I love these shows! My fav is Houston! The officers in Miami seem to be sorta .

I use to watch them all the time but then I kept getting repeats and Lost interest. Plus it always hurts my heart to see how some people can mis-treat their animals and think there is nothing wrong with it. Personally if it were my choice, I would enforce stricter punishments on some of the low lifes. Though I hope their karma comes back to haunt them.

I agree about the Miami one but I like the guy who catches the alligators, though that is all I like about it. I liked both NY and TX the most, the people are awesome.

Yeah, I saw that episode too. But from what I remember I thought the officer said to not destroy the dog because they figured out what the trigger was that made the dog keep going for him. It was some movement the officer did that the dog saw as a threat. I could have sworn that they let the dog live but it has been a long time since I saw it. Though I would certainly have to say that was probably one of the all time best episodes, just because the guy got bit twice. If they did destroy the dog I would kind of understand, I had a cat a few years ago that like to play rough, one night I was just petting him, I stopped and he rolled over and tore into my arm for no reason. He may have been trying to play with me but we couldn't keep him after that. My child was only a infant and my husband agreed with me that if the cat had done that to her one of us might have killed him (not for reals but we didn't want to see it happen). So we winded up giving him away to a couple with a bunny so we knew he would have something to play with. My point is that sometimes you can only do what you think is best for the animal and with the case of this particular dog, he might have been a danger to little childern so I am sure they didn't want to risk it. Sad as that is.

I also like to watch Animal Cops because of the rescues and giving the animals good homes, it is just with ones where you see animals starved or very hurt, makes me bawl like a baby, I feel so bad for them. Call me emotional but I just can't stand to see it. I have two cats now which I got from a community cat care program. My child pick one out for herself and the other one is mine. My daughter had to pick out the most sick, poor little bugger in there. Now he is a lazy fatso. But I believe in treating my pets like they are my babies (or I am their servant, however the other looks at it . I enjoy having them and proud to know that the two of them are happy and healthy. That is something I really respect with Animal Cops too because it is great to see these animals going to homes where they will be loved and happy.

I watch these too.Houston is my favorite.I like the officers and the extremes to go to save animals.They are so hands on.

I am a MAJOR animal lover so I enjoy this show. Have to agree with ya'll, though, that it is tough...really tough...to watch the abused & neglected animals they run across, but I keep reminded myself that thank God they DID find them and are going to heal these poor creatures and give them a much, much better life. So, in the end it brings me "happy tears".

I am sooooo grateful to people who give of themselves daily to help animals who cannot help themselves or even tell us what hurts or what they need. THE most innocent among us are first of all...children...and then...animals. God bless them all!!

Linda

This is to everybody on here:

If you see an animal being abused or neglected....DO SOMETHING about it....please.

I noticed a dog chained up to a House near where I live about a year ago. I had to pass by this person's House every day going to work and I just watched to see if this dog was getting any attention.

What I observed upset me terribly. One day it was pouring down rain when I came home from work and there was the dog out in this rain and storm. Also noticed his doghouse was way too small for him to get into. Never saw anyonoe play with him or feed him although he didn't look undernourished. But he was so lonely that he would get excited when anyone came near but ppl were afraid to touch him so what good was it for him??

I decided to get involved. I typed up a 2 page letter telling this family what I thought about all this. Told them they did not deserve a pet if they were not going to care for it properly and that their dog was being forced to live in Hell on earth out in the extreme elements and with no human contact. BTW, he looked to only be a year or so old with many long years of suffering ahead of him if this continued.

Would you believe within a week this dog was GONE!!! Hopefully, he was given to somebody who would be good to him ....as I suggested in my letter. Heck, even going to a shelter would have been better than the sorry life he was living and maybe somebody there adopted him. Anyway, every time I see that House I think about the dog I helped save from a horrible life.

I did not sign my name to the letter so I got to really sock it to these uncaring pet owners, but I did not use curse words, name calling, etc. I just socked it to 'em with the facts of how they were mistreating this poor dog. And it worked.

So, please, please, don't rely on somebody else to help a dog or cat you see being abused or mistreated. If you don't want to speak up or write a letter....CALL the SPCA and report the offenders and let them handle it for you....you CAN remain totally anonymous, you know. Just DO something. Be that animal's HERO. Linda

I understand what you are saying. In the past I volunteered for a shelter, and I have seen & heard of everything that could happen to pets. In some states, because of hunting laws its legal to shoot your own dog which upset me greatly the first time I heard a man say that when he did not to pay the amount of money to have his unadoptable dog put to sleep. Trust me at shelters they are not charging fees to make money, but to pay for the meds so we can help the animals that need it.

I think the show teaches people, but after working for a shelter I can never watch an episode for long after seeing the real thing in person.