East Texas woman asks Facebook friends to 'come shoot my dog'

An East Texas woman tried to enlist someone from Facebook to help her fatally shoot her dog. "I need someone to come shoot my dog, nobody here has the heart do do it!" the woman, from Troup, wrote in a Facebook post published Thursday. "We will provide the gun!" less An East Texas woman tried to enlist someone from Facebook to help her fatally shoot her dog. "I need someone to come shoot my dog, nobody here has the heart do do it!" the woman, from Troup, wrote in a Facebook ... more Photo: Screenshot Via Facebook Photo: Screenshot Via Facebook Image 1 of / 65 Caption Close East Texas woman asks Facebook friends to 'come shoot my dog' 1 / 65 Back to Gallery

An East Texas woman tried to enlist someone from Facebook to help her fatally shoot her dog, according to authorities and media reports.

"I need someone to come shoot my dog, nobody here has the heart do do it!" the woman, from Troup, wrote in a Facebook post published Thursday. "We will provide the gun!"

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Nicholas Pet Haven in Tyler received wind of the woman's Facebook post and took to social media to investigate and bring the dog to safety.

"URGENT FOSTER REQUEST!!! The owner of this dog is threatening to shoot it because it gets into the trash!!!" the organization wrote in a Facebook post. "Is there anyone who can foster this dog so that we can get him out of this terrible situation???"

When a reporter for KYTX — the CBS affiliate in Tyler — arrived at the woman's house, the son answered the door and said, "I know how the media works. You people are the (expletive) devil."

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Animal control officers with Smith County and Nicholas Pet Haven picked up the animal — a 3-year-old Saint Bernard/English bulldog mix named Cinnamon — and gave her to a foster family pending her adoption, the news station reported.

"It's devastating," Animal shelter coordinator Nanette Moss told the news station. "I work with these dogs every day. They are my life and when she walked through my door it just broke my heart. She's a sweet dog and how can somebody shoot a sweet dog?"

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The news station reported that the woman will not face criminal charges because she gave Cinnamon to authorities.

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