[ SHOWGSD-L ] DOES A CONVICTED ANIMAL ABUSER LIVE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?
- From: Barbara Galasso <uwish@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: 'Showgsd-l' <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 12:59:06 -0400
I received this letter from someone on another list and have her
permission to forward it. Barbara
Barbara:
>
> Wonderful article about a little known subject. I am a prosecutor and
> have been laughed at by peers and law enforcement because of my hard
> nose stance on animal abuse. These crimes are hard to prosecute and
> usually they are not investigated properly making it even more
> difficult to get a plea or take them to trial with a colorable chance
> of winning. There definitely is a connection between animal abuse and
> Domestic Violence which is my huge pet peeve. I attended a seminar
> once and listened to an ADA describe how she went to the home of a
> family torn apart by Domestic Violence. One of the children asked her
> if she wanted to see their cemetery. She followed the child in to the
> back yard and saw all these little graves. He began to tell her about
> his pets and how his Dad would torture them or kill them in front of
> the family to reinforce to them that he was in control and they
> couldn't get away from him. He described how the last dog they had, a
> Dachsund, had its back broken, just snapped in to with his bare hands
> and was then thrown across the room in to a wall and of course died.
>
> In order for animal abuse to be taken seriously and for the public to
> really be aware that people who abuse animals do move on to other more
> violent crimes against people, there has to be people at the law
> enforcement and prosecutorial level who really care and understand
> this devastating phenomenon and actually understand the tie between
> the two. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening and until it does
> violence against animals, children, women, everyone will continue to
> escalate as time goes on.
>
> Michelle
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