A massive dog fighting ring.
My wonderful vet, Ol' Poke 'n Stick himself, whom you've met many a time on this blog, had the ugly job of assisting the Sherriff's office in the investigation.
Ol' Poke 'n Stick, with Lindy Loo's sissy, Simmer in October, 2006)
You can read it HERE.
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That is awful. But your article was good
ReplyDeleteWe are not hooked in yet to the local news and yesterday someone told me about this.
ReplyDeleteI cried.
I just can't abide cruelty.
You wrote a beautiful article.
I'm letting my cat spend extra time this morning licking my feet which I don't like but she seems to get great pleasure out of.
As a dog rescuer we see this all the time, but it doesn't stop the heart from breaking. A little part of the heart dies every time I see a situation like this. I'm going to spend extra time with my brood tonight, knowing that for some of them they would be in the same situation if it weren't for some rescue angels like the ones in Paducah. Thanks and blessings to those angels and never forget that you are making a difference to every dog you get off the street and into a home.
ReplyDeleteAwesome article Patience - sure hope the idiots involved are dealt with sufficiently. Only problem is often the laws just aren't tough enough.
ReplyDeleteJanet S
What a horrible story. To think they would dump all those poor dogs in the river ... what a travesty. How disgusting. We would like to introduce the perpetrators to some cement shoes ... and that same river.
ReplyDeleteIt is tragic that anyone can treat a living being with such cruelty. These individuals have likely faced their own hells, neglect and betrayals but there is no excuse.
ReplyDeleteThank you for reminding us to cherish our animals and to support responsible pet ownership in our communities!
I keep wondering what kind of lives the dogs who were shot had before their death sentence.
ReplyDeletePatience, what a heart-breaking story. What gets me is that this evil can be around us without our ever knowing it until something like this discovery happens.
Albert Camus said it best in The Plague (La Peste): Eternal vigilance!!
Jake and Just Harry get tons of cuddles and scritches and love every day (between their long hours of total boredom); I just ordered another ton for this evening.
Woofs dear lady,
Joan
Human cruelty seems to know no bounds.
ReplyDeleteThat is horrible!
ReplyDeleteHugs & Snugs
Eduardo the Snuggle Puggle
Patience and the Waggle...your story makes me very thankful for my warm and happy home. Even if muzzer is very cranky sometimes. But we love it when you say "hug your hounds." Cause she always does.
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gussie and teka
Good for you, your article was very impressive.
ReplyDeleteIt never ceases to amaze me how badly children and animals are treated. A nation of bullies.
Hard to even think about it...it's so awful. Animal Cruelty Laws need to be so much tougher than they are.
ReplyDeleteFor such a difficult subject to write about...you did a great job, Miss Patience.
I think we need to give a big shout of congrats to California for passing Prop 2...the law that protects farm animals. We need more of that kind of consciousness!
Hug a pig and a cow too!:)
To what depths have pride and greed taken people in our communities? It just breaks my heart.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your suggestions. I am hugging a friend's rescue hound, even as we speak. Looks like time to pull out the checkbook for an early Thanksgiving gift.... being thankful that we can help.
Stardusted
Oh sis look how small you are.
ReplyDeleteNearly
this is horrible. just horrible.
ReplyDeleterecently they've busted up two huge chicken-fighting rings here in the cities. why people get their jollies out of betting on poor frightened animals fighting to the death i just do not know.
i look at riley and boscoe and quiver inside. nobody had better ever try to harm a hair on their heads....
How horrible! I get so sad hearing about these things...Woofs, Johann
ReplyDeleteOh, thank you for sharing the story. I hope it helps them raise a lot of money for the care of those poor dogs.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I really think whoever coined the phrase "Humane" was being ironic. Sigh.
wally t.