While Murphy, beaten with a sledgehammer and left for dead in an Atlanta park, receives treatment at a local vet clinic, authorities have made rapid progress on his case:DeKalb police Wednesday charged a 48-year-old man with the sledgehammer beating of a dog in a county park. Joseph Waters was charged with a felony count of … Continue reading Justice for Murphy
UPDATED: Atlanta Authorities Seek Tips in Cruelty Case
A man walking his dogs in Murphy Candler Park in Atlanta, GA came across a dog that had been beaten with a hammer and left for dead:Robert Kennedy found Murphy while walking his own dogs in the park.He told Channel 2 Action News that the dog was wrapped in a blanket, but not far away … Continue reading UPDATED: Atlanta Authorities Seek Tips in Cruelty Case
Thoughts on the Houston Pitbull Killings
Harris County TX prosecutors are hoping to find more Pitbulls to kill. Cos 187 just ain't enough apparently. The plan:...[A]uthorities will band together in January to launch a Crime Stoppers campaign cracking down on dogfighting.The monthlong initiative — patterned after a similar effort in Chicago — will encourage callers to anonymously report illegal dogfighting to … Continue reading Thoughts on the Houston Pitbull Killings
187 "Rescued" Dogs Killed in Houston
I am deeply saddened and disappointed to learn that all 187 dogs saved from the Houston dogfighting ring have been killed by their "rescuers". BAD RAP tells it like it is:They did it. They went for the easy out: The most convenient, economical way to deal with an unwanted excess of abuse victims.Thank goodness they … Continue reading 187 "Rescued" Dogs Killed in Houston
Info on Seized Dogs in Houston Still Sketchy – UPDATED
What has happened to the 187 Pitbulls and mixes seized in the Houston dogfighting ring case? Does anyone know if the individual evaluations have begun? Or if the reporting that the courts are to decide the disposition of the dogs is accurate? If so, presumably the courts will need to review the temperament test results … Continue reading Info on Seized Dogs in Houston Still Sketchy – UPDATED
Ultimate Smackdown Cage Match: FDA vs. Yellow-Bellies
Never fear: the FDA SWAT team is on da job. That's right, just when you were worried that eggs, baby formula, and other milk products were contaminated with the same toxins which killed thousands of pets in 2007, the FDA swoops in to save us all from the menace of [insert JAWS theme here] PET … Continue reading Ultimate Smackdown Cage Match: FDA vs. Yellow-Bellies
Saving Fight Dogs – It’s Not Just for Celebrity Cases
Every Dog Deserves a Fair Evaluation. Does this include dogs seized in abuse and dogfighting cases? Most definitely because in those cases, it's the humans who are the criminals, not the dogs. And what do the humans get - a fair evaluation (trial by jury of their peers) to determine whether they should be rehabilitated … Continue reading Saving Fight Dogs – It’s Not Just for Celebrity Cases
Orijen Dry Cat Food Problems in Australia: Answers
Champion Pet Foods, makers of Orijen, have posted a pdf explaining why the Australian cats developed neurological problems and some had to be euthanized as a result. In a nutshell, Australia required Orijen cat food to be irradiated at a very high level which knocked out the food's Vitamin A and caused the fatty acids … Continue reading Orijen Dry Cat Food Problems in Australia: Answers
Oh Coaty, Your Breeder Must Be So Proud!
Orijen Dry Cat Food Linked to Illness/Death in Australia
A number of cats in Australia have become ill and some have died. Orijen brand cat food is apparently the only thing these cats have in common:A cat neurologist, Georgina Child, has put down five cats over the past week and treated or consulted with other vets about more than a dozen others suffering from … Continue reading Orijen Dry Cat Food Linked to Illness/Death in Australia
