Convicted Abuser Sentenced to Probation and Fined - A Damn Shame!
Posted on 2008 under Crimes Against Canines, Dog(s) Starved, Malnourished, Just Sad :(, Laws & Legislation, Neglect, News & Updates, Torture |3 Oct
Yet again we see another ’slap on the wrist’ sentence after the cruel and brutal death of a dog at the hands of an owner! Daniel Eliseo Zepeda Perez, 37, of Rifle, CO, was sentenced this week on an animal cruelty charge stemming from the June seizure of a dog he owned, Dora, a 3 year old Mastiff who weighed about half what she should have.
When Dora was rescued from this trash, she weighed only 74 pounds — about half her normal body weight. She had chronic hip pain, two blown ACLs and bone damage from a hind leg injury that wasn’t healing well. Dora was apparently hit by a car when she was 9 months old.
Staked out on a cable across the driveway from an unused dog house, surrounded by broken ceramic tiles and loose screws in the dirt, she attempted to nurse her five puppies in her broken and emaciated condition. She literally had to drag he hind end due to the debilitating pain and injury.
After Dora was rescued, vets tried valiantly to save her life saying that she was one of the sweetest dogs they had ever known. If only Perez could have had a tiny bit of the compassion these caregivers had for this poor dog!
“I can’t understand how such a sweet dog was allowed to suffer so greatly and in such pain,” Garfield County Animal Control Officer Aimee Chappelle said.
After three weeks, her caregivers finally had to admit that she was beyond the point where she could be saved.
“That decision was made because we had done a bone biopsy and that bone had come back damaged. She was extremely malnourished. She was having difficulty eating,” Langegger said. “I was hand feeding her canned dog food from my hand. She was walking on her front two feet but was unable to put weight on her back feet due to extreme pain. … It took two of us every morning to lift her and steady her enough just to stand up. She was in too much pain, and a dog walking on their front paws because they can’t bear to put their back feet down because it hurts so bad is no way for a dog to live.”
Thankfully her five puppies did all survive and were adopted into wonderful homes.
Perez’s sentence of probation and fines includes one year of unsupervised probation and to pay $4,000 to the Colorado Animal Rescue shelter in Garfield County and $5,584 in fines.
We can thank Garfield County Judge Jason Jovanovich for this latest bit of in-justice!
Contact Info
Judge Jason Jovanovich
Phone: 970-625-5100
Fax: 970-625-1125
110 East 18th Street
Rifle, CO 81650
Yet another damn shame! I cannot even say what I want to say about a legal system that allows a person to get away with causing such suffering and basically walk away…. I am seriously beginning to doubt there is any justice….
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by AIR, on October 3 2008 @ 9:04 am
I’d like to make a list of people you will see in Hell. Daniel Eliseo Zepeda Perez…you just made the list. Congratulations you POS.
by Kerry, on October 3 2008 @ 9:05 am
DAMNIT!!The wrist slap!!!Again!!I am with you Deanna…I have almost accepted that any “justice” will come from Karma….certainly not our legal system….
by Admin, on October 3 2008 @ 9:44 am
@AIR - One of these days when I can find the time, I am going to create a ‘Hall of Shame’ and go through all these stories and document them.
@Kerry - I am tired of waiting for Karma, I want these POSs to get some justice that I can see NOW! But you’re right, our legal system doesn’t seem to get it!
by AIR, on October 3 2008 @ 9:51 am
A little tidbit I found on Judge Jovanovich. Read this:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5197940,00.html
Oh, lets “kill all the pit bulls” but gee folks, animal abusers are people too, ya know…
His remarks in this article are reprehensible. He is one of the STUPIDEST judges I have read about. Right up there with Judge Lyons who gave China back to her abusive owner.
Maybe I should make a Stupid Judge list. The guy is an idiot.
by Admin, on October 3 2008 @ 10:03 am
@AIR - I saw that when I was researching him. Couldn’t decide whether to include it or not… figured it was easy enough to see his brand of justice from this story. What an idiot! See how nice I’m being?
by Kerry, on October 3 2008 @ 10:29 am
I am tired of it too Deanna!!!I want some justice now!!How many wrist slaps can an animal lover take??
Can anybody be a judge??It would seem!!Idiot is too kind of a word…brainless..what??Wish we had the big red button for D—A– judges!!Why didn’t I go to law school..I guess it’s not too late…
by AIR, on October 3 2008 @ 11:09 am
Yes Kerry. All you need is a sponge, add water, and *poof* - instant judge. USA is full of them.
by marcy becker, on October 4 2008 @ 9:54 am
After reading about poor Shepp and now this, I just wanna
throw up!
I FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, IF THERE IS ONE, CAN ANYONE DO
THESE CRUEL, HORRIBLE AND BARBERIC THINGS TO THEM?
I CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT LIES BENEATH THE MIND OF THESE
SCUMBAGS!!
GOD PROTECT THE ANIMALS WHO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PAIN AND ARE
TRYING TO SURVIVE. PLEASE O GOD PLEASE PROTECT THEM!
by Nancy, on October 4 2008 @ 11:39 am
PLEASE EVERYONE, IF YOU ARE SICK AND TIRED OF THESE STUPID AIRHEAD JUDGES NOT GIVING OUT SENTENCES APPROPRIATE FOR ANIMAL ABUSE (MONEY FINES ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THIS PERVERT), WRITE TO THIS JUDGE AS HIS ADDRESS IS LISTED ABOVE. IF HE IS SWAMPED WITH LETTERS OF OUTRAGE, JUST MAYBE NEXT TIME HE’LL DO THE RIGHT THING. AS LONG AS NOBODY COMPLAINS TO HIM, THIS IDIOT WILL CONTINUE TO SLAP WRISTS OF SICK MINDS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY HURT HUMANS. TELL THE STUPID JUDGE THAT IF HE WOULD BOTHER CHECKING THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF CONVICTED SERIAL KILLERS HAS ANIMAL ABUSE IN HIS HISTORY BEFORE HE STARTED KILLING HUMANS. THESE MENTALLY CHALLENGED BULLIES PICK ON ANIMALS AND PEOPLE THEY CAN POWER OVER AS THEY ARE VERY SICK AND THIS JUDGE NEEDS TO GET A GRIP ON REALITY OR GET OFF OF THE BENCH! I WROTE HIM A LETTER AND TOLD HIM I WAS SURE HE WOULD RECEIVE MORE LETTERS. PLEASE MAKE ME RIGHT ON THAT COMMENT TO HIM. THESE SCUMBAGS NEED TO BE TAKEN OFF OF THE STREETS FOR THE PAIN THEY INFLICT ON INNOCENT ANIMALS.
by JANET MITCHELL, on October 4 2008 @ 2:56 pm
I’LL TELL YOU WHAT IF I WAS A JUDGE ANYONE WHO WOULD HURT ANY ANIMAL WOULD JUST LOVE ME. YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO? WELL I’LL TELL YOU, I WOULD MAKE THEM PAY THEIR LOCAL SHELTER &500.00 A MONTH FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, AS I SAY I DON’T THINK JAIL WOULD HELP THESE SCUMB BAGS BUT IF YOU HIT THEM WHERE IT HURTS THE MOST RIGHT IN THEIR POCKETS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES I’LL BET IT WOULD MAKE THEM THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE.
by Vicki T, on October 6 2008 @ 6:26 pm
@Admin -
There already is a hall of shame and it’s called http://www.pet-abuse.com.