Minn. Woman Tries to Mail Puppy via USPS Flat Rate Box
- Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:01am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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A Minnesota woman has been charged with animal cruelty after she tried to ship a live puppy to a relative using a United States Postal Service flat rate box:
From WCCO:
The poodle-mixed pup is being held temporarily at the animal control office in Minneapolis but still belongs to the woman who allegedly tried to mail it — 39-year-old Stacey Champion.
“Clearly there wasn’t a whole lot of thought that went into this,” said Sgt. Angela Dodge with the Minneapolis Police Department.
Dodge said last Tuesday Champion took the puppy to the Loring Post Office. The puppy was in a box with a priority sticker on it.
“A puppy is a definite no-no,” said Pete Nowacki with the U.S. Postal Service.
Postal workers didn’t know right away about the puppy inside, until the box fell off the counter.
“Apparently the puppy must have moved at that time and the box had shaken and fallen. At that point, the clerk and supervisor could hear a sound like panting coming from inside the box,” recalled Nowacki.
“They could hear it in the box, they opened the box and discovered a live puppy on there with no food or water,” said Dodge.
Champion did want the puppy to get there quickly because she mailed him 2-day priority. Officials say she was mailing the puppy as a present for a relative.
UPDATE:
KMSP has more information on the puppy, including information from the USPS that the dog would have been shipped by air and probably would have died:
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Comments (121)
swimmer1940
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:22amIncredibly cruel!
Report Post »But, then, look how we treat third trimester fetuses. Suck out their brains, crush their skulls, pull out, and toss in the garbage……AND IT IS LEGAL, with Obama’s blessing. Oh, I remember now, when the vote came up in the Illinois Senate “chicken poop” Obama voted “present”.
Untameable-kate
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:22pmJust one more thing that was “above his paygrade”. He is a buffoon.
Report Post »wodiej
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:20amPut her on house arrest and revoke her voting privileges. Someone this stupid is dangerous.
Report Post »Kev8227
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:18am“What an idiot. She could have shipped FedEx Overnight and avoided the long lines.”
@ Ghostofjefferson: I LMAO……
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:10amThere are a lot of stupid people out there. I guess that explains Obama’s rise to power, a lot of puppy mailing idiots.
Report Post »niki
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:19pmLOL! sooo right!
Report Post »GULFVETCELL13
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:10amStupid brought to the next level.
Report Post »rugin
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:09amThis calls for honorable mention in the Darwin Awards
Report Post »OUTRIDER WRITER
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:17amBest response yet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »BubbaCoop
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:07amHow much do you want to bet Balloonhead tries to blame this on Michele Bachmann, while Maddow blames it on Beck?
Report Post »SpotoGo_Denny
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:07amThat’s just silly. Everybody knows that when it absolutely has to be there, you ship FedEx.
Report Post »NICE NICE TACO
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:52amEGAD – I bet she has kids too.
Report Post »hjjusa
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:14pmAllready mailed
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:48amyou, me, GENIUS!
Report Post »Desert Dog
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:45amDumb as a box of hammers
Report Post »mdlwoods
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:35amSome people just don’t have any brains! Remember the old childhood saying: When God was giving out brains, she thought he said trains…and caught the next one.
Report Post »OUTRIDER WRITER
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:32amThe scary thing is that this lady probably breeds her kind.
Report Post »Norma Perez
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:29amIt’s a total disgrace what the postal service has become. They need to privatize it and get rid of the Unions.
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:25amI don’t know about everybody else out there but me personally, I don’t think we need people like this in our society anymore. I’m not really sure how they go, I really don’t care anymore, as long as their gone. They have dumbed down society for far too long. Years ago people with lets say, a limited ability for rational reasoning like the woman shipping the puppy, well, nature just didn’t allow it for very long. Nature would just kind-of shut it down before it multiplied. Harsh? I’ll let nature decide.
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:31amMan started interfering with nature and now look what we have. Compassion, like justice should be meaded out wisely.
Report Post »dataway
Posted on February 3, 2011 at 2:40pmNow if you don’t want people to think YOU are stupid, please check your spelling.
Report Post »as long as their gone SHOULD BE as long as they’re gone. Get it?
ThomasUSA
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:25amFrom Robert Heinlein’s “Notebook of Lazarus Long”
Report Post »“Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation. Stupidity is not a sin, the victim can’t help being stupid. But stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death, there is no appeal and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.”
Warphead
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:45amAmen.
Report Post »toxic_freedom
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:56pmnot true anymore….there is legislation to protect stupidity from the natural order.
Report Post »catndahat
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:17amI would love to prosecute this case–she should be locked in isolation with no food, water, toilet, etc for at least two days.
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:28amOh, don’t forget to remove the oxygen and lower the temperature to about 5F. I would want it as realistic for her as she was going to make it for the puppy.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:41amWarphead, you took the words right out of my mouth. Those cargo areas are not heated.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:14amSometimes I really wish that STUPID was a felony!
Report Post »what4
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:02amOr at least, Very, very painfull!
