Heartbreaking

The story on the post today about a man and his best friend broke my heart. He was forced to put his healthy dog to sleep because of constant harassment from the building and the tenants after new, strict regulations were implemented. The regulations didn't apply to tenants who already had dogs but Santino, a struggling actor, became the focus of harassment from tenants and the building management due to the fact that his dog, a gentle pit-bull mix was the only dog of its kind in the building. People declared open war on him and his dog by inventing stories and making complaints and all that pressure finally broke this kind, sensitive man who he was forced to put his best friend to sleep. Unable to live with himself after succumbing to the unthinkable, Santino committed suicide. People in the building have blood in their hands today. All these intolerant, mean spirited people who made up stories, who engaged into an open warfare with this poor, vulnerable man have to come to terms with the fact that they drove this man to suicide today. They have their building to themselves now, they can go on leading their selfish, insensitive lives. They were obviously too cruel, too callous to understand that to a lonely person, the dog becomes a lifeline, a family, a reason to get up in the morning. In a life, filled with heartache and disappointment, perhaps the only who ever loved him unconditionally was his beloved pet. May they both rest in peace.