Columbia University Fined for Cruel Puppy Killings

Oz Dog # 6406

Twenty-nine days of pain and suffering awaited this dog after her chest was opened to expose her heart for radio frequency ablation.

Day 2: “Not able to move both hind legs … aspirated 150 ccs of serum fluid (bloody) from RT chest tube and 0 cc’s from LT chest tube.”
Day 3: “No stool ... still no movement in both hind legs, tried to remove her from cage; checked chest tubes, aspirated 9cc’s from LT chest tube and 135 cc’s from RT chest tube; bloody urine and vaginal discharge.”
Day 4: “Paresis hind limbs, LS pain on palpation superficial and deep pain present LH; difficult to assess RH—animal resents lying on left side.”
Day 5: “No movement in R and L hind legs, tail moves voluntarily … deep and superficial pain both hindlimbs … rotate sides 3-4 times a day.”
Day 6: “Still not walking on hind legs, not standing on hind legs, walks with assistance.”
Day 7: “Not able to move hind legs, took out of cage expressed bladder—sm amount of blood in urine.”
Day 8: “Placed foley urinary cath—collected 500cc of urine.”
Day 9: “No progress—still the same.”
Day 10: “Collected 400 cc of bloody urine from collection bag; dog pulled out urinary catheter so expressed bladder. Let out for exercise.” (No mention in notes of dog’s hind legs recovering from paralysis.)
Day 11: “BM and urine wet on blankets. Let out when stood, urinated; helped out, expressed bladder.”
Day 12: “Condition remains the same, urinated when helped to stand, helped to walk … spent 1⁄2 hr in sling; walked around by herself.”
Day 13: “Paralysis remains the same, spent an hour in the sling standing, trying to walk; normal urine when bladder is expressed.”
Day 14: “Condition remains the same, urine scalding on R hindquarter … spent an hour standing in the sling, tries to move around by herself, expressed bladder 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m.”
Day 15: “Out at 8 a.m. in sling till 10 a.m—when lift out of kennel, urinated and BM; cleaned urine scald … is favoring left side … ventral incision intact.”
Day 16: “Out for two hours in sling; cleaned urine scald ...”
Day 17: “Out for three hours in sling; cleaned urine scald ...”
Day 18: “Spent 11⁄2 hours in the sling; paralysis in L hind leg seems to be improving, urine scald on R leg remains the same ...”
Day 19: “Spent 2 hours in the sling trying to move on her own, L hind leg remains the same, cleaned open scald w/Nolvasan scrub ...”
Day 20: “Out for exercise in the sling, condition remains the same, cleaned wound ...”
Day 21: “Put in sling for 21⁄2 hrs. Cleaned R leg … p.m—in sling.”
Day 22: “In sling 21⁄2 hrs.; cleaned scald … p.m.—out for exercise.”
Day 23: “In sling 3 hours, cleaned w/Nolvasan ...”
Day 24: “Sling 2 hours, cleaned w/Nolvasan ...”
Day 25: “Put in sling 2 hrs., cleaned, scour Nolvasan … p.m.—in sling—putting more wt on L leg ...”
Day 26: “In sling for 3 hrs.”
Day 27: “Out in sling.”
Day 28: “BAR” (This means “bright, alert, responsive”—the only thing that was written on her chart.)
Day 29: “Euthanized.”

Dog 6406 went through paralysis, superficial and deep pain in her hind limbs, and painful urine scalding, only to be killed when she was bright, alert, and responsive.

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