Thanks Bill, That article was a lot better than the ones I'd read. I see at the end where it said he resigned his pastorship. I don't imagine he'll ever pastor anywhere again.
Chris --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 2/26/2006 12:15:06 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Do you have a link where it states his occupation? I haven't seen > this in any of the links I've read. > > Thanks > > Chris > > > > ========================================================== > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes: > > Chris, I saw it via the HBO documentary. > > It shows the Church itself, several times during this heart wrenching > documentary > _http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/dealingdogs/index.html_ > (http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/dealingdogs/index.html) > > schedule for this HBO documentary: > _http://www.hbo.com/apps/schedule/ScheduleServlet?ACTION_DETAIL=DETAIL&FOCUS_I > D=600670_ > (http://www.hbo.com/apps/schedule/ScheduleServlet?ACTION_DETAIL=DETAIL&FOCUS_ID=600670) > > > okay I found it! The info that C.C. Baird was a Church of Christ minister, > hummm, I wonder what Church leaders have done to him? > So, if you go to _http://www.Google.com_ (http://www.Google.com) , then > enter news, you can get a lot of info on this fella! > > Bill, San Francisco CA > > Here's one: > _http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-lspets4634473feb20,0,1457986.column > ?coll=ny-rightrail-columnist_ > (http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-lspets4634473feb20,0,1457986.column?coll=ny-rightrail-columnist) > > (http://www.newsday.com/) > ANIMAL HOUSE > The antithesis of 'a good home' > Denise Flaim > Animal House > > (http://adserver.trb.com/event.ng/Type=click&FlightID=520069&AdID=198712&Custom=ihpromosne > wsday&TargetID=785&Segments=72,85,165,249,673,692,755,1123,1345,1545,1600,2167,2254,3379,3763,3907,4294,4296,4538,6207,52005,52529,52641,54254, > 54255,54453,54522,54523,55007,55311,55441,55451,55497,55631,55792,55868,55873, > 55883,55884,55899,55940,56384&Targets=54732,196,785,50790,58299,58264,50958,52 > 971,2812,58732,7872,58722,57931,58826,58879,56000,6458,8287,58807,56069,54191, > 58511,58652,57560,57975,58157,58178,58269,58469,58844,58961&Values=31,43,51,60 > ,72,80,91,101,110,131,150,289,301,328,333,347,388,395,591,835,903,1016,1051,10 > 65,1093,1112,1136,1191,1212,1260,1263,1282,1646,1653,1654,1656,1664,1681,1733, > 1737,1745,1754,1758,1786,1787,1788,1835,1836,1839,1863,1870,1871,1872,1882,188 > 7,1888,1890,1892,1941,1946,1949,1956,1977,1987,2011,2035,2036,2044,2061,2106,2 > 161,2191,2274,2284,2297,2353,2366,2377,2380,2384,2482,2548,2759,2765,2782,2804 > ,2805,2837,2848,2861,2863,2915,2938,2948,2972,2975,3023,3024,3051,3058,3061,30 > 62,3067,3070,3086,3103,3113,3117,3153,3215,3238,3242,3286,3288,3333&RawValues= > USERAGENTID,Mozilla/4.0%20(compatible%3B%20MSIE%206.0%3B%20AOL%209.0%3B%20Wind > ows%20NT%205.1%3B%20sbcydsl%203.12%3B%20yie6%3B%20SV1),TID,37sgt4412047d1&Redi > rect=http://www.newsday.com/extras/island/weddings/) > (http://adserver.trb.com/event.ng/Type=click&FlightID=520069&AdID=198712&Custom=ihpromosnewsday&Target > ID=785&Segments=72,85,165,249,673,692,755,1123,1345,1545,1600,2167,2254,3379,3 > 763,3907,4294,4296,4538,6207,52005,52529,52641,54254,54255,54453,54522,54523,5 > 5007,55311,55441,55451,55497,55631,55792,55868,55873,55883,55884,55899,55940,5 > 6384&Targets=54732,196,785,50790,58299,58264,50958,52971,2812,58732,7872,58722 > ,57931,58826,58879,56000,6458,8287,58807,56069,54191,58511,58652,57560,57975,5 > 8157,58178,58269,58469,58844,58961&Values=31,43,51,60,72,80,91,101,110,131,150 > ,289,301,328,333,347,388,395,591,835,903,1016,1051,1065,1093,1112,1136,1191,12 > 12,1260,1263,1282,1646,1653,1654,1656,1664,1681,1733,1737,1745,1754,1758,1786, > 1787,1788,1835,1836,1839,1863,1870,1871,1872,1882,1887,1888,1890,1892,1941,194 > 6,1949,1956,1977,1987,2011,2035,2036,2044,2061,2106,2161,2191,2274,2284,2297,2 > 353,2366,2377,2380,2384,2482,2548,2759,2765,2782,2804,2805,2837,2848,2861,2863 > ,2915,2938,2948,2972,2975,3023,3024,3051,3058,3061,3062,3067,3070,3086,3103,31 > 13,3117,3153,3215,3238,3242,3286,3288,3333&RawValues=USERAGENTID,Mozilla/4.0%2 > 0(compatible%3B%20MSIE%206.0%3B%20AOL%209.0%3B%20Windows%20NT%205.1%3B%20sbcyd > sl%203.12%3B%20yie6%3B%20SV1),TID,37sgt4412047d1&Redirect=http://www.newsday.c > om/extras/island/weddings/) > February 20, 2006 > > You will never leave your dog alone in the yard again. > > The HBO documentary "Dealing