Boo Boo Lives On
REST IN PEACE BOO BOO
BELOW ARE SOME OF THE MANY RESPONSES WE RECEIVED ABOUT BOO BOO.
THEY ARE NOT EDITED FOR CONTENT, TYPOS OR SPELLING. THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLISHED COPY, BUT RATHER PASSION. THE ONLY CONTENT MODIFIED WERE LAST NAMES AND EMAILS WHERE APPROPRIATE. THE ORIGINAL EMAILS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITIES. PLEASE JOIN ME IN READING THIS COLLECTIVE WORK AS A WONDERFUL EULOGY FOR MY DEAR SWEET BOO BOO. GOD BLESS.
Mark Thank you for your words. For being by his side. For letting Boo Boo know he was special. I saw Boo Boo on the site April 4th and I am the one that offered the full medical sponsorship for him. I am utterly devestated. I have written a letter to Ed Boks. I will not rest until I get some action. I cannot let Boo Boo die in vain.
Thank you
Pnina
I'm in the middle of your eloquent email, Mark and am appreciative of the positive light in which you showed my actions today. ANY animal rescuer will know all about it
Actually, the GM didn't want to have it known that I was in the kill room, but fuck it. Yes, FUCK IT, because he has not been heeding my recommendations. And his employees -- who I told to not release the information -- did just that. So he's being burned by their stupidity.
And, yes, I am proud to have been part of relieving this angel's suffering today. He MIGHT have been able to survive with much suffering and doubtless pain and aches in his life. I did for him what I would have wanted for myself. He was hugged, and cried over and I told him that none of it was his fault and that he'll be safe now.
I really can't handle much more of this right now. I'll get back to reading your email in a bit. We'll absolutely work together and make people pay for this shit. Dan
I am so angry this time something must be done... may I call you to talk about this. I feel so bad that I could not be at the shelter this morning to pull him and see him and say goodbye to him
Pnina
I will work with you.
I know we cannot bring him back but can expose those responsible.
United States Animal Protection
Dawn Bechtold
UnitedStatesAnimalProtection
Mark, I just now posted this email of yours to 220 Yahoo animal rescue groups, 8 of them being Pit Bull groups. I am so ashamed to even call myself a human being when I see things like this going on in so many places across the country. I had just finished posting out Pnina's email about an hour ago regarding this poor baby boy. I AM SO VERY SORRY, AND SO SAD FOR THAT SWEET BOY
Katie
I HATE MOST ALL PEOPLE !!!!!
THANK GOD FOR THE WONDERFUL MAN WHO KEPT IT TOGETHER ENOUGH TO HELP THIS POOR, POOR BABY. I WOULD BE SITTING IN JAIL RIGHT NOW FOR BEATING THE SHIT OF PEOPLE AT THAT SHELTER. I'M SURE HE FELT THAT WAY WHEN HE SAW BOO TOO, BUT MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR BOO BOO.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW SICK, MAD, OUTRAGED, SAD, AND DEPRESSED THE WHOLE THING MADE ME WHEN READING IT. I HAVE VERY LITTLE FAITH IN THE HUMAN RACE AND IT SEEMS I LOSE MORE AND MORE OF IT EVERYDAY.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS, NONE!!! ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES SHOULD BE BROUGHT AGAINST EVERYBODY AT THAT SHELTER. HOW CAN THEY SLEEP AT NIGHT???
RULES OR NO RULES YOU DON'T LET AN ANIMAL SUFFER. EVIDENTLY EVERYBODY AT THAT SHELTER IS HEARTLESS, STUPID, AND A COWARD FOR NOT STANDING UP FOR BOO BOO. I CAN ONLY HOPE WHAT COMES AROUND GOES AROUND AND THEY GET EVERYTHING THEY DESERVE.
BOO BOO PAID THE PRICE FOR THE PURE UNCARING STUPIDITY OF OUR SOCIETY. AFTER ALL HE WAS "JUST A DOG", RIGHT?? NEVER MIND HE WAS MORE LOVING AND LOYAL THAN ANY PERSON ON THIS EARTH.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN ENDING HIS SUFFERING. I'M SO GLAD HE DIDN'T GO ALONE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO SUCK. PLEASE KNOW I HAVE CRIED FOR THIS BABY AS WELL.
ELLEN
I forwarded Boo-Boo's post to the group a few days ago. This is a damn shame and one of the most inhumane things I have ever heard come out of a shelter. Why in the world did they not help this poor baby cross over the bridge if they weren't going to treat him? Instead, they let him suffer with an ungodly open head wound for almost 2 weeks. There is just no excuse for this. No excuse.
God bless his little soul. He will forever be a puppy, he will stay innocent and free from the cares of our world, he will never know pain again, and because he is a bully and knows nothing but complete devotion, he will forgive us all and meet us at the bridge, butt wiggling completely out of control.
Jodi
I just read your e-mail about Boo Boo and I am so full of grief. How can anyone calling himself or herself a human being and be so cruel. I am glad your friend Dan was there to help Boo Boo cross the rainbow bridge. I hate when I hear people make derrogatory remarks about animals especially dogs. I have two Chis and four cats. They are my children and are part of my soul. Only true animal lovers understand that. Remember you did what you could for Boo Boo. You had no way of knowing his injuries were so extensive. He is romping in the fields with other fur babies. God Bless you and your friends who save fur babies everywhere.
Amy
Charlotte, NC
What I don’t understand is how a shelter can deny vet care when it is against the law for anyone else to deny an animal medical care? I will definitely send this to my contacts at HSUS and PeTA!
Dear sir, I read the e mail and the out come of poor boo boo, and I'm still crying. this is so sad. at least he is in a better place. I agree, some people are assholes. only compassionate people need to work at a shelter, and all shelters should be no kill shelters, with immediate emergency service. I had a situation where we caught my alcoholic neighbor chase his beagle around the yard and kicking it like a football, and beating him with his fists. I have called animal control and 911 for the cops also, and they said since they did not catch him in the act, they could do nothing but give him a citation and show proof the beagle was up to date on shots. when the police and animal control called him 2 days later because that’s the time they gave him, he transferred the dog sometime in the middle of the night to a friends house who deals in hunting dogs out on Schererville, in. that’s what animal control said. so the fate of this poor animal is unknown. I even offered the drunk bastard to take the beagle and I will feed him, keep him indoors, and show him love, not neglect, abuse and hate. he just walked back in his house. portage, Indiana did nothing. for all I know he is in worse conditions. very sad.they said Indiana law says he has to get caught in the act with pics to prove it!!!!!!!!!! bullshit, all 4 of us seen the abuse, and just because we didn’t take pics, there was no case. my heart goes out to the people and boo boo. how sad God bless and take care. Susanne
That is sad to hear but I am not surprised. You should see some of our shelters here in NC. Many still gas animals and I am sure there are some that shoot them. We have shelters with NO adoption hours so everything that comes in never gets adopted. I could go on and on but we are trying to make things happen here and we are succeeding little by little.
You are more than welcome Mark. I just loved your email! It said exactly what I would have loved to have been able to say myself so many times, but I always worried about sounding to angry, and being thrown off the Yahoo rescue groups that I post the animals to. So for the animals sakes I always held my tongue. Thank you for telling it like it is! Katie
Its straight from my aching heart, Mark. That poor baby didn't deserve what happened to him, and a few kind words to send him off to be with his Father is the very least I can do.
The purpose of animal shelters is to give animals the care they would not (or are not) otherwise receiving in society. The sad reality of this situation is that BooBoo would have been better off on the streets in the hopes that a good samaratin found him. Instead he was locked away in a room where he received nothing and was in what I can only imagine must have been incredible pain.
Chew their ass up and serve it to them on a platter. This should never have happened.
Jodi
Sure thing. Yeah, it's very antagonistic toward Villaraigosa. I'll strategize to see how we can leverage the moment for Boo Boo and the others.
By the way, PLEASE call Rad to tell him what a star I thought he was today. Add that he should not be discouraged by this, but emboldened by it. Because if he couldn't make it, maybe we would never have discovered this.
By the way, several friends from out of state have already wrote to me that they received your remarkably eloquent email, Mark. As a professional writer, I have to tell you, you've got great storytelling skills.
More in a bit. Dan
thank you. not to sound morbid, but did someone bury boo boo? he deserves a proper burial.
I caught those things and didn't have it in my heart to be an editor today.
Okay, more in a bit. I think I'll stay in tonight to formulate an Op-Ed. I had two in the Daily News in November and Decembe, but will aim for the LA Times.
What really surprises me about your story is that you captured it exactly as it was. I don't know if it was from me, or Rad, or what, but it was exactly as it happened. Remarkable. Okay, more in a bit.
DG
Dear Mark and Dan,
For what you tried to do, and for what you did for
BooBoo......
Bless you........
For BooBoo...Rest In Peace, sweet baby...
and know this: WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND.
which is why, Mark and Dan, you are certainly
candidates for angels'
wings someday.....
Well, I think you picked the most perfect time to say what you did say. I was totally impressed with your words, and with your timing. It sure made me stand up and take notice of the gravity of the situation. In this country we call America, where we are supposed to be so humane, I just don't see it that way anymore.
Thank you again Mark for standing up for this little one. I know he is with God now, and will NEVER HAVE TO SUFFER AGAIN.
Katie
Hi Mark, thanks for the e-mail regarding poor little Boo Boo. I am beside myself in tears. I hope that he didn't die in vane.
Beth Gruff
Gruff's Pit Stop and Help4Pets
Why has somebody not brought this shelter up on cruelty and neglect???
Plus: illegal misuse of public parking.....somebody has to be responsible for letting this poor baby languish in pain before being held by
someone who loved him enought to lead him into peace.
I AM ANGERED and sincerely heartfelt saddened....NO MORE of this...we must stick together
and bring HELL onto these rotten people.I am in NC and we have similiar stories here.We still gas here.
