Woman Arrested in Puppy Mill Bust, Faces Animal Cruelty Charges

The article discueses a story about a woman who was busted by animal cruelty authorities in a puppy mill busy. The alleged suspect is Tianna Rannals and she faces several animal cruelty chagres and possible prision time ahead of her, a punishment that will still not due justice to the lives she has effected. She was busted for the living enviornment she provided for her dogs. There were weeds over 7 feet tall, water bowls full of green algae and massive ammounts of feces that were never picked up. Ticks and fleas thrive in these environments and conditions and many of the dogs that were recovered are being treated for severe flea and tick bites at local shelters as well as many other medical conditions. Many of these dogs are going to make a full recover and hopefully will find adopting homes where they will not have to deal with those living conditions ever again. I cannot fathom how an individual could do this evil to these aninmals and not feel bad about it but instead use it as a money making program. Puppy Mills are on the rise and authorities are cracking down on them. The more mills busted though, mean more shelters will need to be established in order to provide services to the sick dogs involved in the mills. Offenders will keep facing animal cruelty charges and prision time. If you have any knowledge on puppy mills in your area please contact local Animal Service Authorities. The more we continue the effort to prevent and put an end to exisiting puppy mills, the more dogs can have a chance at a second life. To read more on the article and inform your self more on the topic visit

http://www.news9.com/story/12881227/woman-arrested-in-puppy-mill-bust-faces-animal-cruelty-charges?redirected=true

Woman Claims Dogs Were Poisoned

The article covers an alarming story of a woman’s claim, that two of her dogs were poisoned. The story is so alarming that The San Diego County Department of Animal Services investigating the case and they consider it “a likely case of animal cruelty”. The article goes into detail that the woman’s two dogs (pit mixes), were playing in the back yard when the older one named, Ed, came inside choking on something until he swallowed it whole. Four hours later Ed was on the floor having a violent seizure as well as foaming from the mouth. Both dogs had CPR operated on them but there was no success in reviving the dogs. For both dogs to die so quickly, violently and at the same time, suggests that there was foul play involved and they were possibly both poisoned. A neighbor in the community is offering $1,000 as a reward for any information that can be given on the event. The San Diego County Department of Animal Services is suggesting that the perpetrator will be facing felony animal cruelty charges that could result in prison time, a worthy penalty for such a disgusting crime. The department also suggests that finding the suspect will also be a difficult challenge. With no leads, witnesses or past history complaints against the woman or her dogs, there is no path to find this perpetrator. Most of these cases go unsolved and this is unacceptable. The San Diego community needs to be on alert and make sure they’re dogs are watched over or in a secure environment where no one could possibly poison them. Hopefully this case will not repeat itself but only time will tell, in the mean time make sure your dogs and animals are all safe from the weirdoes out there.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/130747558.html

Working In a League of Their Own

The article is a great example of essential promoting of animal abuse advocates. It addressed the many benefits and recovery facts of The San Diego Humane Society, a local cornerstone in the battle to provide animals with a second chance at life. The article also provides historical back ground facts about the Humane Society Did you know it was organized in the 1880s? It is also the largest in San Diego, the oldest and most established name. The article also goes into more detail of recent dogs that were rescued and that had found new families. Adopting is no the only service they offer. They have also been providing animal health care, education on animal cruelty and prevention forces dedicated to stopping neglect and mistreat of the animal of San Diego. This is a righteous cause and it is not the only in San Diego County. Over 60 shelters have been involved in the rescue of these animals. San Diego Humane Society has two locations in both San Diego and Oceanside that provide treatment and shelter for rescue animals The article also provides the reader with a link for more information and to see current animals for adoption. The link is www.sdhumane.org. The article also tells a touching story of two dogs left for dead when their families house was foreclosed. Both dogs were tied up in the backyard with no food or water bowls. They were there for a week before found and turned into the San Diego Humane Society, and luckily both these wonderful creatures were found homes very fast and now have loving families. The incredible stories in this article are very informative and moving. They help individuals be aware of the issues involving Animal Cruelty and I recommend it. http://www.visionmagazine.com/archives/1110/1110_holistichealth_league_of_their_own.html

http://learningtogive.org/papers/paper359.html

The article Animal Cruelty is written by American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the article start of by quoting the ASPCA and its definition of of what Animal Cruelty entitles. According to the APSCA, animal cruelty is, “Acts of violence or neglect perpetrated against animals are considered animal cruelty.”  One form of animal cruelty mentioned in the article is intentional abuse, this happens when a person hurts an animal physically causing serious injury or even death. Neglect is also considered cruelty failing to provide your pet with basic necessities like water, food and an appropriate living environment. Unfortunately, most neglect comes from lack of education and proper animal raising techniques. Individuals are not the only perpetrators of animal crimes, larger institutions are also at fault. There are large scale dog fighters, canned hunting preserves, and puppy mills. Animal cruelty is not a new practice. It goes back to its historic roots where dogs were trained to fight each other for entertainment.  Dog on dog combat became a cheaper form of entertainment in Europe. Cruelty extended beyond entertainment purposes. It made its way into life on the farm and became a large scale problem with the practice of larger farming institutions. Luckily, today there are regulations thanks to groups like the Certified Humane.  Animals must have the ability to have freedom to roam and engage in natural acts,  be raised with enough living space, have access to a water source,  have protection from weather, and owners must poses educated knowledge on taking care of their life stock.

            One horrible form of cruelty the articles discuses is, “video crushing”. In which baby animals are physically crushed by women wearing heels and filmed. Luckily congress has banned and made this from of “entertainment”, illegal. The internet spawned a mass of animal cruelty due to the shock factor of the videos that made many people tune in to watch. The Crush Act is still in effect and stops these sites from popping up but it is hard to bring these people to justice due to their ability to hide in the virtual world.