Report Post »roxee
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:12amI guess Starbucks is adding a wee bit more than cofffee beans these days? One has to conclude that the mental issues of some ,are getting worse out there.
Report Post »AC
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:11amWhat???? Please don’t give the puppy back to this idiot! I’m sure the puppy was scared to death. Thank God they found it!
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:10amWhat an absolute stupid individual.
Report Post »blanco
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:07am$10,00 says she voted for prez islama!!!!
Report Post »dantom
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:19amvery true a dem for sure.
Report Post »butler180
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:34pmTook the words out of my mouth
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:04amPlease say it aint so…………………..
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:41amShe will sue the post office for tampering with her mail.
Report Post »azimm1979
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:04am“If it fits, it ships”
Report Post »KenInIL
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:28pmIf they determine she can’t have the puppy back, they will probably euthanize it. Can’t allow anyone to hurt a puppy !!
Report Post »Grandpa's Attic
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:03am“If it fits it ships”, guess she took it to whole new meaning…
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:09am.
Report Post »Kate will you please tell us how you really feel?
Glennis_the_Menace
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:11amOHHH! I hate it when people are mean to cute little puppies. My boyfriend would never let me do anything like that. He bought me Hoody Footie pajams and he really luvs me. I took my Hoodie Footy PJ’s outside this morning to hold them up to see if they cast a shadow to see if we were gonna have 6 months more of winter or not. I waited a really long time too but I never saw a shadow or anything. Then it started to get light out and I realized I went outside too soon, like at 12:30 AM. So no wonder my Hoodie Footie PJ‘s didn’t cast a shadow. I feel soooooooooooooo dumb.
sweetbees
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:16amThe stupidity of some people never ceases to astound me!!!
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:26amWhat an idiot. She could have shipped FedEx Overnight and avoided the long lines.
Decade of Greed
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:28amObviously this person is a Chris Matthews fan.
Report Post »c10win
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:30amIsn’t this the same state that gave us Al Franken? Too bad we can’t put him and his diaper clad bottom in a box and send him somewhere…
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:30amGeauxAlready
Report Post »I always do.
what4
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:46am@ Decade….a relative perhaps…maybe even recipient of the package!!
Report Post »Nicealltype
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 10:54amYou can’t fix stupid lol
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:03amHow did she get the measurements? Did she give UPS the “ruff” dimensions?
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:06amThis is the stupidest thing that I have seen someone do – mail a puppy – you have to be kidding me!!
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wodiej
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:16amI agree Kate. What a friggin’ MORON. She should have her voting privileges taken away and put under house arrest.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:18amKate, I agree wholeheartedly!! They should charge the idiots that sold this dumb a$$ the puppy too. Obviously they didn’t put any thought into who was getting the dog, they just took the money and got rid of it.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:20amLove ya, Kate!
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Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:22amWhy not you can buy baby chickens online and they mail them to via USPS
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:36amWow,,,,i’ve seen very very stupid people before,,,,,,that‘s one of em’.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:38amGeorge Bush told her to do it.
Report Post »nummy1
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:50am@Kate— NOOO, we don’t want her in Alaska!! :-p
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:08pmnummy1
Report Post »Don’t worry she will be a b!tchcicle way before she makes it to Ak.
CatB
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:37pmNO common sense .. but yes the Post office does advertise that way don’t they … I suspect we will be seeing a disclaimer running at the bottom of the commercials soon. This woman should be locked away for her and puppies safety everywhere .. obviously too stupid to be in society!
Report Post »bobodu
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:38pmProbably uses GoldLine too.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 12:45pm@ Kate Way to go!!! I am absolutely aghast at the stupidity,my husband and I help the local Humane Society raise money, $12,000.00 for one project our idea and no help, we love animals and the simple thought of this poor thing being thrown, tossed, no heat water or food OR air is unbelievable and incomprehensable to me. She should be locked up!!!! or done as Kate said, UNBELIVEABLE!!!!
Report Post »Kalish
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:07pmWhy no pictures ? I’m sure the media could dig up some if they wanted to
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:45pm@Untamable Kate
I agree with you completely; this lady needs some major examination to see if she is in her right mind and also, if found to be so, sent away for a long, long time.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 1:46pm@Untamable Kate
Instead of Alaska; send the woman to the depths found in Siberia and let the Russians handle her.
Report Post »Tex Expatriate
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 2:47pmI bet if you look into it you’ll find this woman is a regular Democrat voter.
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 3:17pmAnd you wonder how Obama got elected?
Report Post »The Noodle Fish
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 4:27pmClearly a product of the 80′s public school system. What a deadhead. That puppy could have died for God’s sake. This woman should be charged with animal cruelty
Report Post »The Noodle Fish
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 4:29pmHey now, Untameable-Kate! I’m from Alaska! How dare you insult my great state as a madhouse to put all of societies unmentionables! How dare you!
Report Post »What-A-Joke
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 5:27pmShe should be stuffed in a box not much larger than her for two or three days then banned from owning a pet. Hunters treat animals with more respect than that.
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