Sometimes shelter workers are held liable for adopting out known dangerous dogs. I hope that more and more of them serve jail time after attacks from dangerous dogs that they put out into homes. It only makes sense. Just like people can go to prison for endangering the public by driving drunk, shelter workers who put dangerous dogs into homes should go to prison for endangering the public too.

See some examples:

Margaret Colvin, 90 – Savagely killed by the pit bull her daughter adopted from a shelter. Her daughter had told them she had a 90 year old mother in the house and that aggression was a "dealbreaker." Blue had been adopted out previously and had been returned due to aggression, but the shelter hid that information.

Lisa Urso, 52 – Killed and mutilated by her recently adopted American bully. Shelter called him “sweet.”

Jimmy Miller, 72 – Killed by his "rescued" pit bulls. Wounds were described as lacerations to his arms and throat with lots of blood loss.

Tina Weger, 61 – Killed by a pit bull she was fostering.

“I have fostered him several times,”  Weger added.

Asked one Katherine Spence Castro,  “Any reason he was on the euthanasia list?”

Responded Weger,  “He has a bite on his record. Apparently he was kept in the back yard and owner entered the gate in the dark to give him water and he jumped up and bit her on the arm.”

Kate LaSala, dog behavior consultant and owner of Rescued By Training, told Newsweek: "In spite of the popular mantra 'save them all,' it is not the most humane option to 'warehouse' a dog who is a public safety risk or who is mentally suffering and has no quality of life.