animal cruelty petition

[Guinea_Gal]

Please read this email that was sent to me by a woman who runs a gp rescue. Please sign it and then email it to as many people as you know.


Grace




> > Hi Everyone,
> > I can only hope this email may do something. I am a woman who loves animals and I find this
> > story very disturbing. Please sign your name at the bottom and forward to anyone that you
> > can. Maybe we can make a difference in Animal cruelty and I hope these boys are made an
> > example. PS – don’t forget to give your dog a hug when you
> > make it home tonight!
> >
> > Thursday, October 12, 2006
> > A trail of blood led police to two suspects who allegedly beat a family dog and dragged the
> > animal behind a vehicle in Didsbury. The dog's injuries were so severe, a veterinarian
> > called to the scene had to euthanize the animal on the spot. "This was definitely, in my 10
> > years of policing, the most horrendous act I've seen against an animal," said Cpl. Kevin
> > Fischer of the RCMP in Didsbury, 90 kilometers north of Calgary. A couple found the female
> > collie-Lab cross lying in the street near Ross Ford Elementary School in the northwest
> > corner of town early Sunday. Their frantic phone call woke Dr. Andy Mencarelli, a
> > veterinarian at the Krebs clinic in Didsbury, who went to the scene. The dog's legs were
> > bound together with
> > duct tape and there was a tow rope around its neck. Its head was wrapped in a bag. "There
> > was blood everywhere," said Mencarelli. The dog was able to lift its head, but in too much
> > shock to make any sound, he said. When Mencarelli lifted the dog to the back of his truck to
> > euthanize it, the true extent of the animal's injuries became apparent. "This dog was just
> > broken," he said, adding its neck, pelvis, back and skull were fractured. Investigators
> > believe the six- or seven-year-old dog endured a beating prior to being tied up and hitched
> > to a vehicle. "Indications are the dog was dragged behind a vehicle," Fischer said. The dog
> > had no tags, tattoos or obvious identification, but police officers followed a trail of
> > blood to a local
> > home. Police have laid charges against two teenagers, but Fischer said Wednesday they are no
> > closer to learning a motive
> > for the crime. "There is nothing, at this point," he said. Daniel Charles Haskett, 19, of
> > Didsbury has been charged under the
> > Criminal Code with injuring/endangering an animal and causing unnecessary suffering to an
> > animal. He is also charged
> > with obstructing police. A 17-year-old male, whose identity is protected by the Youth
> > Criminal Justice Act, is charged with
> > injuring/endangering an animal and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. For adult
> > offenders, each of the animal cruelty
> > charges has a maximum penalty of a $2,000 fine or six months in jail -- or both. The case is
> > also being investigated by the Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A
> > conviction under the province's Animal Protection Act can carry
> > a maximum penalty of a $20,000 fine and a lifetime ban from owning animals, but an official
> > said no further charges are being
> > contemplated. "We have been notified of it and are having some follow up involvement," said
> > Morris Airey, the Alberta
> > SPCA's director of enforcement. The two suspects are scheduled to appear in Didsbury
> > provincial court on Nov. 6 I would like to start a petition to show politicians' and mayor
> > etc.. in Calgary ,that others have heard this story and would like to see something done to
> > these two offenders, more than just a fine or 6 months in jail. The two boys should be made
> > an example
> > of, that cruelty to animals will not be tolerated. Lets speak for those who can't speak for
> > themselves, and lets speak for this poor dog who was absolutely defenseless. When this
> > reaches 500 signatures please send to:hollytheprincess@hotmail.com
> >
> > 1) Holly Bergerman, Delta ,BC,Canada
> > 2)Chris McDonald, Surrey, B.C.
> > 3)Laura Doolan, Surrey BC
> > 4) Naomi McKay, Delta BC
> > 5) Sylvia Bandoian, Nanoose Bay, B.C.
> > 6) Tracey Dodd, Coquitlam, BC
> > 7) Bruce Barton, Vancouver, BC
> > 8) Dale Young, Vancouver BC
> > 9) Susan Gallant Calgary AB
> > 10) Robyn Lang Calgary AB
> > 11) Stephanie Hirthe Calgary AB
> > 12) Chris Bohning, Calgary AB
> > 13) Amanda Grieve, Calgary, AB- drag these guys behind a car-fair's fair
> > 14) Amber Chapman. Calgary, AB
> > 15) Marisol Guerra, Calgary, AB
> > 16) Jackie Thorne, Calgary, AB
> > 17) Leisa Reinwald, Calgary, AB
> > 18) Shannon Fioretti, Calgary, AB
> > 19) Mike Fioretti, Calgary, AB
> > 20) Joseph Field, Calgary, AB
> > 21) Tina Brenner, Calgary AB
> > > 22) Kenda Blackmer, Calgary AB
> > > 23) Jaime Sawatzky, Calgary, AB
> > > 24) Laurie Hallman, Calgary, AB
> > > 25) Lisa Burnette, Calgary, AB
> > > 26) Charlotte Burke, Calgary, AB
> > > 27) Chris Burke , Calgary, AB
> > > 28) Vanessa Lamontagne
> > > 29) Breanne Skalozub
> > > 30) Stephen Skalozub
> > > 31) Flo Lamontagne
> > > 32) Todd Lamoureux
> > > 33) Melissa Dokkie, Airdrie, AB
> > > 34) Lisa Egginton, Irricana, AB (But moving to
> > > Didsbury)
> > > 35) Janette Egginton, Airdrie, AB
> > > 36) Jenell Girltiz, Airdrie, AB
> > > 37) Daryn Fyfe, Calgary, AB
> > > 38) Greg Morash, Irricana, AB
> > > 39) Korin Egginton, Airdrie, AB
> > > 40) Brian Lemay, Airdrie, AB
> > > 41) Tricia May, Airdrie, AB
> > > 42) Sam May, Airdrie, AB
> > > 43) Kristin Bond, Tokyo Japan
> > > 44) Nicolle Vaupotic, Vancouver BC
> > > 45) Cindy Kernovich, Mission, B.C.
> > > 46) S. Adams
> > 47) Rosemary DiStefano, Philadelphia, PA
> > 48) Linda Burns, Croydon, PA
> > 49) Jennifer Sorrentino, Rockville, MD
>
> 50) Marci Scaccetti Florence, NJ
51) Grace Spring Wallingford, PA
52)Soren Spring Wallingford, PA
53) Lori Spring Wallingford, PA

