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TEXAS TRAGEDY
by
Kathleene S. Baker |  |
A horrible atrocity has
been committed in Texas. Please brace yourselves before reading further. However,
anyone being a pet lover must be informed. You can help tremendously by signing
the petition at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/913164427
I thank each and every one of you in advance for signing, and please forward it
on to your friends and family members. Hopefully, if enough of us join together,
we will create a force to be reckoned with. A tragedy of this magnitude must be
prevented from happening again – EVER! ANYWHERE!
In Jourdanton, Texas,
on or about 7-11-05, a City Supervisor ordered two employees to cage and drown
the dogs in their animal control facilities. For this to happen in water is beyond
imagination, but these unfortunate animals were drowned at the sewer plant, in
sewage!
Sadly, a young child witnessed this from a distance. Can you
imagine how helpless he felt, or the visions that will remain with him? They will
be visions of a nightmare that took place before his very eyes in broad daylight
- visions of man’s best friend suffering a terrible fate. And more than likely,
he will forever remember the fearful, desperate sounds; those of screaming and
yelping dogs as they fought to live.
A simple Google search will give
you the links necessary to become well versed on this event. You will also be
able to read what is, and what is not, transpiring at this time to indict the
perpetrators of this act. Please type in, "Jourdanton Dog Drownings," and see
for yourself.
The City Manager did his best to sweep this nasty event under
the carpet, and when broached about it, he wrote a simple reprimand to the Supervisor.
Nothing more - period, end of paragraph! Only a reprimand was forthcoming for
torturing animals - when there are laws against it. It truly boggles the mind
and breaks my heart! Not to mention, taxpayers shell out money to pay wages for
people of this caliber.
We cannot allow things of this nature to take
place, and especially with no consequences for those involved. Why do we have
laws, if they are not to be enforced? Each and every person involved in this tragedy
broke the law and each one should be held accountable. The employees that did
this “dirty deed” should have refused knowing it was illegal, regardless of the
orders from their superior. What happened to mankind knowing right from wrong,
morals, and human decency? I always assumed those things resided within our hearts…
When
you give your pets hugs and kisses this evening, please remember the dogs that
suffered a tragic, terrifying death at the hands of heartless, evil, human beings
that couldn’t have cared less. |
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