The owner says the killing of husky Odin was unnecessary.
Odin, a husky, was accidentally shot and killed by an animal control officer on Tuesday in Northbridge, Mass. Odin was mistaken for a coyote in an incident that local police are describing as a sad mix-up. Pet owner Kirk Rumford says the killing was unnecessary.An animal control officer shot and killed a pet dog in a Massachusetts town after mistaking it for a coyote in an incident that has the animal’s owner fuming, but that local police are describing as a sad mix-up.
The officer then further examined the animal and saw that it had a flea collar and was a pet dog and not a coyote, Labrie said. Authorities then located the dog’s owner, he said.The dog’s owner, Kirk Rumford of Northbridge, said the dog was a husky named Odin, who was less than a year old. Rumford said he felt non-lethal methods could have been used, and that his dog doesn’t resemble a coyote.
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