I got this from another group I'm in . . . it is exactly the way I feel about pedophiles working with kids!
The black pit bull puppy was bruised and beaten, with leg wounds and bloody pads on all four feet from being dragged by a leash. It was dangled off the ground by its collar and, neighborhood kids said, kicked so hard it went airborne. The dog's owner, Travis David Leake, 23, of Austin, Minn., pleaded guilty to a gross misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty and was sentenced to probation and community service, including 100 hours of working at an animal shelter. But the Mower County Humane Society, which runs the area's animal shelter, didn't want Leake around. "We are not trained to rehabilitate somebody like that," said Jane Roden, the society's president, adding that even though the society is short on volunteers, "we really would not be comfortable leaving him on his own in an area to work with the animals." A presentence investigation called for 100 hours of community service for Leake, and Mower County District Judge Donald Rysavy added 100 hours of working with animals. Citing other animal abuse cases in Mower County, prosecutor Jeremy Clinefelter, an assistant county attorney, said that such community service would seem sensible "to have these people get a little better understanding of how to handle animals." A county corrections official will find "some other productive endeavor" for Leake, he said. full story: http://www.startribune.com/462/story/988230.html Wilmary Nazario "Even the tiniest Poodle or Chihuahua is still a wolf at heart" www.360.yahoo.com/wilmarynazario69 http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ There is an Indian legend which says when a human dies there is a bridge they must cross to enter into heaven. At the head of that bridge waits every animal that human encountered during their lifetime. The animals, based upon what they know of this person, decide which humans may cross the bridge.... and which are turned away. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html