This world,the USA is getting "over the top" with this disposable mentality-don't want something?
throw it away.People like us have to cry and suffer with these innocent creatures while the guilty walk free: the
bastards who thru the dog away in the first place.And the pounds welcome them with open arms like garbagemen
picking up trash.Yes,give us that puppy that grew too big,or dump that old dog and more until the heart breaks.
Too many? kill 'em.
We must stop this continuing,escalating cycle...break it...We need to lobby...ingratiate ourselves with persistence to the lawmakers.
We also need to pool our money together and take out full page ads....with color pictures of the animals and pounds...
and shake and wake up the public.LA TIMES,NY Times for starters..you would have the phones ringing off the hook
in city halls if you name names and what they did...back it up with the graphic pics..Too offensive? billboards then!
Handbills stuck on every car in the areas where the "bad pounds' are.
I,for one,am really having a difficult time restraining my anger with the mass killing and suffering of innocents,all
of it condoned and funded by your average tax payer.Take back our decency and compassion.
Poor BOO BOO is not the first,nor will he be the last.
We,that care,MUST mobilize with action plans.
We must not let those sentient creatures that have died be in vain.
"If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law,
every man can.That means first chaos,then tyranny.Legal
process is an essential part of the democratic process."
Justice Felix Frankfurter
www.planetearthdog.com
A new future is coming and we are challenging it...
for all the right reasons!.....and:
For the Animals
mark
i feel your pain. we as people are shit. that was a
very touching email
you wrote. if only there were more people like
yourself and beth. at
least you were able to save another unfortunate soul
because of poor
booboo. i cry about the shelter situations all the
time, its not only
l.a. its the same here in baltimore. i cant stand to
walk through there
and pick only a couple lives i can save but we try our
hardest.if i had
one wish in life it would be to have humans feel what
these poor animals
go through. and i would not give them the humane
euthanization either.
so from a fellow pitbull rescuer in maryland i send
my sincere
apologies for peoples actions, and thanks for finally
letting booboo
rest in peace
mary
Thanks Mark, I just can't quit crying. That poor little baby looking for help from us and we were too late. I keep thinking what if I had been able to get him out two days ago, would that have saved him. I want to rewind it and save him. Sorry, I get so involved with the pups that we try to save it really takes a toll when something like this happens.
Thanks for all that you are doing to help make sure that it doesn't happen again.
Beth
Mark,
This is horrible and surely feel like you and have yelled it so many times myself.
I will crosspost your message, however I need the exact name and address of the place, a FAX number if they have one so people can send their letters.
May the people that did this to Boo Boo go the hell.
Mark
well said sweetie. I can't even imagine.........
Bless you
Kate xx
Please,Mark: would you write a tribute to Boo Boo for my website???
give every detail: name the souless people there...we can dedicate to poor Boo boo and others like him.
We need people who are sick and tired of being punished for "having a heart" (as someone just wrote me)...
we have wept too long and too often...
Yes...I sincerely believe in Howard Beals profound anger : "HELL,NO..I am NOT going to take it anymore."
and we should all pledge to that...
please: my webmaster:
webmaster@planetearthdog.com
named Mark: besides being dynamite he is also a caring animal person,having rescue dogs himself.
He is a good man,like you,Mark .
Barbara Schine
Earthdog
hey mark,
i agree that something must be done about this. many people will also agree with you, but have no idea on how to voice their minds.
can u circulate emails, phone numbers and names of people in charge of east valley and of the people who oversee the la shelters.
if u can make making complaints simple, responses to these unfortunate situations will be high.
there are a lot of people who care, but do not do this type of stuff everyday and do not know what to do.
thanks,
i appreciate what you are doing very much,
paul
We have all murdered Boo Boo. By allowing this to continue without "fighting the system"..
it is called apathy by lack of action.
No one is sick: we are ALL ill from the unending care,love,compassion we have given over the many years.
Our very hearts are bleeding with tears as we do this daily.We are rescue..we are grassroots.
AND,we are not going to take this bullshit anymore. Our emotions,finances and personal lives are
taking a monumental toll on ALL of us.
We are being punished by the very criminals: the evil- who overbreed,puppy millers,abusers,brokers et al.
Does this punishment fit "our" crime of caring??????
I do not know about you: but I,for one, am sick and tired of seeing bastard after bastard go free,
while we suffer with the animals.How do you think animals like Boo Boo wind up in shelters??
Because so many people are caring and just,and,they just know shelters do not murder?
Mr.Hovenac did not put a needle of death into this poor creature.He offered love and kindness in that
fleeting moment we know as life.
what is murder?? under law,it is the taking of a life with premeditated malice.
Your malice towards Mr.Hovenac is sad and pitiful.Our shelters in NC gas.
Who tosses/wire loops the innocent to a lingering suffering death?
The shelter.
The hell on earth carries more potency than any predestination or
thought on religion.
Maybe it is better to serve in hell,than reign with your "kind of agnostic God".
Very sad that places like that call themselves "shelters"
My thoughts to you and Boo Boo
Nan
Thank you for allowing me to put your heartfelt words for all to see. I,too,do the same.
I could not agree with you more.
I thank you,from the bottom of my heart,for being there for Boo Boo.
You gave more than solice: you gave human love;something..an unknown entity,which Boo Boo probably never had before you.
You are the angel that allowed Boo Boo to reach Heaven.Never forget that.
Hi, Mark,
Tres just FWD the story about Booboo and I am
INCENSED! This kind of
treatment is UNCONSCIONABLE!!!!! Where do these
people come from,
that have so little humanity and compassion that they
permit this and
look the other way! I am MORE THAN PISSED OFF!
Please let me know the name of this shelter, and the
names of the
people who are nothing but hemorrhoids on the face of
the earth who
did NOTHING... I want to write them and THEIR BOSS a
scathing letter,
and I will mail a copy to the local news networks too,
in the hopes
that this NEVER happens again--if we can't make these
low-life cold
hearted people care, we can at least make them think
twice that their
job may be on the line and their income may suffer. I
heart is
breaking for Booboo and the other pups and pets who
suffer like
this!!!!!!!
Thank you,
Susan
Well, there you go. You thought first, and acted second. I would have not been so kind to him I'm afraid. I really do appreciate your kindness, and your extreme humanity and love towards others. Especially for poor Boo Boo.
May God bless you for all that you do Mark.
Katie
Now is the time to start networking & brainstorming to put an idea I have had into action. We need to contact "famous" people - actors/ actresses/ musicians/ writers/ tv personalities/ etc - people with money, power, & influence.
I would like to see them buy/ sponsor/ maintain spay & neuter mobile vans in every state - especially rural areas & in the south. This is where most people do not spay or neuter their "pets" - perfect example was Katrina when so many of us found that about 90% of these animals were not "altered". We need desperately to stop the needless daily slaughter/ murder of all these innocent precious beings - by my estimate 12 MILLION a year.
We need these people that have the money & power to make this "dream" of mine a reality. At least one or two mobile vans for each state , spaying & neutering at a nominal fee or as a free service. There are people out there who can afford this - we just need to contact them! That is why we all need to get together & work on this - brainstorming & networking, starting NOW!!
In Boo Boo's memory.
Hi Susan:
I've known Mark for just a single day of this life, and we are taking a quick breather before thinking about the best way to move forward and act on Boo Boo's behalf.....probably with an inundation of emails to the Mayor of Los Angeles, and an Op-Ed piece in the LA Times from me. And the local media, as you indicated.
I made the hard, but quick, decision to put this young angel down; it should have been done a long time before today. As Mark wrote, I held him, cried on his back, and apologized for his miserable short existence and for the way this shelter failed him. I told him that it was not his fault and I would do something about it. I kissed him on his snout before I left. I was with him and, if nothing else, he was mine when he died.
Stay tuned in a day or so for how we can speak for this angel, and the other Boo Boos to come. Dan
Mark,
You have helped me in the past with donations for a few of my pit crew. I am beside myself with grief over what little Boo Boo had to endure until you were able to end his suffering. Thank God you were there to send him off - perhaps I am crazy, but I think if Boo Boo could tell us, he would have said it was worth the wait.
I saw that Beth was going to take him and knew he would be safe - I went on to the next pit bull in need - there are so many - I had no idea his condition was critical. I will support any action you deem appropriate and alas, have had similar experiences - from cancer, distemper, parvo, a dog with his leg almost completely severed, another with a kidney about to explode - Thousands of dollars, unending tears, a pain in my soul ineffable - I am more determined than ever. I feel so blessed to know that you, Dan, Rad & Beth exist. Thank you for caring and showing Boo Boo that we are capable of compassion despite the odds.
I will say a prayer for Boo Boo and whisper his name to the 5 pits in my home as I tuck them in tonight - Boo Boo will be well taken care of - I am sending emissaries, who like Boo Boo - knew they were loved.
Marley's Pit Stop Rescue
Holy shit.. What is going on Mark???
The attachment didn't come through. But I would truly like to have the last picture of Boo Boo to look at as I pray for his soul.
I am still reeling from the shock after reading your email. It is beyond comprehension that any shelter could be so callous in their treatment of an animal in obvious pain and distress.
Nancy B & Crew
OTRA Moderator/OK and Beyond
I received an email today about you and Boo Bo. My I commend you on your love and compassion. If more people had hearts the world would be a better place.
It is sad to think that taking care of our animals has become a money making
system just like taking care of people.
THIS IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH AMERICA!!!!! Everything goes round by the
almighty dollar. We have lost all sense of what is right any more. Poor BOO
BOO should never have suffered a minute.
I wish we could do to all the money worried assholes that run everything,
as they do especially to animals who can't speak up for them selves.
Please count me among the many who will than you everyday and count em in
the fight against these people.
