Please all!

Even if you can't watch the video... this is happening. It is NOT the National Guard, etc. doing this, it is the Sheriff's dept in St. Bernard Parish (Sgt. Mike Minton in the video ADMITTING to shooting the dogs.... just because they don't have food or water... NOT because they are aggessive/sick etc.)

I am posting more detail on the reporter that took this video, and contact information again. PLEASE... make even 1 phone call to stop this... whether you watch the video or not!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I have confirmed with the reporter who shot this footage from the Dallas Morning News that this is TRUE. This is not a composite, and it is not a hoax. The graphic video is actually what happened. You can see for yourself the dogs were not sick and were not attacking, but were shot from a truck a number of yards away from the dogs, who were just walking down the street.

Here is the footage:

http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/phot...straydogs.html

The reporter's name is David Leeson and he can be reached as follows, if you want to thank him or to confirm for yourself: 214-977-8930 or [email protected]. I spoke with his photo editor, Rick Choate, who can be reached at: 214-977-7908 or [email protected]

Here are the numbers to complain.

The Louisiana Officials are the ones to call:

St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's office (where this Sgt. Mike Minton works):
E-Mail Address: [email protected]
Business Phone: 504.271.2504
FAX: 504.278.7716
(I have been calling and the line is always a fast busy signal, so phones may not work).

Senator Landrieu's DC office 202-224-5824 (Phone just rang and rang after business hours - no voice mail. Call during business hours). Or e-mail her at this link: http://landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm

LA State Police: 225-922-0012, 0120, 0179, 0184, 0286 (also taking messages -- they don't seem to care).

St. Bernard Parish Rep: 504-361-6684; email: [email protected] (her mailbox is full as of 4:00 PM on 9/9 -- try it anyway to see if she's emptied it, and also e-mail her).

The ASPCA in New Orleans: 225-925-3980. (it just rang and rang when I called it, but they could be closed for the day. Try tomorrow).

Governor of Louisiana 1-866-310-7617. I spoke with a very nice lady there. She is an animal lover herself. Took down all the info and she said she's getting hundreds of calls today. Half of the calls today are about the state of pets in Louisiana.

(FYI - FEMA can't do anything about this, I spoke to them and they said they are there at the invitation of the local government and have no authority over them. However, their external affairs division to make your concers known can be located at 202-646-2168).

E-mail OPRAH! She did a show on Katrina and specifically focused on the dogs -- her crew saved over 50 dogs right on the air. Get her to do a follow up on this. The link to e-mail her is:

http://www2.oprah.com/email/reach/em...ch_fromu.jhtml

It really does matter when people complain. There was a story about a KCAL-9 reporter who rescued a man in NO, but left a black lab behind that had saved the man. Calls and e-mails flooded the station about the reporter leaving the dog behind and they went back that same night at midnight and found the dog and rescued him. (If you want to see that footage of the dog being rescued it is at: http://kcal9.com/homepage/.)

Even if you just make one call or send one e-mail, you will make a difference.