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O/T: Service Dog Killed in Traffic Ends up at Rendering
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<P><BR><BR>Courtesy: assistance Dogs.<BR>Note: This may not be for the
skweemish.<BR><BR>Service dog killed in traffic ends up at San Jose rendering
plant<BR>By Linda Goldston<BR>Mercury News<BR>San Jose Mercury News<BR><BR>It
was bad enough for Richard Gambord to learn that his missing service dog was
killed a short time after he crashed his van and the dog ran off.<BR><BR>Then,
he learned that the Golden Retriever's battered body had already been diposed of
- mixed in with roadkill and grease at a San Jose
rendering<BR>plant.<BR><BR>"It's just so sickening," Gambord said. "They took
this esteemed and loved dog and hauled him away like he was roadkill. It makes
me sick."<BR><BR>A Caltrans worker took Quinn's remains to the San Jose Tallow
Company the same night he was killed - a violation of Caltrans policy, a
Caltrans<BR>spokeswoman said.<BR><BR>To Gambord of Los Gatos, and the college
student who spent more than a year training him, Quinn was treated with no more
respect than motorists show<BR>squashed squirrels.<BR><BR>Brigetta Smith, public
information officer for Caltrans confirmed that the dog was taken there even
though it violated the department's procedure. Road crews are supposed to take
the body of a dog or cat to an animal shelter so it can be scanned for an ID
chip - and the owner can be notified, she said.<BR><BR>In this case, Gambord and
others searched for a week for the dog that was wearing a collar and a purple
cape with the logo for Assistance Dog<BR>Institute.<BR><BR>Based in Santa Rosa,
the institute places nine to 15 assistance dogs each year and there is always a
waiting list. Quinn was placed with Gambord, who<BR>has multiple scelorsis,
three weeks ago, and already had helped him to take a few steps without fear of
falling.<BR><BR>"We certainly didn't want it to end this way," said Jorjan
Powers, community and public relations director for the Institute. "It's just an
unhappy<BR>ending no matter how you look at it."<BR><BR>Smith said Caltrans is
reviewing its procedures "to make sure this doesn't happen again."<BR><BR>A
California Highway Patrol officer who removed the dog's body from the roadway
told Caltrans the dog was wearing a collar and its purple uniform. The Caltrans
worker who picked up Quinn, however, said he did not see the cape or the
collar.<BR><BR>"I've asked our guys to review the agreement we have with the
rendering plant to make sure they won't accept domestic animals from us," Smith
said. "There should be safeguards on both ends."<BR><BR>Gambord and Quinn were
returning home from an outing on Aug. 12 when Gambord said he heard his dog
choking in the back of the van. The next thing he knew he had crashed into some
bushes on the Interstate 280/880 freeway interchage in San Jose. The van's door
flew open and Quinn bolted out about 1 a.m. Authorities think the dog was hit by
a car about an hour later.<BR><BR>"He kept getting hit so the CHP ran a traffic
break so Caltrans could pick him up," Smith said. "We picked him up about 2 a.m.
right at northbound 280<BR>to northbound 880."<BR><BR>Smith said Caltrans used
to take all dead animals it removed from roadways in the South Bay to the
rendering plant, but it changed its procedure two<BR>years ago to take only wild
animals.<BR><BR>Caltrans used to have a contract with the humane society that
allowed them to drop off the dead bodies of cats or dogs that had been killed on
a<BR>freeway or expressway but "Caltrans chose not to renew it," said Chris
Benninger, executive director of Humane Society Silicon Valley."<BR><BR>Peggy
Leyba of San Jose Tallow Company said the manager could not be reached Monday.
Commonly, the dead animals taken to tallow plants are boiled down to oil that
goes into a range of products, including fertilizer, soap and stock
feed.<BR><BR>"They do accept dead dogs," Leyba said but she had no information
about the products produced.<BR><BR>Powers said the staff of the institute plans
to hold a memorial for Quinn, and meet to discuss what happened. "We plan to
meet and see if there isn't<BR>some good that can come out of this
tragedy."<BR><BR>Contact Linda Goldston at <BR><A
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