a busy day!
Yesterday morning the St. Bernard parish officers were arraigned. These "manly men" with weapons who shot dogs were too cowardly to even show up. Letters from every state and around the world accompanied animal activists to the courthouse, where we were present. But the former officers are feeling the heat, and we feel certain jail time is coming!
Why is this so upsetting, when sadly, animals are shot every day? Well, for a couple of reasons. First of all, these were POLICE OFFICERS. The shootings occurred after the people were evacuated, and the police should have been HELPING save the animals, not causing their needless and painful death. There were no 911 calls occupying their time. These worthless bastards are claiming we "don't understand" the situation that was going on. That "these were vicious dogs". BULLSHIT!!! Not only is the videotape clear, THOUSANDS of animal lovers left their families and jobs to rescue animals as soon as the storm hit, and for months after that--myself included. We know exactly what the situation was. I never heard about 1 person getting injured by a loose dog. These were people's pets roaming the streets, not rabid vicious pit bulls.
Speak up and be heard! Write a letter to the judge presiding over the case, and email it to us. We'll make sure your voice counts!
Nuzzling my face, with his snotty nose and runny eyes, is Sweet Sess. Despite how icky he feels he is still the most loving kitten I've ever seen. Sess is a product of the New Orleans disaster, and the reason we work so hard to spay/neuter and pull animals off the streets. One of our volunteers is there to continue the work and hopefully bring back more babies. And I told him specifically to look where I found Cuddles. Because if Cuddles has 10 brothers and sisters even half as aweesome as he.........well!! We'd just have to make room for them, wouldn't we??!!!!
Why is this so upsetting, when sadly, animals are shot every day? Well, for a couple of reasons. First of all, these were POLICE OFFICERS. The shootings occurred after the people were evacuated, and the police should have been HELPING save the animals, not causing their needless and painful death. There were no 911 calls occupying their time. These worthless bastards are claiming we "don't understand" the situation that was going on. That "these were vicious dogs". BULLSHIT!!! Not only is the videotape clear, THOUSANDS of animal lovers left their families and jobs to rescue animals as soon as the storm hit, and for months after that--myself included. We know exactly what the situation was. I never heard about 1 person getting injured by a loose dog. These were people's pets roaming the streets, not rabid vicious pit bulls.
Speak up and be heard! Write a letter to the judge presiding over the case, and email it to us. We'll make sure your voice counts!
Nuzzling my face, with his snotty nose and runny eyes, is Sweet Sess. Despite how icky he feels he is still the most loving kitten I've ever seen. Sess is a product of the New Orleans disaster, and the reason we work so hard to spay/neuter and pull animals off the streets. One of our volunteers is there to continue the work and hopefully bring back more babies. And I told him specifically to look where I found Cuddles. Because if Cuddles has 10 brothers and sisters even half as aweesome as he.........well!! We'd just have to make room for them, wouldn't we??!!!!
posted by Amy at
6:02 AM
