Feb 08 2009
Kansas mayor shoots dogs and other animal cruelty of the week
Resurrecting Abraham Lincoln is all the rage these days. Let us not forget his love of animals - “I care not much for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.”
Animal cruelty news this past week:
McCune, Kansas - McCune Mayor Donald Call was charged with two felony counts of animal cruelty after fatally shooting two dogs in the head. Call drove to the house of Duane Wahl and shot the dogs from the window of his van as they lay on the sidewalk. He said a neighbor of Wahl had told him the dogs were chaseing nearby children.
Los Angeles, California - The LAPD have become a national model for enforcement of animal cruelty laws, devoting 5 officers and detectives to a task force devoted to investigating animal abuse and neglect. LAPD Det. Susan Brumagin said, “None of the people we arrest think they could go to prison for hurting a dog or a cat. They don’t show remorse. . . . They’re more shocked and surprised.” One such case was Gene Speer who was found walking around with a dead terrier in his backpack. It belonged to his roommate and he beat it to death with a shoe after it deficated on the carpet.
Snohomish County, Washington - Jason and Serenna Larsen were charged with six counts each of animal cruelty for their part in running a puppy mill operation. Officials seized 155 dogs from their property, most were covered in feces, diseased, starving and dehydrated.
Little Rock, Arkansas - Gov. Mike Beebe signed a bill making animal cruelty (against dogs, cats and horses - a.k.a. cute animals) a felony. First time offenders face a $10,ooo fine and up to 6 years in jail. Arkansas is the 46th state to make cruelty to animals a felony.
Apparently someone did remember - Lincoln’s Love of Animals