Sincerely,
Albert Walsh
Dear Mark,
I have just finished reading your email about Boo Boo, and my heart and soul go out to you. I am involved in pit rescue (and really any dog rescue) on the east coast, and I live in Virginia…a particularly backward state for animal compassion, let alone animal rights. I have gone through so many similar atrocities as what poor Boo Boo and you and your friends went through, and every time my soul cries out to God to show me the way to make people realize the bad things they do, not only to each other, but to the innocent creatures of the world, is not unnoticed by God. I believe God expects us to always try to do the right thing, and we all know what that is. I have been told I cannot save every animal in need, but I can save one at a time. Each of those lives is precious to me and to God. For the ones I cannot save, and there are so many, I cry over them for the shame on mankind, and I pray to God to ease their way to him. Animals suffer at the hands of man, either through abuse or indifference, then their suffering is over and they are with God. Evils is punished for eternity. If I didn’t believe that, I couldn’t go on.
I don’t know what the solution is to the indifference and selfishness of man. All you can do is keep the truth out there, as best you can. Just change one person, and maybe that person will change another, and so on, like ripples on a pond reaching out further and further. God bless you in your struggles for our friends, and hold you close in your time of such sadness.
Edie Larson
Fox Haven Farm
Maidens, VA
You got me Crying here with that Letter
I asked one of the Commissioners to bring it up in discussion on Monday and to get it on the agenda for two weeks from then.
I'm speaking with Ed Boks (GM of LAAS) this morning.
Ok, sweetheart...
I will pray for this poor liitle soul.
My heart aches for him.
I cried so hard.
Take care
E
Just spoke w/Ed this morning to be fair and give him
the details but I'm going to aim to write an article
today, although it will focus on the system....and that
is what hurts Villaraigosa and City Council. Stay
tuned...we'll also do anemail campaign that you can lead
in your net available moment
Hello,
I just wanted to write to you and tell you that I read about the whole deal with BooBoo, and I am heartbroken. I really don't know what to say about it.
I am so sorry that you had to face this whole ordeal, but I also want to say thank you both so much for all the work that you do in support of the animals!
I am just now learning enough to know where help is needed, and the things that I can do to make a difference, and now I am on the case full force.
I have owned Pit Bulls all my life, and they are some of the smartest, well behaved, and loving pets that I have ever encountered. I know that BooBoo is in a better place now, and that one day he will be glad to see you again.
Thanks again for all you do.
You are truly a God Send to so many animals,
All my respect,
Brandy Reid
Hi Brandy, I am sure that Mark appreciates your support as much as I do - thanks. It will be a long time before we can heal from this sad ending but we hope that some good will come out of it to stop anything like this from ever happening again at this shelter.
Beth Gruff
Dear Mark. Bless you for the work you are doing. My heart is breaking for the inhumane way we treat these poor animals . I don't understand why people are not required to be trained before being placed in a position to work with these wonderful animals. I realize that we cannot teach them to use their brains, but just maybe we can teach them to use their hearts. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help. Thank you for all you do. Elaine
I am not sure how to digest this, except with comeplete anger. Mark, please please contact Ed Bocs (spelling) this is such a tragedy and completely not right.
Cindy Ross communicates with Ed about the ongoing issues at the City Shelters, she has his contact info. Her email is:
ruffdiamonds@comcast.net
Poor Boo Boo, I love you Boo Boo!!
You stated so clearly what I have been saying all along. We shall be judged by how we care for the "least of these"....Know that your works are being watched by Him and He knows what you are doing. Those who perpetrate these heinous acts on our fellow creatures will be doomed to pay when they "cross over". I always say, I hope they come back as a puppymill puppy when they die.
God Bless you ...dont give up. The animals need champsions such as yourself.
Dawn
What is so disturbing to me in regards to Boo Boo's death is not that he was euthed but that he suffered needlessly. The shelter had options.
In November of 2005 I had a meeting with Captain Gaffa and Dean after a dog lost his leg due to neglegence on the part of Dr Shargani. I offered to cover emergency medical care for animals coming into shelter to avoid such situations. We all agreed that I will be called immediately if a dog comes into shelter that needs medical care exceeding the city budget and I would pick up the tab. I further offered (as a LAAS volunteer) and it was agreed upon that should they be short staffed I would transport the dog to the vet. As such, my big quesition is ...Why was I not informed of Boo Boo's condition? Why did Tracey Harris tell me every time I called (and I called twice a day every day) that he was doing well.
Clearly Boo Boo did not start bleeding suddenly. I suspect that no one was paying any attention to this dog and that bandages were not being changed. Boo Boo's head injury was so deep that brain matter was seen. How in heavens name does a shelter vet and its staff miss this. The only answer can be they did not look or care to check.
thanks
Pnina
Your letter was just crossposted to my forum and I'm so sorry for what you and Boo Boo have had to endure. I would like to post his photo along with a lit candle on my forum, but since your letter was crossposted, there are no photos. Would you be so kind as to send one to me? I want this baby to be honored.
Thank you,
Anita
it won't be....we will NOT let it be..
as we speak: Jennifer Pryor is meeting with Bob Barker and others at a City Council
financial meeting (unrelated topic) and printing out all the info to disperse to "right" people.
She and the late Richard are/were ardent fighters to stop animal abuse,thru intervention,financial
assistance,support,lobbying et al. I do the same.
We are also working on Bakersfield/Kern County appalling disregard of animal suffering.
Mark: we the kind of people that now will NOT go away...I have way overreached my capacity for this disgust.
Time we hung in and "take out" the creeps.
Love and My Best,
Barb
ps: Jen: this is the caring person who allowed Boo Boo to pass peacefully under horrific conditions.
My tribute to Boo Boo that I've posted.
This is Boo Boo...may he feel the love he was given on his last day on earth and always feel that love at Rainbow Bridge. You were a brave Boy Boo Boo, and tears of sadness for you have now turned to tears of relief for now you no longer suffer.
My Sister - In - Law who runs the Largest NO KILL Shelter in New England sent me that . I have forwarded it to Many and will send to some more . PEOPLE SUCK is all it amounts to !!!! Sorry for your Loss for sure .. Bob
Mark, I have already told everyone I know about Boo Boo and his horrible ordeal. Anything else you need me for, please let me know. I find that I like animals much better than most people I know these days. Love, e
I am so sad about Boo Boo---please do lodge a formal compaint, there is a place for that on the LAAS website...and the fact that you are making a lot of noise is great...
I too lost a dog to a botched surgery at one of the slaughter clinics this week...
BTW, when you are ready, Cindy Ross, (diamonds in the ruff) has many great pities and pities mixes that she has pulled and worked with from shelters...when you are ready to rescue again!
my thoughts are with you...
Jennifer Lee Pryor (Richard Pryor’s Wife)
Reply Posted to the "A shelter atrocity- Boo Boo, you were
loved............" thread on Pets in Need:
From: Kimberly B
Date: Sunday, April 9, 2006 - 3:28:30 PM
-
Omg I just received the same letter from the shelter I work with to
pass along. My heart is breaking and the tears are flowing. How could
anyone do this, why didn't they just put him out of his misery. That
poor baby, it seems everyday something worse comes along and I just cannot
comprehend!!! To those idiots, I hope they rot!God bless your friend,
yourself and all the others that work night and day to help all
animals.
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Boo Boo 3:29 PM
What is wrong with our society to let animals suffer like Boo Boo.? Have we become so detached with suffering and pain of animals that we can't even realize to stop it. These people sre the worse kind of SCUM''''''''''''. LET THEIR SOULS BE TORMENTED FOR EVER'''''''''. REST IN PEACE BOO BOO.
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What a terrible thing to happen to Boo-boo and I am appauled at how he was allowed to suffer. Do you have an address and email address for the shelter, board members, manager, etc. that we can use?
I applaud Dan for his compassion in caring for this poor suffering animal! I also applaud the rescue advocate that reported the abuse, your friends in the rescue community, the rescue group, and you!
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I'm calling this f*cking "shelter." I'm going to tell them the error of their ways. You don't know what I'm going to tell them, believe me.
I am an animal rescue worker. I save animals. I help animals. And I hate the blacksouled cretins who hurt them and stand by when they are suffering.
It is too late for Boo Boo. But it is not too late for the next dog or cat.
Please get us (if you can) the names and contact info of:
the mayor
the city council
the local newspapers
the governor
the local TV stations
and anyone else pertinent to this.
What happened to Boo Boo is outrageous and the whole damned town needs to be made aware of it.
And please crosspost this to the PETA group and the HSUS group. They will take action as well!
And finally, when I get home tonight, I am going to light my candle for Boo Boo. Maybe it will help him feel the love we have for him.
These people are supposed to care for our pets while they are given a few short days to be returned to their homes or if they are very lucky they find a new home. To leave this beautiful dog suffering for more than 8 days is UNACCEPTABLE. Someone needs to pay for this dogs suffering by loosing their job. There are a bunch of animal loving attorneys out there, maybe we can give BOO BOO a chance to make sure this doesn't happen to another wonderful, loving dog. Tell me who is responsible and what I can do to make sure the responsible people are punished for what happened to BOO BOO. Thanks for caring about BOO BOO.
