Jekea R. Vickers, 29, of 608 Bethune Drive in FL figured since she didn’t want the dog anyway, so why bother to care for it and she didn’t

This dog, dubbed Miss Ginny by her rescuers, was found dumped in a small wooden crate. Looking like a skin covered skeleton, surrounded by urine and feces, without water or food, she weighted only 21 lbs, less than half her normal weight.

When she was found, there was no movement, no detectable pulse or blood pressure, no signs of life in this poor dog, until she moved her eyes. This tiny movement prompted a Hillsborough County Animal Services investigator to rush the dog to an emergency vet clinic.

Vickers told police that the dog belonged to her live-in boyfriend who was in jail and that she never wanted the dog anyway. She says she didn’t do anything wrong because she called animal control about two months ago and told them to come and get it.

But that’s not the way things work.

“We are not a delivery service,” Animal Services spokeswoman Marti Ryan said. “She has to come and bring it to us. It’s her property and she knew it.”

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Hannah, a 4 yr old GSD, previously owned by a Tattnall County, GA deputy/K-9 handler, turned into Animal Control facility pregnant, severely emaciated, weighing only 41 lbs, heartworm positive and showing signs of longterm kenneling, among numerous other medical problems, will receive no justice from Tattnall County. DA Tom Durden has decided NOT to press charges.

For the full background, please read the original story HERE.

The Tattnall County Deputy/K-9 handler who owned Hannah (originally named Huanna), Ramsey Arnold, claims he owned Hannah for only three months.

“I got her from another law enforcement officer, K-9 handler, breeder, trainer. It wasn’t connected with the sheriff’s office. I asked the man I got Huanna from if anything was wrong with her. He said ‘no, she was just naturally small’ and that he used her as a breeding dog,” Arnold said.

Arnold said he took good care of her and never had time to do any of the things he was accused of including breed her.

If that’s the case;

• Call after call was made to DA Tom Durden prior to ‘going public’ with this story with requests for information but for some reason no information was forthcoming until now, when a major media outlet gets involved.

• If Deputy Ramsey Arnold had Hannah for three months why was she still severely emaciated? She weighed only 41 pounds when she was turned over to animal control. Protruding ribs is a pretty sure sign of malnourishment. “Long term starvation” was what the vet said who examined her. In the short time that she was fostered and adopted, she was able to easily put on weight and become much more healthy.

• If Deputy Ramsey Arnold had her for even only three months, why had she not been vetted? Any decent responsible vet would have been blind not to see the severe problems Hannah had.

• How could a K-9 handler, someone who should know something about dogs, not know that she was pregnant? A dog’s gestation is approximately 63 days, Deputy Arnold claims he had her for 3 months, if he didn’t breed her, how did she get pregnant to give birth to three stillborn puppies shortly after she arrived at animal control?

• If in fact Hannah was in such deplorable condition when she was given to Deputy Ramsey, there is still someone out there responsible for her condition, for the abuse she suffered. Who is this person, this “law enforcement officer, K-9 handler, breeder, trainer.”

• Perhaps Deputy Arnold is not guilty of the long term problems that Hannah suffered from but she was still starved, not medically cared for and had been bred while in his custody. These facts do not speak of innocence to me!

And now, despite almost 1500 signatures on a PETITION at this time, asking for Justice for Hannah, Tattnall County DA had decided not to press charges against the deputy.

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A neighbor called complaining of a bad smell coming from 3704 Marguerite St. N., Tampa, the home of Shanay Alexiadreona Sampson, 25. When police investigated, they were greeted by a horrific sight! There found a total of six dogs, two adults and 4 six week old puppies.

One of the adult dogs, a male pit bull was found chained in the backyard with no food, water or shelter, scabs and scars covering its face and ears, dehydrated and severely underweight. A female mixed-breed dog was found locked inside a wooden shed, filled with feces, the only ventilation was a half-open window, there was no food, water or electricity. And most disturbing and horrific of all, inside a wire crate, police found the bodies of 4 six week old decomposing puppies, partially eaten by maggots and flies, on a blanket littered with feces.

