, which they have none of here. He didn't look like he needed much help, but in the city I live in you are allowed a maximum of 2 pets, and I currently have 2.

Either way it would have put me at risk of a severe fine, which I would have to get rid of the dog, or a huge vet bill which I have no money, or the poor thing would have been put down rather than get $500 worth of treatment and placed in a nice home.

I kinda feel like shit right now.