Man Saves Puppy Because Kids are the Worst (Sometimes)

Jun 9th 2009

It's times like these when we're thrilled to have a dog instead of a kid.

Not that there's anything inherently wrong with kids (no, seriously, kids are awesome!), but could you imagine a group of puppies getting together, preparing to light a child on fire before killing him? Probably not, considering puppies don't have that kind of strength, but even still...

When Derek Blackmon of Maple Shade, New Jersey spotted a group of boys wielding baseball bats and a can of lighter fluid over a puppy caught in a net, he immediately stepped and grabbed eight week old Brody, a golden retriever-labrador mix. Blackmon's landlord wouldn't allow him to keep the pup, but Brody is now up for adoption at the Animal Sanctuary Society of Mt. Laurel.