Sincerely, Rick Kerr, Founder of Citizens for Sheltered Animals, Inc. 661 296-5541
Dear Mr. Boks,
I am the Rescue that was going to take Boo Boo, the 5 month old pit with the head and back injury at the East Valley shelter. I understand that you oversee the LA shelters so I felt that you should know about this tragic ending that just didn't need to happen. My name is Beth Gruff of Gruff's Pit Stop and Help4Pets. We are a non profit rescue located in San Diego. We are a small rescue that takes as many dogs as we can. We wanted to help Boo Boo and had made arrangements for someone in LA to pick up Boo Boo and transport him here to San Diego where I had made arrangements for Boo Boo to be admitted to the Animal Medical Center, a 24 hour specialty hospital that I use constantly. They have a board certified surgeon there and she was going to help Boo Boo. She has saved many injured dogs that I have taken to her and I know that she could have help Boo Boo given the chance. What happened to Boo Boo was a crime and lots of people should be made accountable. I personally called on Saturday morning as the shelter was not cooperating with us trying to pull him. I was told that we had to have a pull card for the LA area. What difference does it make if I fax my 501 proof and I have given the name of the person trying to help this little guy. Your staff would rather let this little puppy die then let us take him to get medical treatment. All they wanted was money, as I understand it they would not even euthanize the poor little guy until we paid the fee to pull him. This is horrendous! I found Dan Guss who agreed to meet the gentleman who was going to pull Boo Boo for us. Boo Boo was beyond help at this point and in severe pain. The infection was awful and the poor puppy's brain matter was spilling out of his head along with a terrible infection. Why was this puppy left to suffer? He should have been rushed to a medical facility that was equipped to help him. He suffered for 10 days!!! Your staff knew that all of his medical was covered by Pnina Gertsen. Pnina had called twice a day checking on Boo Boo and was told that he was fine. What kind of people do you employ that they can't tell a seriously injured puppy for a healthy one? This entire situation in extremely upsetting and sickening to me. I have always head how badly the animals are treated in the LA shelters but now I see it first hand. What is their excuse for this? What are you going to do about it? Please, get to the bottom of this tragedy and get rid of the incompetent people who work there and find some folks that really care about what happens to these poor babies. Compassion is greatly needed at your facility. It would be nice if your staff would realize that Rescues are here to help the animals get a second chance and that they should be happy that we are trying to pull these animals out before they end up killing them. Believe it or not, we do find great homes for these pets. Why is it so difficult for a Rescue to pull an animal? If I have proof of my non-profit status, why is it difficult to pull and why can't I fax that to you and have someone that I have named pick up an animal that you would otherwise kill? I don't understand, please explain it to me. I sure hope that you take a hard look at all involved and take the appropriate measures to fix this problem so that it never happens again. In memory of Boo Boo.
Beth Gruff
Mark, I know the people at L.A. County Animal Shelter and I have helped them for almost 18 years... actually I helped the animals. We have saved almost 4,000 dogs, cats, possums, squirrels I recently had a problem with them and when I threatened to have the press show up to answer why they didn't want or need the help of my organization. These people forget that they are supposed to save every one of these animals and give them a shot at living the life we gave them... Rick
Mark:
I just finished reading what you wrote about Boo-Boo...I want so much to say SOMETHING to you that will carry some profound meaning...but all I can do right now is keep myself from screaming...my heart is beating like crazy...I ache for this poor little soul and can't imagine his pain and suffering. How in God's name do some people care so little?
I am just sorry...SO sorry...
Athena
Let's start a protest movement against the people that run this facility.
And, thank you so much for letting us know. The poor dear should never have gone through this and they shouldn't be given the chance to handle any more cases.
Please let me know. I care .................
Nina
Mark, I had to leave my desk and go to the men's room because this message made me cry. I had a tough weekend with doggie adoptions that included breaking up a fight between two and getting bitten on my arm and chin in the process. I don't mind and love both dogs. And I love Boo-Boo even though I couldn't see or touch him and didn't know him. He is indeed lying on his back in the sunshine, well and happy, somewhere. That's all I can say except bless you're heart for letting me know him.
Chris
Hi Mark - The story of Boo-Boo tore me apart. I am so sorry this animal had to suffer. Humans can be especially inhumane sometimes. At least Boo-Boo is in a good place now where he's no longer in pain. You're a good person. Thanks for trying to help him. –Sue
Thought you might appreciate some more responses to my post feo Boo Boo. There are many of us who want to address this shelter and hold them accountable.
Animal Cruelty and Lobbying
wrote:
Date: 10 Apr 2006 14:33:38 -0700
To: "Animal Cruelty and Lobbying"
Subject: [Animal Cruelty and Lobbying] A shelter atrocity- Boo Boo, you were loved............
From: "Animal Cruelty and Lobbying"
Reply Posted to the "A shelter atrocity- Boo Boo, you were loved............" thread on Animal Cruelty and Lobbying:
From: Jody H
Date: Monday, April 10, 2006 - 2:33:38 PM
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I cannot say how much I appreciate the love and kindness that those of you who were there showed Boo Boo. Your story has me crying in the middle of a computer lab and I don't even care. At least it's true that Boo Boo is now free of all pain. Let's make sure that in every thing we say and do we honour him and prevent further hurt to other animals.
Hi Mark and Barb...Mark, thank you for having Dan there at that last moment to hold and send Boo Boo on his way with love. No matter how severe his injury, he knew someone loved him and he knew someone was there...for him.
You are right...apathy...in my opinion, it is the deadliest of sins. And the air in America is rank with it.
I know it hurt terribly. I know too well. And it's going to hurt for a while. But please know that what you and Dan did for him was an act of courage and love. Something so many do not have. So many nameless animals die without loving hands ever touching them. Boo Boo had loving hands to touch him, if only for a little bit, he had loving hands.
I am truly sorry that other person said you murdered him. That was a horrible and asinine thing to say to you for loving an animal enough to give him peace.
Barb knows me well and knows that I do sincerely care.
Boo Boo will always be with you both now. He will never leave you, the people that loved him so completely in such a short time. True love has no time limits.
I am sorry I did not see this sooner or I would have written sooner.
Please convey to Dan that I admire him for his unselfish love and that I will be praying for you both.
Yes, NO MORE. So many are fed up and sick of it. What can we do? If only rescuers were always so broke and overwhelmed, we could stage a march on Washinton. Barb will be doing a wonderful thing with the website. But in order for it to have true impact, we need to get the apathetic people to view it. How do we accomplish that? They are so wrapped up in consumerism and plastic lives. How do we wake them up?
I am now of the opinion that instead of sending rescue emails amongst ourselves, we need to send photos of dead animals to elected officials. We need to send photos of the dead bodies piled high to the papers. We need them to be saturated with death the same as we are. (((Just gotta be sure to sign your WHOLE name and contact, huh, Barb:) God forbid, we illegally aggravate them!)))
Rescuers have begged and pleaded, cried and suffered to no avail. It falls on deaf ears. We MUST come up with a singular way to open those deaf ears and force them to see the truth. I wrote a petition today, NO MORE KILLING INNOCENTS but have no idea who to target it to. I'll paste it below so if you have any ideas or edits for the text, let me know.
I have to leave now to go home and take care of my crew. I am holding you and Dan in my heart...Boo Boo is past any pain now. He is another doggie angel, looking over the people who truly cared about his life.
Barb, I didn't get a chance to call yesterday..always something...you know how special you are to me and you are very much loved...Hugs...Julia
We Are Sick of the Killing of the Innocents!
We, the Undersigned, are of the opinion that a better solution exists to the mindless and routine killing of innocent companion animals in America's shelters. To stop the death, production must be stopped.
This is America, the richest country in the world, and we kill millions of loving and innocent animals each year in shelters and pounds. Their only crime was being born.
We spend millions of dollars each year to house the country's most dangerous and heinous criminals. These amoral and unrepentive criminals are treated better than innocent animals who are warehoused in shelters, waiting for death after the standard 5 day hold period. Many of the shelters in which these animals are held are substandard, filthy, infested with rodents and insects, disease ridden, freezing or overwhelmingly hot, overcrowded, and terrifying to the innocent animals. These conditions would not be tolerated in the prisons that house murderers, rapists, batterers, drug dealers, and thieves. The innocent animals should not be made to suffer like this. They commited no crime.
In addition, many of these shelters refuse to work with rescuers, instead prefering to stuff animals in gas chambers, injecting them cruelly by heartstick, and in some cases gunshot. We often recieve reports of live animals being stuffed into freezers after botched euthanasia injections. We hear of pregnant dogs being stuffed into gas chambers. There are also many reports of severly injured animals being denied basic veterinary care. They suffer horribly with no chance for adoption because they are hidden from public view. This must stop.
Many shelters have made changes to better faciltate the animals in their care. It is our opinion that ALL shelters should make the changes needed to help these animals who are indeed victims of an uncaring poplace and government.
The killing is a "band-aid" solution that does not work. It only promotes more killing. In order to stop the killing, we must stop the volume breeders and millers. We must institute mandatory spay and neuter laws. When these laws are instituted, there must large penalties for not abiding by these laws. We need enforcement. We need our leaders to listen to us. We need accountabilty and responsibility for these innocent victims of greed and apathy.
In order to stop the killing, we have to start being responsible! We are calling on our leaders to begin this change. Stop treating animals like comodities to be bought sold and traded and treat them like living sentient beings.
Mark,
I have sent this out for advice from a insider. I am shocked.I never knew. I would love to get with you and see what I can do and where to report..
I am over run and pulled in every direction. I have been nursing the Katrina heartworm sick dogs and trying to rescue locally as well. This is a horrible story BUT I need all the facts.
I am due to go look at a kennel property tomorrow.I have been trying to get one for 2 years now.
. Sometimes I can barely get passed all the shelter dog pics to sort through and I guess I miss some emails.
Mark, I am so sorry. I'll do what I can BUT it might be a hard one..
Peace to you my friend.
Linda Blair
Yes,Julia is a dear,strong,dedicated rescuer! she is an intelligent,determined lady: who is so sick of the crap,it is now just plain unacceptable/ unbearable to all of us..
Yes,I shall start a "mild" anarchy at first....I agree...pics must be circulated...way my website will be set up:
people will type in "key words" in their internet searches (Like free doctor,lawyer,auction,mailboxes,servers etc etc)...and they will get bouncecd into the website..
once there,we got them to look.I have 4 websites...inc Graphic with key words punched in to get the people in.
OH YES..politicians will be getting mounds of pics!! I did that here after they chucked that poor pregnant Mama giving birth into the gas chamber: I went ballistic and then some:
All politicals got pics from me...I follow thru on everything I do.I am very results oriented.
I sincerely believe,as Julia said(names etc): there is enough of us out there that can make one big difference..it is unison..key element.
