Justice For Rambo - "Rambo came back to the rescue in a garbage bag, dead"

The foster mom wants everyone to know, "I feel that my rights were completely violated in this situation, this is my home, my family, and we loved that dog.. what happened to him was supposed to be our choice! I haven't been able to sleep. When I woke up that morning, he was sleeping with my daughter!"

She went on to state, "The outcome of this situation should have been our decision. They took that away from us when they chose to threaten my family with child protective services, if we didn't allow them to take and kill Rambo. We were bullied and threatened into letting Pompano Beach Animal Control take Rambo, this needs to be stopped."

The rescue worried that something would happen to Rambo, and they shared their fears in a post on a Facebook page. They wrote: "The rescue has followed all due process and abided by the instructions from animal control. She has filed an injunction and requested a court hearing to have the dangerous labelling of the animal reconsidered in light of the circumstances and within the timeline prescribed in the notice from animal control." But their fears were realized, and Rambo was killed before morning by animal control.

Not only did the animal control officers lie to the foster family and threaten them, they filled out the paperwork incorrectly. The foster mother's name is incorrect, her address is incorrect, and in spite of paperwork showing Rambo was an American bulldog, they listed him as a pit bull. Both the rescue and the foster family believe that Rambo was killed illegally. The rescue had filed all the necessary paperwork to have a court hearing. Animal control knew that. They also knew that the foster family was not Rambo's owner, and even told the foster family not to return Rambo to his rightful owner.

A Broward County Sheriff's Deputy has also questioned the legality of the proceedings. He saw that the foster's name was incorrect, as was their address. Although Rambo was pulled from MDAS and listed as an American Bulldog, the animal control officer listed him as a pit bull. He also pointed out that the rescue/owner of Rambo filed the necessary paperwork for them to possibly regain possession of Rambo. The first sentence of his email is "First and foremost please accept my deepest condolences on the loss of Rambo."

When someone from the rescue was at animal control the day after Rambo had been killed, she saw Aycook and told him she wanted Rambo's body back. The next thing she knew, Aycook had thrown Rambo's body into her open trunk. He also, at some point told her to "get over it."

The veterinarian who did a necropsy on Rambo said that there was internal bruising and bleeding on Rambo's body consistent with his having been beaten. Both the foster family and the rescue are devastated that a government entity would be so cruel and heartless. They can't believe that the City of Pompano Beach allows a bully like David Aycook to represent the city as an animal control officer.

They are not going to let this rest. Rambo's memory won't let them.

Feel free to email Dennis Beach, the city manager, at: dennis.beach@copbfl.com, about this situation.

Email city commissioners at: barry.dockswell@copbfl.com;barry.moss@copbfl.com; charlotte.burrie@copbfl.comm; ed.phillips@copbfl.com;lamar.fisher@copbfl.com; rex.hardin@copbfl.com.

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