Dogs," which debuts tomorrow at 10 p.m., puts > an undercover camera lens on a sleazy world where beloved household companions > can be snatched up to be experimented on in cold steel cages, and dogs are > shot in the head as casually as you order a "half-caff mocha macchiato." > > Its lead character is C.C. Baird, a good ole boy from Williford, Ark. A > pastor at the Church of Christ, Baird tended to a different flock most days: a > compound of up to 600 dogs called Martin Creek Kennel. Licensed as a Class B > dealer by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which allowed him to buy and sell > animals, Baird supplied universities and laboratories with dogs for medical > research. > > Filmed surreptitiously by "Pete," a sunglass-wearing animal-rights activist > who worked at Martin Creek for more than six months, the footage documents > what he calls "a little bit of hell on earth": The kennels are cleaned with > high-pressure hoses, saturating the freezing, sometimes malnourished dogs and > sending excrement flying into food bowls and water dishes. Housed four to a > kennel, the cramped canines fight each other, sometimes to the death; the > stiffened corpses are tossed on the "ex-dog" pile, then covered with a board. > > In one scene, a worker refuses to tend to a dying beagle because he had been > late for an Easter egg hunt; by morning, the dog joins the growing pile. In > another vignette, a Martin Creek employee explains how heartworm-positive > dogs are shot and gutted so the valuable worms can be sold to researchers. > > Last Chance for Animals, the animal-rights group that undertook the > investigation, visits the trench-lined field where the dogs are butchered. (Actually, > they trespass, not out of character for actor-founder Chris DeRose, who has > done jail time for entering animal-research labs without permission.) A knife > lies atop a blood-stained table, the surrounding grass littered with > internal organs. In the nearby trench, maggots writhe over heaps of dead German > shepherds and beagles and Labs. > > Through it all, a well-fed Baird swaggers, haggling at Mississippi flea > markets for dogs he buys for $15 and $20 each, then resells to biomedical > researchers for $250. Here we meet "bunchers," shadowy figures who obtain animals in > questionable ways Baird doesn't inquire about, though the Animal Welfare Act > requires Class B dealers to document the origins of animals they acquire. > > "We have quite a few ways of picking those pooches up," chuckles one > buncher, adding that rich residential neighborhoods are a favorite of some of his > colleagues. Responding to "free to a good home" ads in newspapers is another. > > If you manage to stomach "Pete's" video diary of blood and neglect and > general inhumanity, there is a karmic payoff: After the Arkansas attorney general > looked into the case - an investigation that took years - Baird and his wife > had their licenses revoked in 2005 and were fined $262,700 - the largest > civil penalty ever levied against a Class B dealer under the Animal Welfare Act. > Baird also surrendered 700 acres of property worth more than $1 million, > including his home and kennels. > > But offscreen, there are plenty more places where outrage deserves overnight > parking privileges. While Baird was, in the words of the scatalogically > prone "Pete," "the biggest, baddest, -- B dealer in America," he was hardly the > only one. The budget-battered USDA is hard-pressed to adequately inspect and > monitor all the nation's C.C. Bairds. "Pete" might again give up veganism in > an effort to look the part and infiltrate another Class B dealership, but he > wouldn't have to if federal oversight were anywhere near adequate. > > The buck shouldn't stop there, however. Class B dealers would not exist if > they were not meeting a demand. What of the universities and research > organizations that purchase these animals? Ethical arguments over animal > experimentation aside, shouldn't these corporate and educational institutions go so far > as to check and inspect the suppliers of their research animals? Don't they > have an ethical obligation to ensure that the dogs they are experimenting on, > and in some cases killing, are not someone's beloved companion? > > As for Baird, who has since resigned his pastorship, he is due to be > sentenced this winter on the criminal charge and faces up to 10 years in prison and > a $1.2 million fine. > " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! 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