If Animal Precinct as written by Kafka

chassit19 and I have both been working a lot and yesterday was our first and only day off together for a few weeks. So we spent it well and had a good time... Except for the animal abuse.

We had just finished having lunch at a favorite restaurant and while leaving the parking lot we witness a man in the car in front of us seizing a small dog by the throat, lifting it up, screaming in its face, and then choke-slamming it into the back seat behind him. We were both too stunned to do anything really practical like follow him and find out where he lived to report to the police, but we did think fast enough to get his license plate and the make of the car. Being good citizens who love animals we set out to right this wrong as best we could.

( It was harder than you'd think and may have been for nothing. )

I love my town, but I can't stand how it's made up of all these little counties and communities all jammed together. It's counterintuitive to everything you're taught to do. Something's wrong, call the police. No, you have to first make sure you're calling the right police. Why can't I call animal control directly? Why don't they have a hotline for animal abuse? Why do they act like they don't even CARE when you finally do reach them with a report of animal abuse?