[piggy-lover]

Oh my god. That made me cry, that's so horrible. I think those teenagers should get alot more than just some fines and 6 months is jail! They killed something, a living thing. And I don't think it's right that it's not okay to kill a person, but if someone kills (and tortures) an animal like they did their punishment isn't that severe. Ughh. It just sickens me.
54.) Amber Hutcheson, Pennsylvania

[wolfie]

This wasn't just senseless and inhumane. It was cruel, vicious and evil. I know these boys will never get what I think they deserve in this world. I hope they receive the heftiest punishment available by law and at the very least get a life-time ban on owning animals.

55. Brenda Abbott, Great Falls, Virginia

[piggly wiggly]

How horrible. Canada's laws are not nearly strict enough.

56. Miranda Sephton, Toronto Ontario, Canada
57. Robert Sephton, Toronto, Ontario

[fashion victim]

Oh God. Only 6 months?! That's practically nothing! It's so unfair that they get so little punishment. A life is a life. I mean, it's not like he did it for food or protection, that seems like it was plain abuse. How wrong. People are so sick. He should also get after the jail sentence some months shut away on a mental asylum so he can get therapy. But honestly I think people like that deserve death penalty or at least a lifetime jail sentence.

58. Claudette Cruz, San Juan, Puerto Rico

[chinnymom]

I feel like throwing up now. I can't even imagine what that poor dog must have been through. Our society as a whole sickens me...that there are people that will do this to animals and that we do not punish them severe enough.

59.) Missy Aldrich - Lexington, South Carolina

[Fay]

Horrible!

60.) Annemarie Nieto, Zoetermeer, Netherlands.