We have started...let us finish it once and for all..
for the animals,
Barb
hugs Julia! call when you can..I understand!
THEY ARE NOT EDITED FOR CONTENT, TYPOS OR SPELLING. THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLISHED COPY, BUT RATHER PASSION. THE ONLY CONTENT MODIFIED WERE LAST NAMES AND EMAILS WHERE APPROPRIATE. THE ORIGINAL EMAILS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITIES. PLEASE JOIN ME IN READING THIS COLLECTIVE WORK AS A WONDERFUL EULOGY FOR MY DEAR SWEET BOO BOO. GOD BLESS.
Mark Thank you for your words. For being by his side. For letting Boo Boo know he was special. I saw Boo Boo on the site April 4th and I am the one that offered the full medical sponsorship for him. I am utterly devestated. I have written a letter to Ed Boks. I will not rest until I get some action. I cannot let Boo Boo die in vain.
Thank you
Pnina
I'm in the middle of your eloquent email, Mark and am appreciative of the positive light in which you showed my actions today. ANY animal rescuer will know all about it
Actually, the GM didn't want to have it known that I was in the kill room, but fuck it. Yes, FUCK IT, because he has not been heeding my recommendations. And his employees -- who I told to not release the information -- did just that. So he's being burned by their stupidity.
And, yes, I am proud to have been part of relieving this angel's suffering today. He MIGHT have been able to survive with much suffering and doubtless pain and aches in his life. I did for him what I would have wanted for myself. He was hugged, and cried over and I told him that none of it was his fault and that he'll be safe now.
I really can't handle much more of this right now. I'll get back to reading your email in a bit. We'll absolutely work together and make people pay for this shit. Dan
I am so angry this time something must be done... may I call you to talk about this. I feel so bad that I could not be at the shelter this morning to pull him and see him and say goodbye to him
Pnina
I will work with you.
I know we cannot bring him back but can expose those responsible.
United States Animal Protection
Dawn Bechtold
UnitedStatesAnimalProtection
Mark, I just now posted this email of yours to 220 Yahoo animal rescue groups, 8 of them being Pit Bull groups. I am so ashamed to even call myself a human being when I see things like this going on in so many places across the country. I had just finished posting out Pnina's email about an hour ago regarding this poor baby boy. I AM SO VERY SORRY, AND SO SAD FOR THAT SWEET BOY
Katie
I HATE MOST ALL PEOPLE !!!!!
THANK GOD FOR THE WONDERFUL MAN WHO KEPT IT TOGETHER ENOUGH TO HELP THIS POOR, POOR BABY. I WOULD BE SITTING IN JAIL RIGHT NOW FOR BEATING THE SHIT OF PEOPLE AT THAT SHELTER. I'M SURE HE FELT THAT WAY WHEN HE SAW BOO TOO, BUT MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR BOO BOO.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW SICK, MAD, OUTRAGED, SAD, AND DEPRESSED THE WHOLE THING MADE ME WHEN READING IT. I HAVE VERY LITTLE FAITH IN THE HUMAN RACE AND IT SEEMS I LOSE MORE AND MORE OF IT EVERYDAY.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS, NONE!!! ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES SHOULD BE BROUGHT AGAINST EVERYBODY AT THAT SHELTER. HOW CAN THEY SLEEP AT NIGHT???
RULES OR NO RULES YOU DON'T LET AN ANIMAL SUFFER. EVIDENTLY EVERYBODY AT THAT SHELTER IS HEARTLESS, STUPID, AND A COWARD FOR NOT STANDING UP FOR BOO BOO. I CAN ONLY HOPE WHAT COMES AROUND GOES AROUND AND THEY GET EVERYTHING THEY DESERVE.
BOO BOO PAID THE PRICE FOR THE PURE UNCARING STUPIDITY OF OUR SOCIETY. AFTER ALL HE WAS "JUST A DOG", RIGHT?? NEVER MIND HE WAS MORE LOVING AND LOYAL THAN ANY PERSON ON THIS EARTH.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN ENDING HIS SUFFERING. I'M SO GLAD HE DIDN'T GO ALONE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO SUCK. PLEASE KNOW I HAVE CRIED FOR THIS BABY AS WELL.
ELLEN
I forwarded Boo-Boo's post to the group a few days ago. This is a damn shame and one of the most inhumane things I have ever heard come out of a shelter. Why in the world did they not help this poor baby cross over the bridge if they weren't going to treat him? Instead, they let him suffer with an ungodly open head wound for almost 2 weeks. There is just no excuse for this. No excuse.
God bless his little soul. He will forever be a puppy, he will stay innocent and free from the cares of our world, he will never know pain again, and because he is a bully and knows nothing but complete devotion, he will forgive us all and meet us at the bridge, butt wiggling completely out of control.
Jodi
I just read your e-mail about Boo Boo and I am so full of grief. How can anyone calling himself or herself a human being and be so cruel. I am glad your friend Dan was there to help Boo Boo cross the rainbow bridge. I hate when I hear people make derrogatory remarks about animals especially dogs. I have two Chis and four cats. They are my children and are part of my soul. Only true animal lovers understand that. Remember you did what you could for Boo Boo. You had no way of knowing his injuries were so extensive. He is romping in the fields with other fur babies. God Bless you and your friends who save fur babies everywhere.
Amy
Charlotte, NC
What I don’t understand is how a shelter can deny vet care when it is against the law for anyone else to deny an animal medical care? I will definitely send this to my contacts at HSUS and PeTA!
Dear sir, I read the e mail and the out come of poor boo boo, and I'm still crying. this is so sad. at least he is in a better place. I agree, some people are assholes. only compassionate people need to work at a shelter, and all shelters should be no kill shelters, with immediate emergency service. I had a situation where we caught my alcoholic neighbor chase his beagle around the yard and kicking it like a football, and beating him with his fists. I have called animal control and 911 for the cops also, and they said since they did not catch him in the act, they could do nothing but give him a citation and show proof the beagle was up to date on shots. when the police and animal control called him 2 days later because that’s the time they gave him, he transferred the dog sometime in the middle of the night to a friends house who deals in hunting dogs out on Schererville, in. that’s what animal control said. so the fate of this poor animal is unknown. I even offered the drunk bastard to take the beagle and I will feed him, keep him indoors, and show him love, not neglect, abuse and hate. he just walked back in his house. portage, Indiana did nothing. for all I know he is in worse conditions. very sad.they said Indiana law says he has to get caught in the act with pics to prove it!!!!!!!!!! bullshit, all 4 of us seen the abuse, and just because we didn’t take pics, there was no case. my heart goes out to the people and boo boo. how sad God bless and take care. Susanne
That is sad to hear but I am not surprised. You should see some of our shelters here in NC. Many still gas animals and I am sure there are some that shoot them. We have shelters with NO adoption hours so everything that comes in never gets adopted. I could go on and on but we are trying to make things happen here and we are succeeding little by little.
You are more than welcome Mark. I just loved your email! It said exactly what I would have loved to have been able to say myself so many times, but I always worried about sounding to angry, and being thrown off the Yahoo rescue groups that I post the animals to. So for the animals sakes I always held my tongue. Thank you for telling it like it is! Katie
Its straight from my aching heart, Mark. That poor baby didn't deserve what happened to him, and a few kind words to send him off to be with his Father is the very least I can do.
The purpose of animal shelters is to give animals the care they would not (or are not) otherwise receiving in society. The sad reality of this situation is that BooBoo would have been better off on the streets in the hopes that a good samaratin found him. Instead he was locked away in a room where he received nothing and was in what I can only imagine must have been incredible pain.
Chew their ass up and serve it to them on a platter. This should never have happened.
Jodi
Sure thing. Yeah, it's very antagonistic toward Villaraigosa. I'll strategize to see how we can leverage the moment for Boo Boo and the others.
By the way, PLEASE call Rad to tell him what a star I thought he was today. Add that he should not be discouraged by this, but emboldened by it. Because if he couldn't make it, maybe we would never have discovered this.
By the way, several friends from out of state have already wrote to me that they received your remarkably eloquent email, Mark. As a professional writer, I have to tell you, you've got great storytelling skills.
More in a bit. Dan
thank you. not to sound morbid, but did someone bury boo boo? he deserves a proper burial.
I caught those things and didn't have it in my heart to be an editor today.
Okay, more in a bit. I think I'll stay in tonight to formulate an Op-Ed. I had two in the Daily News in November and Decembe, but will aim for the LA Times.
What really surprises me about your story is that you captured it exactly as it was. I don't know if it was from me, or Rad, or what, but it was exactly as it happened. Remarkable. Okay, more in a bit.
DG
Dear Mark and Dan,
For what you tried to do, and for what you did for
BooBoo......
Bless you........
For BooBoo...Rest In Peace, sweet baby...
and know this: WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND.
which is why, Mark and Dan, you are certainly
candidates for angels'
wings someday.....
Well, I think you picked the most perfect time to say what you did say. I was totally impressed with your words, and with your timing. It sure made me stand up and take notice of the gravity of the situation. In this country we call America, where we are supposed to be so humane, I just don't see it that way anymore.
Thank you again Mark for standing up for this little one. I know he is with God now, and will NEVER HAVE TO SUFFER AGAIN.
Katie
Hi Mark, thanks for the e-mail regarding poor little Boo Boo. I am beside myself in tears. I hope that he didn't die in vane.
Beth Gruff
Gruff's Pit Stop and Help4Pets
Why has somebody not brought this shelter up on cruelty and neglect???
Plus: illegal misuse of public parking.....somebody has to be responsible for letting this poor baby languish in pain before being held by
someone who loved him enought to lead him into peace.
I AM ANGERED and sincerely heartfelt saddened....NO MORE of this...we must stick together
and bring HELL onto these rotten people.I am in NC and we have similiar stories here.We still gas here.