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We can only hope that a day will come when these faces will be no more, when people will have heart and compassion and empathy enough to never let these things happen to these innocent and defenseless creatures.

Not for the faint of heart but then again the harsh side of reality seldom ever is!

We Will Never Dance with the Devil Again

Jamie S. McGregor moved out of his house at 3405 N. Michigan, Saginaw, MI in April of 2007 but when he left, he left his dog there and that was where the dog stayed for a year, abandoned to solitary confinement, seldom fed until he was rescued last week.

Cola, the pit bull, was severely emaciated when Saginaw County Animal Care finally heeded neighbors’ pleas and rescued the him. McGregor ignored calls from police officials to go to the house but now it seems he wants Cola back.

Finally being fed regularly after being forced to often eat furniture to avoid starvation, Cola now sits in a cage, number 65, at the Animal Care Center, on ‘Doggie Death Row.’ Now his wait may be even longer.

McGregor has been charged with animal cruelty and there is a warrant out for his arrest.

The Saginaw Animal Care Center doesn’t adopt pit bulls to the public but the do try to find rescue groups to take them. As for Cola’s fate, it’s now up to a court to decide while his owner fights to get him back.

I guess it wasn’t enough for McGregor to leave the poor dog confined to an abandoned house for a year, starved and lonely, now due to his machinations Cola will be forced to sit in a cage while he awaits his fate.

I find it incomprehensible that the courts could even consider giving Cola back to Jamie S. McGregor, the man to so cruelly abandoned him for a year!! I hope this debacle is over quickly so that this poor dog at least has a chance!

Abandoned for a Year, Owner Wants Dog Back

Please help us get justice for Hannah!!

Updates to the story will be posted at the bottom. Check back often. I look forward to your feedback and will keep you updated on developments.

UPDATE - 5/5/08 - Finally the media investigates and there are more questions than answers! See below for the full story and comments.

UPDATE - 5/9 - Please Read for update- NO CHARGES for Deputy who owned Hannah says DA Tom Durden!! 

PLEASE SIGN PETITION BELOW!

Hannah, a four year old German Shepherd was formerly owned by a Tattnall County, GA, K-9 Handler and from a very young aged was used as a breeding machine, confined until her muscles atrophied, starved and neglected. When she was deemed no longer useful, she was surrendered to Animal Control facility in Reidsville, Georgia (about 75 miles southwest of Savannah - in Tattnall County) with orders to euthanize her.

At the time of her surrender, Hannah, known at the time as Haunna, was in horrific condition. She had been starved, was severely emaciated and weighted only 41 lbs. Her pads were so wounded that she walked on her haunches and her fur was rubbed off in many places due to confinement. She was also pregnant and gave birth to three stillborn puppies while at the animal control facility.

On February 7, 2007, she was rescued by the Southern Cross German Shepherd Rescue.

Hannah was taken to a vet and on the way she began to bleed, mostly from giving birth combined with her extremely poor physical condition. Following is a statement from the vet;

Today, I examined Haunna (now Hannah), an approximately four year old GSD. During the examination, it was noted Haunna is severely underweight. On a typical scoring scale, with 3/5 being a normal, healthy weight, Haunna is a low 1/5. This type of body condition is typically only noted in dogs suffering from long-term cancers or long term starvation. No signs of neoplasia (cancer) were noted in Haunna. Haunna had hair loss on her caudal thighs consistent with long term kenneling, skin disease, or both. If you have any questions, or other infomation I can provide, please don’t hesitate to call.

Sincerely,
Will Baldwin, DVM
Cornelia Veterinay Hospital
Cornelia, Ga. 706 778-6605

When Hannah gained enough strength she was spayed. Her uterus was removed it was full of cystic nodules. She also had 2 very small tumors removed from her mammary glands. She also tested a very strong heartworm positive and must undergo treatment as soon as she is strong enough.

Hannah’s case had to be turned over to the GBI - Georgia Bureau of Investigation, because the person that owned her was associated with the law enforcement in Tattnall county as a K-9 Handler.

