*KENNEL RAID OHIO*GRAPHIC PICS* - Page 5

IT PAINTS A VERY BAD PICTURE OF THE DOG WORLD  SAD FOR THE CARING OWNERS AND KENNELS , IM SURE HE WILL GET HIS THIER MUST BE ONE CRAZED OWNER WHO LOST THEIR DOG TO HIS HANDS . IF HE DID THAT TO ONE OF MINE I WOULD CAMP OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE UNTILL JUSTICE WAS HANDED OUT Halo   

The idea that having such scum disciplined by dog groups is the right penalty makes as much sense as saying parents who murder their children should be kicked out of the PTA. Obviously these scum should be kicked out of dog groups, but even more obviously they should end up in jail for a long time. Animal cruelty like this needs to be a felony, not a misdemeanor.

There is one thing we can do--get this on the national news! Prosecutors can respond to pressure, and towns can stop defending scum when the national spotlight is shining on them. If anyone has any connections to the national news media, please use them. The scum who tortured those poor dogs to death will not enjoy having his life ransacked by the media.

Bump

It is the weekend and lots of people are out. I want to make sure it stays on page 1.

Chris

No excuse at all - he was obviously still living in the house, the electric and phone was still on, eating something himself, driving expensive (and gas-guzzling) vehicles, and living his life - the dogs could have eaten the cheapest dog food and survived on it.  Giving them water would have been free.  No excuse.  I can't imagine being the owner of one of these dogs and seeing the pictures posted - how horrifying must that have been for them.  I would think this person needs to have a mental evaluation and be shut away from normal people for a very long time.  He had many options - just pick up the phone or borrow a phone, call the owners, rescue, or just turn the dogs loose as a last resort.

molly

 Amen, Molly.  Get off your sorry behind and shoot a rabbit or a squirrel, if you're that penniless!  Let the dogs out, so they can find scraps somewhere.

I'm beyond disgusted.

Micky

 This type of thing happens more than you think, even when the person is successful in a segment of the competition dog world:<p>

From The Daily Local News:

Oxford kennel case ends; verdict to come next week
ANNE PICKERING, Staff Writer04/22/2006<p>

"OXFORD -- The hearing in the animal cruelty case brought by the SPCA against three Lower Oxford residents concluded on Friday, but Magisterial District Judge Harry Farmer Jr. said he wouldn’t issue his ruling until next Friday, April 28.<p>

It was the second day of testimony, in which more humane officers from the Chester County SPCA and Delaware County SPCA reported on the conditions they found at the kennel when it was raided Oct. 10.<p>

The Chester County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals confiscated 333 dogs, three cats and two birds that were living amid allegedly filthy conditions at a kennel operated by Michael Wolf.<p>

Witnesses testified April 11 and on Friday of finding the animals living in cages and roaming at large in three buildings that were littered with feces and animal waste. Humane officers said that the odor from the kennel was so overwhelming that it was difficult to breathe.<p>

Veterinarians who treated the dogs after they were removed testified that the dogs were afflicted with skin, ear, and eye conditions, and intestinal maladies as a result of living in the allegedly unsanitary conditions. Some dogs died after being removed. About 30 animals were taken to vets for emergency care the day of the raid.<p>

Wolf has been charged with 337 counts of animal cruelty for unsanitary conditions, 200 citations for having unlicensed dogs and 100 citations for dogs without a current rabies vaccination. Wolf, who at one time owned and handled prize-winning show dogs, lost his kennel license in 2002.<p>

Two other individuals, Gordon Trottier and Margaret Hills, who were also living in the three-building compound in the 1700 block of Baltimore Pike, were also charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty for alleged unsanitary conditions.<p>

Wolf, Trottier and Hills were represented by three attorneys -- Eric Coates, Charles Iannuzzi and John Alice.<p>

....If convicted of the animal cruelty charges, the defendants could be facing a fine of not less than $50 and or more than $750, imprisonment for no more than 90 days or both punishments on each count.<p>

Assistant Chester County District Attorney Lori Finnegan asked Farmer to send Wolf and Trottier to jail.<p>