MEMBERS OF THE INTERNET HAVE COME TOGETHER IN AN EFFORT
TO GET VIGILANTE JUSTICE AGAINST AN ALLEGED DOG ABUSER.
THE WOMAN IN QUESTION HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE UNDER THE
NAME OF KATIE BROWN.
SHE POSTED A PHOTO OF HER DOG IN AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION.
THE DOG MUZZLE IS DUCT TAPED WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DO.
THE CAPTION SAYS, "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T SHUT UP."
AS SOON AS THIS WAS POSTED IT WENT VIRAL.
OVER 300,000 PEOPLE SHARED IT.
AUTHORITIES IN THE AREA WERE CONTACTED IMMEDIATELY.
HER FACEBOOK PAGE INDICATED THAT SHE LIVED IN DAYTONA.
BUT SHE NO LONGER LIVES THERE. SHE MOVED A YEAR AGO.
HOWEVER AUTHORITIES ARE SAYING THAT IT IS BECOMING
OVERWHELMING.
THE SOUTH DAYTONA POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED
HUNDREDS OF CALLS FROM AROUND THE STATE, COUNTRY AND THE
WORLD WHICH SPURRED THEM TO INVESTIGATE THE CASE.
THEY RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THEIR EMAIL SERVER HAS GONE
DOWN AND OUT PHONE LINES ARE HAVING ISSUES.
THEY URGED PEOPLE TO STOP CALLING THEM BECAUSE THEY
ARE ALREADY INVESTIGATING.
ALSO IT IS OUT OF THEIR JURISDICTION BECAUSE THIS
WOMAN NO LONGER LIVES THERE.
PEOPLE ONLINE FEEL SO PASSIONATELY THEY DID THEIR
OWN INVESTIGATION AND THEY FOUND THAT SHE WAS IN CONNECTICUT.
THEY CONTACTED LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN CONNECTICUT TO GET THEM
TO INVESTIGATE.
SO FAR WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE THAT SHE HAS BEEN ARRESTED OR
ANYTHING. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE.
BUT IT IS PRETTY AMAZING.
>> I CAN'T IMAGINE PUTTING DUCT TAPE ON A DOG. THAT IS CRAZY.
DOGS PANT TO REGULATE THEIR BODY HEAT AND IF YOU SHUT THEIR
MOUTH AND THEY CAN'T DO IT THE HAVE A HARDER TIME
REGULATING THEIR BODY HEAT AND THEY CAN DIE.
IT'S AMAZING ñ THERE IS ACTIVISM ON THE INTERNET, BUT THERE
IS LITTLE ACTIVISM THAT SPRINGS INTO ACTION SO QUICKLY.
CECIL THE LION, THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONLINE
CALVARY'S EVER.
THERE WAS THE DOG THAT WAS LOCKED IN THE CAR IN
BEVERLY HILLS AND CROWDS WERE FORMING.
THEY WOULDN'T DO THAT IF AN OLD WOMAN WAS LOCKED IN THE CAR.
>> YEAH, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE NOW RESERVED ALL OUR EMPATHY
FOR NON-HUMAN LIVING THINGS.
THERE IS SO MUCH UGLINESS OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU
WATCH OR COVER THE NEWS.
IT MAKES YOU START TO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE INHERENTLY BAD.
WE LOOK AT ANIMALS AS INNOCENT, HELPLESS, AND LOVING.
SO MANY OF US HAVE DOGS AND THEY ARE A HUGE PART OF OUR FAMILIES.
I REMEMBER ONE TIME MY DOG HAD TO HAVE SOME SORT OF
MEDICAL PROCEDURE.
AFTER IT WAS DONE SHE WAS IN A CORNER SCARED AND MISERABLE.
I STARTED CRYING.
THE ONLY TIMES I CRIED ON THE SHOW WAS MAYBE TWICE.
>> I AM THINKING ABOUT OTHER PHOTOS THAT HAVE GONE VIRAL.
PEOPLE REACTED STRONGLY TO THAT.
AS A COUNTRY ñ I ABSOLUTELY LOVE DOGS.
MY DOG IS A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE, BUT IT IS ALSO
AMAZING HOW FUNDAMENTALLY WE DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SOME
ANIMALS AND NOT OTHERS.
IF THIS DOG HAD DUCT TAPE AROUND ITS MOUTH FOR A WHILE,
300,000 PEOPLE HAVE SHARED IT.
BUT WE SHOWED THAT VIDEO OF THE HOGS BEING SLAUGHTERED, IS
THERE A MANHUNT TO GET THESE PEOPLE FIRED?
CERTAIN ANIMALS WE CAN SLAUGHTER THEM IN WAYS THAT YOU ONLY
SEE ON GAME OF THRONES.
BUT YOU PUT DUCT TAPE ON A DOG MUZZLE AND THE POSSE GOES CRAZY.