Southern Cross and Hannah’s new owner are trying desperately to get justice for Hannah but it’s beginning to look like they are trying to either sweep it under the carpet and hope it will go away or cover it up. They’ve also heard that her previous owner has acquired another dog to replace Hannah as his new ‘breeding machine.’

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This story absolutely defies all logic! Cola, a pit bull, was left abandoned in a house at 3405 N. Michigan, Saginaw, MI, a year ago when his owner moved out April 2007. I first brought this sad story to you in August of 2007, and then he’d already been abandoned for four months!

The owner’s girlfriend would occasionally stop by to feed the poor dog, not too often as you can see from his emaciated condition, but seldom was the dog ever let out of the house for exercise. The house was covered in filth and reeked of waste.

Since last May, neighbors have begged and pleaded with Saginaw County Animal Care Center to help. In June of 2007 Saginaw County Animal Care Center Director Mark Wachner said center staff members inspected the house but could cite the owner only for not having a dog license, not animal cruelty since the dog appears to be well fed. In August neighbors Rose King, 55, with her daughter Rebecca, 10, and another neighbor, Samantha Burkey, 10, picketed the house to draw attention to the plight of the dog. They carried signs asking drivers to honk if you want to ’save the dog.’

Now, after eight more long months in solitary confinement, the poor dog has finally been rescued!

“It was constantly barking,” neighbor Kellie Burkey said. “But it hardly barks now. It doesn’t have the energy. It has to be close to dead by now, with bones sticking out and sores on its legs.

“I called everyone, but no one wanted to deal with it. It’s sad to wait until it gets to this point before anyone do anything about it.”

Peeking through the house’s windows, neighbors could see that Cola had shredded the remaining furniture and was living in its filth. A rank odor hung over the residence.

A neighbor called police Thursday morning. Carrollton Township Police Officer Kip J. Humpert contacted the house’s owner and advised him to visit the house. The owner never showed.

After obtaining a warrant, Animal Care Center Director Mark A. Wachner and officers broke down the front door, releasing a stench. Officers led a docile Cola, emaciated and shaking, outside, where he vigorously drank several bowls of water.

While inspecting the house, officers discovered several books and magazines on dog fighting.

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Against all odds, this new momma dog, a shepherd mix, abandoned, starved and suffering from a rifle blast, tried valiantly to nurse her eight newborn pups. Thanks to the luck of a farmer who stopped to adjust something in his truckbed and the loud whimpering of her puppies, she was rescued from an untenable situation.

The mother dog had been shot a day or two before, the blast shattering her shoulder and exiting through her hind legs. Her weight was down to only 37 pounds, 20 lbs under weight, and even though she couldn’t walk, could barely move, she nursed her babies, eight tiny puppies weighing less than a pound each.

The good Samaritan rescued the dog and her puppies from a water ditch on a ranch on Orr Road, located between Galt and Thornton and Animal Friends Connection Humane Society got involved. A vet who was associated with Animal Friends was called and decided he could save the dog’s leg with surgery rather than having to amputate.

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An Irish Wolfhound should weigh between 120-140 pounds. This poor starved dog weighed only 32 lbs and was so skeletal that his hipbones pushed through his skin causing open sores. He was also infested with ticks.

Maricopa County Sheriff’s officers found the dog scavenging for food at a home near Rittenhouse Road and 198th Street, Queen Creek, AZ. They say it is one of the worst cases of abuse they have ever encountered.

The dog’s owner, 33-year-old William White, was arrested and charged with animal cruelty. Officers were going to arrest White on a warrant for probation violation and assault when they found the extremely emaciated dog belonging to him in a neighbor’s yard searching for food. He’s been booked into 4th Avenue Jail.

“My policy is to book directly into jail those arrested animal abuse, regardless of whoever the suspect might be,” said Sheriff Joe Arpaio in a press release. “I will continue to crackdown on people who abuse animal.”

The dog is at a veterinarian clinic in Phoenix for treatment and although they hope he will survive, he is in guarded condition.

For a dog to get to this condition he must have been starved for months!  It’s amazing that he’s even alive.  Doesn’t look like William White has missed to many meals.  Maybe he should to see what it feels like to be starved.

Just imagine the pain and suffering that poor dog experienced, hour after hour, day after day as the  hunger gnawed at him like a vicious living parasite!

