Animal Abuse in Connecticut

This might be information everyone already has
but think it bears repeating. There is an e-mail
Newsletter that USA folks can sign up for FREE
at the ASPCA.org website. It lists news on new
and pending laws dealing with animal abuse in
various states around the country.Example:
Action alert for Illinois Animal Lovers:
H.B. 4926 would make sexual assualt of an animal
a felony in Illinois.The bill has passed the
House and Senate and is now(May 16th) awaiting
the Governor Ryan's signiture. Hello... I would
think, that this would be considered a felony crime
in all states.But, I guess if it's never brought
up or a specific law written to cover it, the
charge could be kicked down to a lessor degree
offence. It just boggles the mind. :confused:
On a happier note the newsletter also contains
a Petfinder Happy Tail of the Week: May's letter
features Verdell (what a cute name), a rat terrior/coonhound mix puppy that was rescued at
the Pittsbore, N.C. based Chatham Cty.Animal
Shelter. It shows a picture of Verdell, and is
he a cutie-patootie.:)

Ooops, I thought that I had included the link
to the ASPCA, but didn't. Here it is;

Http://aspca.org

It's a good source of information on how we
can all help make a difference in the life of
animals.We can all lobby for the their right to
a decent life free from cruelty.We can be their
voices.

First let me say that I am sad to see both Spencer and Niina leave- I thought all that ugly stuff was behind us :(
You guys will be missed (along with Casper, Kitty, Spencer,Ernie,etc) :(

Back to the subject at hand:
Animal cruelty is now a felony in Washington state.......as it should be. Of course, it still has to be pretty extreme, but it's a start.

What got things going in this direction is something that happened back in 92 or 93 (not sure exactily).
Warning: this is very sad, but does turn out well in the end.

In Bellevue (a Seattle suburb) there was a petting zoo. The 'star' attraction was a donkey (or burro) named Pasado.
He was much-loved by people, especially kids. He aslo loved people back.
Well one night, 2 teenaged boys and one 20 yr. old, broke into the zoo. They tied Pasado to a tree and beat him with pieces of wood and BB bats. It took him an hour or more to die from what I understand.
:mad: The boys (or rather disgusting excuses for human-beings) were caught and tried. There was a huge public outcry for stricter laws for animal cruelty, which eventually came out of this (however it took quite some time)

The other positive that came about after this was: a local news-magazine anchor woman and her husband quit their jobs and formed a animal rescue farm in the area. It takes animals of ALL kinds that need help......cats & dogs, cows, horses, birds and also some wild animals. (It specializes in abused/neglected animlals).
It is named Pasado's Safe Haven, after Pasado the donkey.
If anyone is interested, the web page is at: www.pasadosafehaven.org
It is really quite an uplifting site to view............there are so many animlals they help and re-home if neccessary. Others stay there, as it is many acres of land. And there are so many wonderful volunteers that give their time, including some locally-known celebs.
I have a really difficult time hearing/reading about animal abuse, so I don't get to the animal rescue part of Pet Talk too often, but I can & do look at Pasados site every so often.

I wish they made animal cruelty a felony in Connecticut. Right now there is a bill on the governor's desk which he announced he would veto because people should have plain common sense when it comes to the care of their animals. The bill requires that dog owners not leave their dogs chained or kenneled for more than 20 hours in one day and to provide shelter from the elements, such as a dog house.

Hellooooooo?? It's obvious that some people in Connecticut don't have alot of common sense when it comes to their animals because of the out of control cat population. Everyone, including the animal rights activists and victims advocate are outraged because he originally said he would sign it. Bad move on his part because it's an election year.

We are hoping to change the punishment law that is on the books now by making an example of this *%$#@ that killed Adonis. We want her to serve 5 years and pay a $5,000, in the hopes that it will make other animal abusers think twice. I just don't know if it's going to make a difference.

And Yorkster, I read that story about the monkeys. And YAY to the state of Washington for seeing that stricters laws are necessary. No one can speak for the animals except us.

I agree moosmom. Animal cruelty should be treated as the terrible crime that it is nationwide (worldwide)! I wish more states would follow Washington's example and make it a felony. I also think more serious punishments should be given to those horrendous people that commit such heinous acts!!

yorkster, that website that you posted about Pasado's Safe Haven was so neat!! I thought it was really really cool how they have courses for starting your own refuge! How neat! I would be so tempted to attend one of those, just to see what's all involved and to interact with all the precious animals!;)
**hugs**

I am going to visit Pasado's Safe Haven next month sometime, and I will post some pics, etc. when I get them. :)

Have a good holiday weekend everyone!

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Originally posted by yorkster
I am going to visit Pasado's Safe Haven next month sometime, and I will post some pics, etc. when I get them. ...

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Wonderful!