Eight dogs and a calf were
removed June 29 from the ranch near State Road 524
by animal control officers, who said the
animals were being kept without food, water and shade.
It has long been in the back of my head, but was brought to the forefront
by recent cellphone videos gone viral — one (it used to be above but was
removed from YouTube) of a dog being dragged through the halls of an
animal control department in California; one (below) of a police
officer slapping and otherwise berating a homeless man in Florida.