Our HS director said the success was due, almost, entirely to the DA's office. She said that in many places, people can make a complaint and nothing will be done about it. Our county got lucky. All of the counties that have dogfighting have far more people against dogfighting than for it but they do not make this an issue. You never hear the subject brought up in elections. The Humane Society contacted our DA office and they set up a sting operation and there were a lot of arrests. The HS has tried with other counties but no one was motivated. However, it doesn't take much to get them motivated at election time."MacKenzie, Kerry N." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dogfighters are afraid of our county.
Faye, which county is this? Kerry
-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lewis FayeSent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 10:47 AMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: RE: ot-dogfighting legislation
Hi everyone. I am appy20, Faye Lewis from the board before. I have had email problems and subscription problems, time problemsand was unable to post.
I did want to encourage all of you to fight dogfighting from a different angle. In your next election, find out WHO is running for district attorney in your local area.It doesn't hurt to identify all of the electible judges either. Don't omit sheriffs either and police chiefs. Put this issue on their agenda right from the beginning. All the national and state legislation won'tmean a hill of beans unless it is enforced, prosecuted and abjudicated. I live in a section of the state that has a serious dogfighting problem. Our county, however, does not. Why? Because we elected a DA who was very aggressive and worked closely with the Humane Society to rid us of the problem. People actually did jail time here. Dozens of people got prosecuted to the max. Our sheriff departmentis mandated to respond to the problem and to reported dog thefts. It worked. Dogfighters are afraid of! our
county. Our Humane Society Director said that dogs are not being stolen in our county for fear of drawing attention to themselves either.Not one dog has been stolen in our county in years (except for the rare domestic dispute type cases).If you have true legal recourse, the word gets around and things improve. She said the problem lies in the complacent counties that do not prosecute.
During your next election, talk to the candidates. Organize your dog clubs, cat clubs, Humane Society, pet lovers, your neighbors, coworkersand have them ALL approach the candidates. Make it known that you think the problem a priority. This really does work. In fact, it is rather scary at how easy the solution truly is. We are now one of the safest counties in the state when it comes to dogfighting.
For those of you who don't think this is a cat issue, please rethink. Some of these sickos use cats as bait animals.
"MacKenzie, Kerry N." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, it's like a knife in the gut every time you hear about it. I will definitely look at this later. Thanks Tonya. Kerry
-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of catatonyaSent: Monday, April 04, 2005 9:30 PMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: ot-dogfighting legislation
I don't want to start another PETA battle. But if you're disturbed by dogfighting and cockfighting here is some info. for you.
I have a sample letter I wrote at the bottom of the email if you want to modify and use it. The House Bill and the Senate Bill have different numbers, so be sure to put the correct numbers in your correspondence.
You can find your senators' and congressman's email very easily by doing a google search.
example "us senators email addresses"
tPETA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: "PETA" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Help Federal Officials Tackle Animal Fighters!Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:14:28 -0500Help Federal Officials Tackle Animal Fighters!
Dear Friend,
Our nation and its animals need your voice today! As you may know, the sadistic blood sports of dogfighting and cockfighting continue in many states. Federal officials have shied away from investigating and prosecuting some of these crimes, citing the weak statute and penalties applicable to such offenses. A vital piece of legislation that will help address this issuethe Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Actwas introduced in the House and the Senate on February 15 and is being reviewed by committees.
If they are passed by the Congress, S.382 and H.R.817 will strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting. The transport of animals for fightingcurrently a federal misdemeanor punishable by one year in jailwould become a felony, with offenders facing two years in prison. The legislation would also criminalize the interstate shipment of cockfighting paraphernalia, including the razor-sharp gaffs typically attached to roosters legs before fights.
Please contact your senators and
