I came across this last night. Looked into it. I’m in.
Austin has a Service Dog named Major locked in a kennel for 500+ days and they still want him dead.
Truck hits the Major, Owner runs for a phone. A woman tries to move an injured animal out of the road. He bites her. Accident. Pain. Fear. That’s the whole case.
She did not press charges. She did not go after the owner. She did not want him euthanized. City did it anyway.
That’s the problem. They don’t do case-by-case. They do a broad stroke. Injury happened = kill the dog!
Doesn’t matter if Major was bleeding and injured in the street after being hit by a truck. Doesn’t matter if the person who got bit is telling you not to do this.
Accidents happen. A hurt dog reacting to a stranger is not a dog who meant to hurt or kill somebody. We know the difference. Austin is pretending they don’t.
Local people fighting this case say one of the officials in the bite chain, Rebekha Montie at Austin Animal Services, was in a 2019 dog-attack incident and severely injured as a city employee. If that’s true, she should not be anywhere near judging these files. A nip, a provoked bite, a dog that had a bad day all of it looks the same when your own scar is in the room.
That’s bias. Release the 2019 report. Recuse her if it’s her. Don’t tell me it’s “just process.”
Texas law does not require his death. Health & Safety Code 822.003: if a dog kills someone, the court shall order him destroyed. If it’s serious injury, the court may destroy or release him to the owner or another authorized person.
A trainer, Jonas Black, already agreed to take him under conditions. The court can release him. The city is the one that asked for the kill.
They can stop it!
Texas courts walked away. A federal judge temporarily blocked the euthanasia.
Next hearing: September 29, 1:30 p.m.
He is not saved.
He’s on a pause.
If you want to help:
Sign the petition:
change.org/p/free-major
Go to
@kali.mali.pup IG PAGE petition and automatic emails are in the bio. Use theirs or write your own like I did.
Call:
Mayor 512-978-2100
Animal Services 512-978-0521
City Manager 512-974-2000
City Attorney 512-974-2268
Email Watson and Council. Monica.Dangler@austintexas.gov and susana.carbajal@austintexas.gov
Tell them: no euthanasia. Conditional release to Jonas Black, a trainer who agreed to take the dog in to help. The victim isn’t asking you to kill him. The statute doesn’t require it.
Don’t sit this one out.
#FreeMajor