This is cruelty, although the article says that he did this in 1983, it might not have been.

In my opinion it was a VERY wrong decision, and it just goes to show you how bad he is at common sense and critical thinking. Can you imagine what would have happened it that cage flew off the roof or if they had been in an accident. I love animals and this is just a deplorable act for a deplorable person.

It says in the article that it's illegal to transport an animal in a way that endangers it. So he got away with it...Poor dog. Do you sir think that a dog would not find that kind of ride terrifying?

One day I was driving on the highway in a southern plains state and came upon very slow traffic of about 5 mph. As I approached the scene of the accident...it looked much like a fender bender. No big deal.

Upon glancing to either side of the road I noticed two dogs. They were in sheer agony and near death with obvious broken bones.. The driver had his dogs in the bed of his truck. That sick feeling set quickly into my stomach and wished I had never seen the aftermath of that accident.

Anger also set in. What a stupid *** for driving on a major freeway with his pets in the bed of a truck. Unbelievable. I hate that I have this memory.

Mitt messed up big time.

Originally posted by dreamingawake
*Those wondering why it is unsafe:
Kids enjoy, as had been mentioned above about dogs, love to ride in the wind, ride in the back of pickup trucks too. Does a want to ride fast in the wind make it safe for them to ride there? No, of course not!!! It's also illegal in places.

A cage attached to a roof of a car, the roof is in the direct air stream, vs a cage tied down into the back of a pickup truck.
-The cage can become dis-attached from the roof of the vehicle,
-Cage door can open/parts become unhinged, causing the animal to fall out of the container to the road...
either/or resulting in extreme trauma or death
-Can cause the dog extreme anxiety...drooling, tachycardia...wind related and temperate related issues-heat exhaustion...frost bite depending on temp.

I'm just not seeing this...You're making an awful lot of assumptions. How do you have any idea how well he attached the cage? Heavy chains through open windows of the car would be far more than enough to keep the cage on tight and secure......same with the door becoming unhinged, or open...a really heavy duty lock would keep that from happening,...and assuming he didn't use an incredibly shoddily made cage, there's no reason to expect the door becoming 'unhinged'....The cage I've got for my dogs is about as secure as the one on my house!

Finally.....extreme anxiety, drooling, tachycardia....wind and temperature related injury? Seriously? The dogs riding on top of a automobile, not a rocket car. Moving dogs can be traumatic for them, sure....but I'd venture a bet that a dog riding in the cargo hold of a jumbo jet goes through a heck of a lot more 'trauma' than one riding on a car! .....I just don't see any unnecessary cruelty here....Sure Romney might have done this in an unsafe way...For all I know he stuck the dog in an apple crate and attached it to the roof using silly putty. I mean, that's certainly possible....but there is no reason to simply EXPECT that he did it like that. With no real evidence that he did this in an inappropriate way, I don't see any reason to conclude that he did not indeed take every precaution, and safety measure possible.

Originally posted by brilab45

Anger also set in. What a stupid *** for driving on a major freeway with his pets in the bed of a truck. Unbelievable. I hate that I have this memory.

I saw pretty much the same thing - years ago

the accident was nothing - but the dogs flew out over the truck, over the median and into oncoming traffic - none survived

I know people never mean for this to happen - they just don't think

but it does happen - I wish people would protect their animals

yes - they love riding in the back - and it is fun for everybody - but it only takes a second and they're gone