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Subject: Wade Kartchner

  • Fifty-Five Dogs in Navajo County "Euthanized by Gunshot;" Official Says Incident "Horrible" but Humane

    Euthanizing 55 dogs with guns on a rural Arizona property was the right decision for the circumstances, says the director of public health services for Navajo County. Dr. Wade Kartchner tells New Times this morning that the dogs, which were living in filth with their human masters on a rural property, would likely not have survived the three-hour trip to the animal shelter because the county's cage trucks don't have air conditioning. Besides, the dogs would have been euthanized, anyway, he says

    June 30, 2009