A family in Osceola County says they watched an ordinary day turn into a permanent loss, after their dog was picked up by animal services and euthanized less than an hour later.
WESH 2 reporter Greg Fox, standing outside the county shelter, framed it as a clash between a written policy that usually gives families time to reclaim a pet and an emergency call that county officials say demanded fast action.
In the middle of it is a 14-year-old pit bull mix named Blue, a backyard, a painted stone, and a question that doesn’t leave much room for easy answers: when does “humane” become “hasty,” and who gets to decide?
A Backyard Spot That Turned Into A Gravesite
Fox begins with the kind of detail that makes a story feel painfully real…