This story is about the terrible neglect that a dog suffered that almost killed him! but for the continual pressure and calls from neighbors, he would be dead. Not only is the owner’s neglect beyond shameful, what is also shameful is the fact that it took as long at it did for animal control to finally come to the dog’s aid and the fact that after such blatant and long going neglect, the owner is only being charged with a misdemeanor!

Please read Rocky’s story and help!

There are two young male boxers “guarding” a junkyard off Imperial Highway in Downey, California. One boxer, Rocky, is very sweet, friendly, and enjoys the attention of anyone who comes near the junkyard. The other, Teagre, is bigger, stronger. He has a tough bark and tough demeanor. Deep down he is a pussycat that occasionally shows his soft side.

Los Angeles County employees work in the building next to the junkyard. They notice that Rocky, already quite thin, is losing weight and begin to feed Rocky through the fence. The owner, apparently frustrated by the feeding of Rocky, blocks off that area of the junkyard so that employees can no longer feed Rocky.

In early November, the county employees become alarmed at Rocky’s condition. He is extremely thin, congested, and coughing. Many calls are being made to Southeast Area Animal Control Authority (SEAACA), local animal control, about Rocky’s weight and circumstance. Rocky becomes known at SEAACA as “the boxer on Imperial Highway”.

On December 4, 2007 the owner, Armando Preciado, takes Rocky to the SEAACA vet. Rocky is very sick and extremely thin. The vet tells the owner that Rocky needs several prescriptions. The owner refuses to purchase any medicine.

The dogs have no shelter. It has been a very cold and wet winter. In January 2008, the employees next to the junkyard are frantic, calling and visiting SEAACA (animal control) frequently. Rocky is emaciated and has a difficult time breathing. Nothing happens.

In desperation, on February 1, 2008 the Downey mayor is emailed to request help in getting SEAACA to react to Rocky’s critical health situation. On the morning of February 2, Rocky’s owner, Armando Preciado, takes Rocky to a vet. Rocky, a full grown 2 year old boxer weighs 33lbs. His temperature is 103 degrees and he has blood in his diarrhea. A blood test is taken; no treatment is given. Rocky is taken back to the junkyard.

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This poor dog, starved to skin and bones, was abandoned along Blodgett Mills Road, Cortland County, NY. Last Saturday a family found him and tried nursing him back to health. It didn’t take long for them to figure out that the dog, in such a seriously emaciated condition was going to need medical care to survive.

The boxer or boxer mix, weighed only 15 pounds when he should weigh around 40 pounds and is in such sad shape there’s no way to know if he’s 6 month or 2 years old.

“It’s one of the worse cases that I’ve seen in the six years that I’ve done this,” said Bill Carr of the Cortland County SPCA. “It appears that it was kept in a small cage crate because now it’s body is malformed from being in that type of circumstance for so long.”

Investigator Carr said Peanut was near death because he has no body fat and his muscle was wasting away to burn calories. Peanut’s tail has also been chopped off and he has infected soars. But that’s not stopping him from being friendly and active.

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You’ve probably heard the names Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy; all names of notorious killers and what do they all have in common? They started out as animal abusers. What about the names; Kip Kinkle and Luke Woodham or Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold? Not quite so well known except in some circles and in the minds and memories of their victims’ families. These two pairs of names belong to teenage boys who went on killing sprees, the second pair are the infamous Columbine High School killers. What do they all have in common? They all tortured and killed animals, sometimes bragging to their friends.

Now what about the names; Dasha Lombard, James Manzanares, and Nicholas Stogdon? Probably not unless you live in Alamogordo, MN and either know them or were paying attention to the news in late spring in this year, 2007. They are three ‘children,’ aged 15, 14 and 13, at the time, who found a wandering puppy and decided to have some fun. They taped the dog’s muzzle shut with packing tape, stabbed her with a knife and screwdriver and proceeded to drop a 40 lb concrete block on her. When questioned about it, the response was, ‘It was just a f—— dog!” These ‘children’ were completely unaffected by the torture they inflicted on this innocent and defenseless animal.

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