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Hi Everyone,  As you may know I am very good friends with Maria Daines (singing sensation from UK who wrote our theme song) and Mary Alice Pollard of

Remember “the greatest evil is when good people look away from harm being done to the helpless”.  Do not turn away, please force yourself to watch then get angry, get very angry and take a stand for the animals….do something about it.  Help change the world one animal at a time by sending a letter or email to the appropriate places to voice your disgust of the situation. 

We are all writing about the soldiers who threw the puppy over the cliff for fun but there are so many others out there that we need to address - I have started it off by sending copies of these video’s to the gentlemen Kinship Circle listed  robert.milstead@usmc.mil , comrel@hqmc.usmc.mil , richard.a.kirby@usmc.mil , MCBH.PAO.CR.FMB@usmc.mil  

ALL THESE VIDEO’S ARE EXTREMELY GRAPHIC BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT THIS - WE NEED TO KNOW THE CONTENT ! 

http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=19568http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0a5ee2d6eb 

And perhaps the soldiers should learn what dogs with rabies are like - they certainly don’t go up to people wagging their tails - this is absolutely DISGUTING BEYOND BELIEF - this was that man’s companion dog !

http://www.flicklife.com/c3e67286080500df36a9/Soldier_shoots_dog_for_no_apparent_reason.html 

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a4b_1198349822 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=54e_1182844511 

Soldiers throw grenade at sheepherder/sheep and find it funny

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ULcj-Epr1rI 

THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD BE !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5q3TIgPwco http://www.hsus.org/pets/pets_related_news_and_events/enemies_of_the_state.html 

And then we have …………..

 killing civilians in front of their children

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSTI3Ast45Q Splashing kids with a hummer
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=727_1204139441Shooting unarmed civilians then celebrating

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7b6_1204052769Teasing kids with water
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=11bf57cf1fSoldier talking about wanting to kill Iraqi children/families, he’s out of his mind

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=aea_1200639693Soldier messing up civilians house for fun
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8be_1204072976Soldier treatment of Iraqi police

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e0b_1203423672Having kids chant “I love pork!”
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=43e_1201330416Soldier throwing a child off of a bridge

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1bf_1204382002    Pawz Up,Leigh 

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I know you all are going to be just as angered as I am over this case.  The police in Mio, Michigan have yet to even try to find the killers of these search and rescue dogs!  Talk about a gross injustice of the American legal system!!!!!! I’m so angry I don’t even know what else to say except listen to this show and you tell me what you think!  I’ll be more than happy to forward all of your comments to the Sheriff’s office in charge of this investigation!  leigh@thepawzcauze.net

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Pawz Up,

Leigh

Woman’s conviction of beating dog is reversed

By DEN MCLAUGHLIN dmclaughlin@tnonline.com

A Carbon County woman, convicted for her part in the beating death of
her dog and sentenced to prison, won her appeal of the conviction in
an opinion handed down by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Wendy Colleen Kneller, 34, of 230 White St., rear, Weissport, was
convicted by a county jury of criminal conspiracy to commit cruelty
to animals on Sept. 15, 2007. Judge David W. Addy later sentenced her
to serve six to 12 months in prison.

Convicted with her was Randy Miller, 25, who at the time resided with
her. He was found guilty of cruelty to animals at the same trial as
Kneller and later sentenced by Addy to serve seven to 24 months in
prison.

Both jail terms were stayed when the defendants indicated to the
court they would appeal the jury convictions to a state court.

The Superior Court admitted that the statutory language used in the
state law applied in the case “is not only unclear on its face but
can only be characterized as confusing.” However, the court
ruled, “because we find that the various sections of the Dog Law,
when read together in a reasonsalbe manner, permit a dog owner to
destroy a dog by use of a firearm, we reverse Kneller’s conviction.”

State police charged that Kneller gave Miller a .40-caliber pistol
and told him to shoot her dog because it had bitten her child. The
incident occurred on March 24, 2006. Witnesses told troopers that
Miller first beat the dog with a shovel and then shot it.

In her appeal, defense Atty. Paul Levy argued argued that the trial
court misconstrued the dog law, thus, “eliminating the relevant
defense that an owner may destroy his dog by shooting it.”

District Attorney Gary F. Dobias argued that the statute Kneller
relies on is only applicable when the pet is injured or unfit for a
useful purpose, and that was not the case in the instance matter.

The state court said the issue becomes whether it is permissble for a
dog owner to dispose of his or her dog that is not injured or unfit
for use by means of a firearm. The court wrote, “After a careful
reading of the statute, we find that it is permissible.”

The court first notes, “it cannot be said that the statute is clear
that a dog owner cannot kill a dog by means of a firearm.” The court
continued that the standard for interpreting a criminal statute is
that “all provisions of a statute of the classes is ‘penal
provisions’.”

The court states that the statute cited provides that it is a
misdemeanor of the first degree if one “willfully and
maliciously ‘kills, maims, mutilates, tortures or disfigures any dog
or cat whether belonging to himself or otherwise.”

But the court quotes a subsection of the law which states, “The
killing of a dog or cat by the owner of that animal is not malicious
if it is accomplished in accordance with the act, referred to as the
Animal Destruction Method Authorization Law.”

The court said, “the law provides that one required method of
destruction is by the administration of an overdose of a barbiturate
and subsection (b) provides that ‘nothing in this act shall prevent a
person or humane society organization from destroying a pet animal by
means of firearms.”

The court writes, “Therefore, with the various statutes read
together, a plain reading of section 323.2(b) leads to the conclusion
that in general one cannot kill an animal, but the owner of a dog or
cat can destroy that dog or cat by means of an overdose of
barbiturates or ‘by means of firearms.’”

The state court adds that “The Commonwealth contends it is illogical
to allow someone to kill their dog by means of barbiturates or a
firearm but prohibit them from beating or abusing the dog. This
argument also fails. While one is allowed to humanely kill a pet, in
this case because the pet bit a child, this does not mean one should
be allowed to torture the animal.”

But the court concludes, “Under all the circumstances, we hold that
the legislature does not prohibit a dog or cat owner from destroying
that animal by either the use of barbiturates or firearms. Therefore,
Kneller’s conviction cannot stand.”

Dobias has a right to ask the state Supreme Court to review the
Superior’s court decision, and further seek to have that court
reinstate the conviction.

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