Dog Pack Kills Girl on South Dakota Reservation-UPDATE

Tragic. That's about the only word I can come up with.

Wednesday I pushed out a story of a young girl who was allegedly killed by a pack of aggressive dogs on the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota. Today we continue to follow the story.

We took this off our Facebook feed, it was a post made by Pine Ridge Area Dog Assistance.

Written today by a member of the Pine Ridge Community TO The Pine Ridge Community….and sent to us. I am sharing her powerful words.

"The most horrific incident of a precious child has prompted me in sadness, grief and mostly anger to write this letter. It cannot be comprehended. All claim to value, respect and protect life; all life, yet this is not the case.

The Dog Nation is suffering and you walk by them, they starve in front of you, they are run over and you keep on going, you abandon them or dump them off at the trash pile like waste. They are abused and neglected like so many others. When will people stop stealing and dragging home animals that cannot be cared for. How do you forget to adjust a collar on an animal to have to cut into the flesh – neglect. That three-year-old child does not need a puppy honestly how responsible is that?

Adults you are not thinking or acting in the best interest of anything or anyone. They are cold (bring them in at night, make a warm place for them), they are hungry and yet you go by them as if they do not exist – just a dog. These ones have carried your burdens and your prayers and yet you treat them like this? All I can say is that I am sickened by this lack of respect. They are not spayed or neutered and go on to create dozens and dozens of animals in as many months.

They must be spayed and neutered. The answer is not bullets and roundups; the answer is education and humane care. There are amazing organizations and people who have taken the time to become the advocates of the animals and as endless as it seems, rescue continuously abandoned, abused and suffering, starving animals.

Enough is enough. All I can say is shame on us. This is what the Creator sees, everything you do or do not do. How can there be any healing at all unless you stop brushing the problems under the rug, guess what, people know. It is time to start being responsible and stop thinking of our own selfish desires and start seeing and taking responsibility for ALL LIFE.

Don’t say "all my relations" until you mean it.

I told you it was powerful. My guess is this story is one that's going to be around for a while.

This is one of the most beautifully written pieces I've seen. Ever. If you love dogs and you love pets please share with your pet loving friends.