This world,the USA is getting "over the top" with this disposable mentality-don't want something?
throw it away.People like us have to cry and suffer with these innocent creatures while the guilty walk free: the
bastards who thru the dog away in the first place.And the pounds welcome them with open arms like garbagemen
picking up trash.Yes,give us that puppy that grew too big,or dump that old dog and more until the heart breaks.
Too many? kill 'em.
We must stop this continuing,escalating cycle...break it...We need to lobby...ingratiate ourselves with persistence to the lawmakers.
We also need to pool our money together and take out full page ads....with color pictures of the animals and pounds...
and shake and wake up the public.LA TIMES,NY Times for starters..you would have the phones ringing off the hook
in city halls if you name names and what they did...back it up with the graphic pics..Too offensive? billboards then!
Handbills stuck on every car in the areas where the "bad pounds' are.
I,for one,am really having a difficult time restraining my anger with the mass killing and suffering of innocents,all
of it condoned and funded by your average tax payer.Take back our decency and compassion.
Poor BOO BOO is not the first,nor will he be the last.
We,that care,MUST mobilize with action plans.
We must not let those sentient creatures that have died be in vain.
"If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law,
every man can.That means first chaos,then tyranny.Legal
process is an essential part of the democratic process."
Justice Felix Frankfurter
www.planetearthdog.com
A new future is coming and we are challenging it...
for all the right reasons!.....and:
For the Animals
mark
i feel your pain. we as people are shit. that was a
very touching email
you wrote. if only there were more people like
yourself and beth. at
least you were able to save another unfortunate soul
because of poor
booboo. i cry about the shelter situations all the
time, its not only
l.a. its the same here in baltimore. i cant stand to
walk through there
and pick only a couple lives i can save but we try our
hardest.if i had
one wish in life it would be to have humans feel what
these poor animals
go through. and i would not give them the humane
euthanization either.
so from a fellow pitbull rescuer in maryland i send
my sincere
apologies for peoples actions, and thanks for finally
letting booboo
rest in peace
mary
Thanks Mark, I just can't quit crying. That poor little baby looking for help from us and we were too late. I keep thinking what if I had been able to get him out two days ago, would that have saved him. I want to rewind it and save him. Sorry, I get so involved with the pups that we try to save it really takes a toll when something like this happens.
Thanks for all that you are doing to help make sure that it doesn't happen again.
Beth
Mark,
This is horrible and surely feel like you and have yelled it so many times myself.
I will crosspost your message, however I need the exact name and address of the place, a FAX number if they have one so people can send their letters.
May the people that did this to Boo Boo go the hell.
Mark
well said sweetie. I can't even imagine.........
Bless you
Kate xx
Please,Mark: would you write a tribute to Boo Boo for my website???
give every detail: name the souless people there...we can dedicate to poor Boo boo and others like him.
We need people who are sick and tired of being punished for "having a heart" (as someone just wrote me)...
we have wept too long and too often...
Yes...I sincerely believe in Howard Beals profound anger : "HELL,NO..I am NOT going to take it anymore."
and we should all pledge to that...
please: my webmaster:
webmaster@planetearthdog.com
named Mark: besides being dynamite he is also a caring animal person,having rescue dogs himself.
He is a good man,like you,Mark .
Barbara Schine
Earthdog
hey mark,
i agree that something must be done about this. many people will also agree with you, but have no idea on how to voice their minds.
can u circulate emails, phone numbers and names of people in charge of east valley and of the people who oversee the la shelters.
if u can make making complaints simple, responses to these unfortunate situations will be high.
there are a lot of people who care, but do not do this type of stuff everyday and do not know what to do.
thanks,
i appreciate what you are doing very much,
paul
We have all murdered Boo Boo. By allowing this to continue without "fighting the system"..
it is called apathy by lack of action.
No one is sick: we are ALL ill from the unending care,love,compassion we have given over the many years.
Our very hearts are bleeding with tears as we do this daily.We are rescue..we are grassroots.
AND,we are not going to take this bullshit anymore. Our emotions,finances and personal lives are
taking a monumental toll on ALL of us.
We are being punished by the very criminals: the evil- who overbreed,puppy millers,abusers,brokers et al.
Does this punishment fit "our" crime of caring??????
I do not know about you: but I,for one, am sick and tired of seeing bastard after bastard go free,
while we suffer with the animals.How do you think animals like Boo Boo wind up in shelters??
Because so many people are caring and just,and,they just know shelters do not murder?
Mr.Hovenac did not put a needle of death into this poor creature.He offered love and kindness in that
fleeting moment we know as life.
what is murder?? under law,it is the taking of a life with premeditated malice.
Your malice towards Mr.Hovenac is sad and pitiful.Our shelters in NC gas.
Who tosses/wire loops the innocent to a lingering suffering death?
The shelter.
The hell on earth carries more potency than any predestination or
thought on religion.
Maybe it is better to serve in hell,than reign with your "kind of agnostic God".
Very sad that places like that call themselves "shelters"
My thoughts to you and Boo Boo
Nan
Thank you for allowing me to put your heartfelt words for all to see. I,too,do the same.
I could not agree with you more.
I thank you,from the bottom of my heart,for being there for Boo Boo.
You gave more than solice: you gave human love;something..an unknown entity,which Boo Boo probably never had before you.
You are the angel that allowed Boo Boo to reach Heaven.Never forget that.
Hi, Mark,
Tres just FWD the story about Booboo and I am
INCENSED! This kind of
treatment is UNCONSCIONABLE!!!!! Where do these
people come from,
that have so little humanity and compassion that they
permit this and
look the other way! I am MORE THAN PISSED OFF!
Please let me know the name of this shelter, and the
names of the
people who are nothing but hemorrhoids on the face of
the earth who
did NOTHING... I want to write them and THEIR BOSS a
scathing letter,
and I will mail a copy to the local news networks too,
in the hopes
that this NEVER happens again--if we can't make these
low-life cold
hearted people care, we can at least make them think
twice that their
job may be on the line and their income may suffer. I
heart is
breaking for Booboo and the other pups and pets who
suffer like
this!!!!!!!
Thank you,
Susan
Well, there you go. You thought first, and acted second. I would have not been so kind to him I'm afraid. I really do appreciate your kindness, and your extreme humanity and love towards others. Especially for poor Boo Boo.
May God bless you for all that you do Mark.
Katie
Now is the time to start networking & brainstorming to put an idea I have had into action. We need to contact "famous" people - actors/ actresses/ musicians/ writers/ tv personalities/ etc - people with money, power, & influence.
I would like to see them buy/ sponsor/ maintain spay & neuter mobile vans in every state - especially rural areas & in the south. This is where most people do not spay or neuter their "pets" - perfect example was Katrina when so many of us found that about 90% of these animals were not "altered". We need desperately to stop the needless daily slaughter/ murder of all these innocent precious beings - by my estimate 12 MILLION a year.
We need these people that have the money & power to make this "dream" of mine a reality. At least one or two mobile vans for each state , spaying & neutering at a nominal fee or as a free service. There are people out there who can afford this - we just need to contact them! That is why we all need to get together & work on this - brainstorming & networking, starting NOW!!
In Boo Boo's memory.
Hi Susan:
I've known Mark for just a single day of this life, and we are taking a quick breather before thinking about the best way to move forward and act on Boo Boo's behalf.....probably with an inundation of emails to the Mayor of Los Angeles, and an Op-Ed piece in the LA Times from me. And the local media, as you indicated.
I made the hard, but quick, decision to put this young angel down; it should have been done a long time before today. As Mark wrote, I held him, cried on his back, and apologized for his miserable short existence and for the way this shelter failed him. I told him that it was not his fault and I would do something about it. I kissed him on his snout before I left. I was with him and, if nothing else, he was mine when he died.
Stay tuned in a day or so for how we can speak for this angel, and the other Boo Boos to come. Dan
Mark,
You have helped me in the past with donations for a few of my pit crew. I am beside myself with grief over what little Boo Boo had to endure until you were able to end his suffering. Thank God you were there to send him off - perhaps I am crazy, but I think if Boo Boo could tell us, he would have said it was worth the wait.
I saw that Beth was going to take him and knew he would be safe - I went on to the next pit bull in need - there are so many - I had no idea his condition was critical. I will support any action you deem appropriate and alas, have had similar experiences - from cancer, distemper, parvo, a dog with his leg almost completely severed, another with a kidney about to explode - Thousands of dollars, unending tears, a pain in my soul ineffable - I am more determined than ever. I feel so blessed to know that you, Dan, Rad & Beth exist. Thank you for caring and showing Boo Boo that we are capable of compassion despite the odds.
I will say a prayer for Boo Boo and whisper his name to the 5 pits in my home as I tuck them in tonight - Boo Boo will be well taken care of - I am sending emissaries, who like Boo Boo - knew they were loved.
Marley's Pit Stop Rescue
Holy shit.. What is going on Mark???
The attachment didn't come through. But I would truly like to have the last picture of Boo Boo to look at as I pray for his soul.
I am still reeling from the shock after reading your email. It is beyond comprehension that any shelter could be so callous in their treatment of an animal in obvious pain and distress.
Nancy B & Crew
OTRA Moderator/OK and Beyond
I received an email today about you and Boo Bo. My I commend you on your love and compassion. If more people had hearts the world would be a better place.
It is sad to think that taking care of our animals has become a money making
system just like taking care of people.
THIS IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH AMERICA!!!!! Everything goes round by the
almighty dollar. We have lost all sense of what is right any more. Poor BOO
BOO should never have suffered a minute.
I wish we could do to all the money worried assholes that run everything,
as they do especially to animals who can't speak up for them selves.
Please count me among the many who will than you everyday and count em in
the fight against these people.
