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| I'm asked everyday why I rescue , what everyone commonly calls "
PIT BULLS ", For the longest time I thought I needed to have the
perfect answer ready and on hand to whip out on everyone , One
that couldn't or wouldn't be argued, But truthfully, I no longer
feel the need to try to come up with a sugar coated answer to
please everyone's opinion, I honestly have to answer the "
Why Rescue Pit bulldog" question with " because I love the
breed, the history, the dog itself." I do not and never have
agreed with the pitting of one dog against another to fight. I
do however realize that you have to understand its past to even
begin to understand its future and its present, I have very
personal close reasons for why I rescue the bulldogs 2 of which
are sitting at my foot as I type this, The only reason that I
can come up with that maybe everyone looking from the outside in
could really accept would be ....If you have ever looked at the
cruel and in humane manor that the dogs have suffered, If you have
ever been able to not turn your head when you see an animals
face torn up, tattered, and bloody, on the edge of death , If you
have ever said, SOMEONE HAS TO HELP THAT POOR ANIMAL, well I am
one of those someone's. I don't expect any recognition or praise,
just a prayer , for the dogs. and that , in a nutshell is why
I
do what I do. |
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Pretty, Rescued in 2004 from Illinois |
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(Part 1)
Someone Cropped Dogs' Ears With
Office Scissors Police Searching For Answers
INDIANAPOLIS, 11:23 p.m. EST May 14, 2001-- Animal control seized
two dogs and the owners are charged with neglect after their dogs'
ears were clipped with office scissors. The pups' ears are gone.
They are recovering at the Johnson County animal shelter. "It just
made me sick to my stomach to know the pain they went through,"
Julie Hively of the Johnson County Animal Shelter said. Someone cut
the pups' ears off with a pair of scissors as the owners and some
neighbors watched. "When I came in the dogs' mouths were taped, the
legs were taped together so they couldn't move and he used a pair of
office scissors to cut off the dogs' ears. When I seen it, I didn't
think it was right," neighbor Keith Woodall said. The person who
clipped the dogs' ears claimed to be licensed. The man even gave the
owners a business card. They paid him $75. The owners said that they
had their ears cropped for appearance only. "We like the way it
looks. It makes their heads look bigger. Somebody said something
about fighting dogs. We never fight our dogs, not one time ever,"
owner Shawn Stratton said. Police are asking questions and trying to
figure out who performed the job. "They’ll heal, it's just what they
had to go through," Hively said. The owners accused a man who works
at a kennel, but the man said that he did not crop the dogs' ears,
but didn't offer more comments. Whoever is responsible will face
charges of animal cruelty and could get up to a year in jail. |
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(Part 2)
Home Crop - April 09, 2002
FRANKLIN, Ind. -- A dog breeder convicted of using office scissors
to cut off the ears of two pit bull puppies was sentenced to one
year in jail. In a bench trial, Johnson County Magistrate Court
Judge Richard Tandy convicted Fabian Elisea on Monday of cruelty to
animals and practicing veterinary medicine without a license. Tandy
then sentenced the 23-year-old Indianapolis man to the maximum term
for the Class A misdemeanors, with no suspended time or probation.
"While it's on my watch, I'm not going to permit this to happen --
even if you think it's common practice within the county or within
the dog-breeding and training arena," Tandy told Elisea. Elisea
testified that he crops his own dogs' ears in his pit bull breeding
operation. When William and Shawn Stratton of Franklin offered to
sell him two puppies from a nine-week-old litter, Elisea offered to
crop the dogs' ears. Witnesses testified that Elisea taped the
puppies' mouths shut and legs together, and cut off the ears with
office scissors. Shawn Stratton testified that her house "reeked of
blood" after the procedure. Dr. Edward O'Connor, a veterinarian who
examined the puppies, testified that no sutures or glue were used to
close the infected wounds. He called Elisea's ear-cropping "most
inappropriate." Animal-control officials seized both dogs and put
them up for adoption. Elisea defended ear-cropping as commonplace
among pit-bull breeders. He called no witnesses to back up his
claim. "I've been doing this for about three years," he testified.
"Nobody ever said nothing but 'It was OK."' Elisea testified he
numbed the dogs' ears by using an over-the-counter antiseptic and
anesthetic first-aid spray. |
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Saved! A
happy ending for this bull terrier |
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