Sincerely,
Albert Walsh
Dear Mark,
I have just finished reading your email about Boo Boo, and my heart and soul go out to you. I am involved in pit rescue (and really any dog rescue) on the east coast, and I live in Virginia…a particularly backward state for animal compassion, let alone animal rights. I have gone through so many similar atrocities as what poor Boo Boo and you and your friends went through, and every time my soul cries out to God to show me the way to make people realize the bad things they do, not only to each other, but to the innocent creatures of the world, is not unnoticed by God. I believe God expects us to always try to do the right thing, and we all know what that is. I have been told I cannot save every animal in need, but I can save one at a time. Each of those lives is precious to me and to God. For the ones I cannot save, and there are so many, I cry over them for the shame on mankind, and I pray to God to ease their way to him. Animals suffer at the hands of man, either through abuse or indifference, then their suffering is over and they are with God. Evils is punished for eternity. If I didn’t believe that, I couldn’t go on.
I don’t know what the solution is to the indifference and selfishness of man. All you can do is keep the truth out there, as best you can. Just change one person, and maybe that person will change another, and so on, like ripples on a pond reaching out further and further. God bless you in your struggles for our friends, and hold you close in your time of such sadness.
Edie Larson
Fox Haven Farm
Maidens, VA
You got me Crying here with that Letter
I asked one of the Commissioners to bring it up in discussion on Monday and to get it on the agenda for two weeks from then.
I'm speaking with Ed Boks (GM of LAAS) this morning.
Ok, sweetheart...
I will pray for this poor liitle soul.
My heart aches for him.
I cried so hard.
Take care
E
Just spoke w/Ed this morning to be fair and give him
the details but I'm going to aim to write an article
today, although it will focus on the system....and that
is what hurts Villaraigosa and City Council. Stay
tuned...we'll also do anemail campaign that you can lead
in your net available moment
Hello,
I just wanted to write to you and tell you that I read about the whole deal with BooBoo, and I am heartbroken. I really don't know what to say about it.
I am so sorry that you had to face this whole ordeal, but I also want to say thank you both so much for all the work that you do in support of the animals!
I am just now learning enough to know where help is needed, and the things that I can do to make a difference, and now I am on the case full force.
I have owned Pit Bulls all my life, and they are some of the smartest, well behaved, and loving pets that I have ever encountered. I know that BooBoo is in a better place now, and that one day he will be glad to see you again.
Thanks again for all you do.
You are truly a God Send to so many animals,
All my respect,
Brandy Reid
Hi Brandy, I am sure that Mark appreciates your support as much as I do - thanks. It will be a long time before we can heal from this sad ending but we hope that some good will come out of it to stop anything like this from ever happening again at this shelter.
Beth Gruff
Dear Mark. Bless you for the work you are doing. My heart is breaking for the inhumane way we treat these poor animals . I don't understand why people are not required to be trained before being placed in a position to work with these wonderful animals. I realize that we cannot teach them to use their brains, but just maybe we can teach them to use their hearts. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help. Thank you for all you do. Elaine
I am not sure how to digest this, except with comeplete anger. Mark, please please contact Ed Bocs (spelling) this is such a tragedy and completely not right.
Cindy Ross communicates with Ed about the ongoing issues at the City Shelters, she has his contact info. Her email is:
ruffdiamonds@comcast.net
Poor Boo Boo, I love you Boo Boo!!
You stated so clearly what I have been saying all along. We shall be judged by how we care for the "least of these"....Know that your works are being watched by Him and He knows what you are doing. Those who perpetrate these heinous acts on our fellow creatures will be doomed to pay when they "cross over". I always say, I hope they come back as a puppymill puppy when they die.
God Bless you ...dont give up. The animals need champsions such as yourself.
Dawn
What is so disturbing to me in regards to Boo Boo's death is not that he was euthed but that he suffered needlessly. The shelter had options.
In November of 2005 I had a meeting with Captain Gaffa and Dean after a dog lost his leg due to neglegence on the part of Dr Shargani. I offered to cover emergency medical care for animals coming into shelter to avoid such situations. We all agreed that I will be called immediately if a dog comes into shelter that needs medical care exceeding the city budget and I would pick up the tab. I further offered (as a LAAS volunteer) and it was agreed upon that should they be short staffed I would transport the dog to the vet. As such, my big quesition is ...Why was I not informed of Boo Boo's condition? Why did Tracey Harris tell me every time I called (and I called twice a day every day) that he was doing well.
Clearly Boo Boo did not start bleeding suddenly. I suspect that no one was paying any attention to this dog and that bandages were not being changed. Boo Boo's head injury was so deep that brain matter was seen. How in heavens name does a shelter vet and its staff miss this. The only answer can be they did not look or care to check.
thanks
Pnina
Your letter was just crossposted to my forum and I'm so sorry for what you and Boo Boo have had to endure. I would like to post his photo along with a lit candle on my forum, but since your letter was crossposted, there are no photos. Would you be so kind as to send one to me? I want this baby to be honored.
Thank you,
Anita
it won't be....we will NOT let it be..
as we speak: Jennifer Pryor is meeting with Bob Barker and others at a City Council
financial meeting (unrelated topic) and printing out all the info to disperse to "right" people.
She and the late Richard are/were ardent fighters to stop animal abuse,thru intervention,financial
assistance,support,lobbying et al. I do the same.
We are also working on Bakersfield/Kern County appalling disregard of animal suffering.
Mark: we the kind of people that now will NOT go away...I have way overreached my capacity for this disgust.
Time we hung in and "take out" the creeps.
Love and My Best,
Barb
ps: Jen: this is the caring person who allowed Boo Boo to pass peacefully under horrific conditions.
My tribute to Boo Boo that I've posted.
This is Boo Boo...may he feel the love he was given on his last day on earth and always feel that love at Rainbow Bridge. You were a brave Boy Boo Boo, and tears of sadness for you have now turned to tears of relief for now you no longer suffer.
My Sister - In - Law who runs the Largest NO KILL Shelter in New England sent me that . I have forwarded it to Many and will send to some more . PEOPLE SUCK is all it amounts to !!!! Sorry for your Loss for sure .. Bob
Mark, I have already told everyone I know about Boo Boo and his horrible ordeal. Anything else you need me for, please let me know. I find that I like animals much better than most people I know these days. Love, e
I am so sad about Boo Boo---please do lodge a formal compaint, there is a place for that on the LAAS website...and the fact that you are making a lot of noise is great...
I too lost a dog to a botched surgery at one of the slaughter clinics this week...
BTW, when you are ready, Cindy Ross, (diamonds in the ruff) has many great pities and pities mixes that she has pulled and worked with from shelters...when you are ready to rescue again!
my thoughts are with you...
Jennifer Lee Pryor (Richard Pryor’s Wife)
Reply Posted to the "A shelter atrocity- Boo Boo, you were
loved............" thread on Pets in Need:
From: Kimberly B
Date: Sunday, April 9, 2006 - 3:28:30 PM
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Omg I just received the same letter from the shelter I work with to
pass along. My heart is breaking and the tears are flowing. How could
anyone do this, why didn't they just put him out of his misery. That
poor baby, it seems everyday something worse comes along and I just cannot
comprehend!!! To those idiots, I hope they rot!God bless your friend,
yourself and all the others that work night and day to help all
animals.
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Boo Boo 3:29 PM
What is wrong with our society to let animals suffer like Boo Boo.? Have we become so detached with suffering and pain of animals that we can't even realize to stop it. These people sre the worse kind of SCUM''''''''''''. LET THEIR SOULS BE TORMENTED FOR EVER'''''''''. REST IN PEACE BOO BOO.
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What a terrible thing to happen to Boo-boo and I am appauled at how he was allowed to suffer. Do you have an address and email address for the shelter, board members, manager, etc. that we can use?
I applaud Dan for his compassion in caring for this poor suffering animal! I also applaud the rescue advocate that reported the abuse, your friends in the rescue community, the rescue group, and you!
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I'm calling this f*cking "shelter." I'm going to tell them the error of their ways. You don't know what I'm going to tell them, believe me.
I am an animal rescue worker. I save animals. I help animals. And I hate the blacksouled cretins who hurt them and stand by when they are suffering.
It is too late for Boo Boo. But it is not too late for the next dog or cat.
Please get us (if you can) the names and contact info of:
the mayor
the city council
the local newspapers
the governor
the local TV stations
and anyone else pertinent to this.
What happened to Boo Boo is outrageous and the whole damned town needs to be made aware of it.
And please crosspost this to the PETA group and the HSUS group. They will take action as well!
And finally, when I get home tonight, I am going to light my candle for Boo Boo. Maybe it will help him feel the love we have for him.
These people are supposed to care for our pets while they are given a few short days to be returned to their homes or if they are very lucky they find a new home. To leave this beautiful dog suffering for more than 8 days is UNACCEPTABLE. Someone needs to pay for this dogs suffering by loosing their job. There are a bunch of animal loving attorneys out there, maybe we can give BOO BOO a chance to make sure this doesn't happen to another wonderful, loving dog. Tell me who is responsible and what I can do to make sure the responsible people are punished for what happened to BOO BOO. Thanks for caring about BOO BOO.
Sincerely, Rick Kerr, Founder of Citizens for Sheltered Animals, Inc. 661 296-5541
Dear Mr. Boks,
I am the Rescue that was going to take Boo Boo, the 5 month old pit with the head and back injury at the East Valley shelter. I understand that you oversee the LA shelters so I felt that you should know about this tragic ending that just didn't need to happen. My name is Beth Gruff of Gruff's Pit Stop and Help4Pets. We are a non profit rescue located in San Diego. We are a small rescue that takes as many dogs as we can. We wanted to help Boo Boo and had made arrangements for someone in LA to pick up Boo Boo and transport him here to San Diego where I had made arrangements for Boo Boo to be admitted to the Animal Medical Center, a 24 hour specialty hospital that I use constantly. They have a board certified surgeon there and she was going to help Boo Boo. She has saved many injured dogs that I have taken to her and I know that she could have help Boo Boo given the chance. What happened to Boo Boo was a crime and lots of people should be made accountable. I personally called on Saturday morning as the shelter was not cooperating with us trying to pull him. I was told that we had to have a pull card for the LA area. What difference does it make if I fax my 501 proof and I have given the name of the person trying to help this little guy. Your staff would rather let this little puppy die then let us take him to get medical treatment. All they wanted was money, as I understand it they would not even euthanize the poor little guy until we paid the fee to pull him. This is horrendous! I found Dan Guss who agreed to meet the gentleman who was going to pull Boo Boo for us. Boo Boo was beyond help at this point and in severe pain. The infection was awful and the poor puppy's brain matter was spilling out of his head along with a terrible infection. Why was this puppy left to suffer? He should have been rushed to a medical facility that was equipped to help him. He suffered for 10 days!!! Your staff knew that all of his medical was covered by Pnina Gertsen. Pnina had called twice a day checking on Boo Boo and was told that he was fine. What kind of people do you employ that they can't tell a seriously injured puppy for a healthy one? This entire situation in extremely upsetting and sickening to me. I have always head how badly the animals are treated in the LA shelters but now I see it first hand. What is their excuse for this? What are you going to do about it? Please, get to the bottom of this tragedy and get rid of the incompetent people who work there and find some folks that really care about what happens to these poor babies. Compassion is greatly needed at your facility. It would be nice if your staff would realize that Rescues are here to help the animals get a second chance and that they should be happy that we are trying to pull these animals out before they end up killing them. Believe it or not, we do find great homes for these pets. Why is it so difficult for a Rescue to pull an animal? If I have proof of my non-profit status, why is it difficult to pull and why can't I fax that to you and have someone that I have named pick up an animal that you would otherwise kill? I don't understand, please explain it to me. I sure hope that you take a hard look at all involved and take the appropriate measures to fix this problem so that it never happens again. In memory of Boo Boo.
Beth Gruff
Mark, I know the people at L.A. County Animal Shelter and I have helped them for almost 18 years... actually I helped the animals. We have saved almost 4,000 dogs, cats, possums, squirrels I recently had a problem with them and when I threatened to have the press show up to answer why they didn't want or need the help of my organization. These people forget that they are supposed to save every one of these animals and give them a shot at living the life we gave them... Rick
Mark:
I just finished reading what you wrote about Boo-Boo...I want so much to say SOMETHING to you that will carry some profound meaning...but all I can do right now is keep myself from screaming...my heart is beating like crazy...I ache for this poor little soul and can't imagine his pain and suffering. How in God's name do some people care so little?
I am just sorry...SO sorry...
Athena
Let's start a protest movement against the people that run this facility.
And, thank you so much for letting us know. The poor dear should never have gone through this and they shouldn't be given the chance to handle any more cases.
Please let me know. I care .................
Nina
Mark, I had to leave my desk and go to the men's room because this message made me cry. I had a tough weekend with doggie adoptions that included breaking up a fight between two and getting bitten on my arm and chin in the process. I don't mind and love both dogs. And I love Boo-Boo even though I couldn't see or touch him and didn't know him. He is indeed lying on his back in the sunshine, well and happy, somewhere. That's all I can say except bless you're heart for letting me know him.
Chris
Hi Mark - The story of Boo-Boo tore me apart. I am so sorry this animal had to suffer. Humans can be especially inhumane sometimes. At least Boo-Boo is in a good place now where he's no longer in pain. You're a good person. Thanks for trying to help him. –Sue
Thought you might appreciate some more responses to my post feo Boo Boo. There are many of us who want to address this shelter and hold them accountable.
Animal Cruelty and Lobbying
Date: 10 Apr 2006 14:33:38 -0700
To: "Animal Cruelty and Lobbying"
Subject: [Animal Cruelty and Lobbying] A shelter atrocity- Boo Boo, you were loved............
From: "Animal Cruelty and Lobbying"
Reply Posted to the "A shelter atrocity- Boo Boo, you were loved............" thread on Animal Cruelty and Lobbying:
From: Jody H
Date: Monday, April 10, 2006 - 2:33:38 PM
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I cannot say how much I appreciate the love and kindness that those of you who were there showed Boo Boo. Your story has me crying in the middle of a computer lab and I don't even care. At least it's true that Boo Boo is now free of all pain. Let's make sure that in every thing we say and do we honour him and prevent further hurt to other animals.
Hi Mark and Barb...Mark, thank you for having Dan there at that last moment to hold and send Boo Boo on his way with love. No matter how severe his injury, he knew someone loved him and he knew someone was there...for him.
You are right...apathy...in my opinion, it is the deadliest of sins. And the air in America is rank with it.
I know it hurt terribly. I know too well. And it's going to hurt for a while. But please know that what you and Dan did for him was an act of courage and love. Something so many do not have. So many nameless animals die without loving hands ever touching them. Boo Boo had loving hands to touch him, if only for a little bit, he had loving hands.
I am truly sorry that other person said you murdered him. That was a horrible and asinine thing to say to you for loving an animal enough to give him peace.
Barb knows me well and knows that I do sincerely care.
Boo Boo will always be with you both now. He will never leave you, the people that loved him so completely in such a short time. True love has no time limits.
I am sorry I did not see this sooner or I would have written sooner.
Please convey to Dan that I admire him for his unselfish love and that I will be praying for you both.
Yes, NO MORE. So many are fed up and sick of it. What can we do? If only rescuers were always so broke and overwhelmed, we could stage a march on Washinton. Barb will be doing a wonderful thing with the website. But in order for it to have true impact, we need to get the apathetic people to view it. How do we accomplish that? They are so wrapped up in consumerism and plastic lives. How do we wake them up?
I am now of the opinion that instead of sending rescue emails amongst ourselves, we need to send photos of dead animals to elected officials. We need to send photos of the dead bodies piled high to the papers. We need them to be saturated with death the same as we are. (((Just gotta be sure to sign your WHOLE name and contact, huh, Barb:) God forbid, we illegally aggravate them!)))
Rescuers have begged and pleaded, cried and suffered to no avail. It falls on deaf ears. We MUST come up with a singular way to open those deaf ears and force them to see the truth. I wrote a petition today, NO MORE KILLING INNOCENTS but have no idea who to target it to. I'll paste it below so if you have any ideas or edits for the text, let me know.
I have to leave now to go home and take care of my crew. I am holding you and Dan in my heart...Boo Boo is past any pain now. He is another doggie angel, looking over the people who truly cared about his life.
Barb, I didn't get a chance to call yesterday..always something...you know how special you are to me and you are very much loved...Hugs...Julia
We Are Sick of the Killing of the Innocents!
We, the Undersigned, are of the opinion that a better solution exists to the mindless and routine killing of innocent companion animals in America's shelters. To stop the death, production must be stopped.
This is America, the richest country in the world, and we kill millions of loving and innocent animals each year in shelters and pounds. Their only crime was being born.
We spend millions of dollars each year to house the country's most dangerous and heinous criminals. These amoral and unrepentive criminals are treated better than innocent animals who are warehoused in shelters, waiting for death after the standard 5 day hold period. Many of the shelters in which these animals are held are substandard, filthy, infested with rodents and insects, disease ridden, freezing or overwhelmingly hot, overcrowded, and terrifying to the innocent animals. These conditions would not be tolerated in the prisons that house murderers, rapists, batterers, drug dealers, and thieves. The innocent animals should not be made to suffer like this. They commited no crime.
In addition, many of these shelters refuse to work with rescuers, instead prefering to stuff animals in gas chambers, injecting them cruelly by heartstick, and in some cases gunshot. We often recieve reports of live animals being stuffed into freezers after botched euthanasia injections. We hear of pregnant dogs being stuffed into gas chambers. There are also many reports of severly injured animals being denied basic veterinary care. They suffer horribly with no chance for adoption because they are hidden from public view. This must stop.
Many shelters have made changes to better faciltate the animals in their care. It is our opinion that ALL shelters should make the changes needed to help these animals who are indeed victims of an uncaring poplace and government.
The killing is a "band-aid" solution that does not work. It only promotes more killing. In order to stop the killing, we must stop the volume breeders and millers. We must institute mandatory spay and neuter laws. When these laws are instituted, there must large penalties for not abiding by these laws. We need enforcement. We need our leaders to listen to us. We need accountabilty and responsibility for these innocent victims of greed and apathy.
In order to stop the killing, we have to start being responsible! We are calling on our leaders to begin this change. Stop treating animals like comodities to be bought sold and traded and treat them like living sentient beings.
Mark,
I have sent this out for advice from a insider. I am shocked.I never knew. I would love to get with you and see what I can do and where to report..
I am over run and pulled in every direction. I have been nursing the Katrina heartworm sick dogs and trying to rescue locally as well. This is a horrible story BUT I need all the facts.
I am due to go look at a kennel property tomorrow.I have been trying to get one for 2 years now.
. Sometimes I can barely get passed all the shelter dog pics to sort through and I guess I miss some emails.
Mark, I am so sorry. I'll do what I can BUT it might be a hard one..
Peace to you my friend.
Linda Blair
Yes,Julia is a dear,strong,dedicated rescuer! she is an intelligent,determined lady: who is so sick of the crap,it is now just plain unacceptable/ unbearable to all of us..
Yes,I shall start a "mild" anarchy at first....I agree...pics must be circulated...way my website will be set up:
people will type in "key words" in their internet searches (Like free doctor,lawyer,auction,mailboxes,servers etc etc)...and they will get bouncecd into the website..
once there,we got them to look.I have 4 websites...inc Graphic with key words punched in to get the people in.
OH YES..politicians will be getting mounds of pics!! I did that here after they chucked that poor pregnant Mama giving birth into the gas chamber: I went ballistic and then some:
All politicals got pics from me...I follow thru on everything I do.I am very results oriented.
I sincerely believe,as Julia said(names etc): there is enough of us out there that can make one big difference..it is unison..key element.
We have started...let us finish it once and for all..
for the animals,
Barb
hugs Julia! call when you can..I understand!