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New Yorker Urges Puerto Rico Governor To Investigate Pet Massacre

Hardbeatnews, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. Oct. 18, 2007: Reports of the horrific massacre of family pets in Puerto Rico last week has spurred a New York resident to launch a web-based petition to urge the island’s governor to launch a serious investigation.

“We are absolutely outraged to hear of the news about the horrific massacre of family pets in Puerto Rico as reported by the Associated Press on October 12, 2007,” writes Nadia Donato.

The site is a big hit already, registering over 6,000 signatures to the petition and showing up in independent search engine Alexa at a rank of 24,211.

“We call on The Honorable Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá, Governor of Puerto Rico to do everything in his power to see to it that this atrocity is not taken lightly,” states Donato on the site. “We demand a thorough investigation, vigorous prosecution and seek the maximum penalties of jail time and fines to those responsible for this most cruel and inhumane act of felony animal abuse offense as per Puerto Rico's statute cruelty law 439.”

According to the AP report of October 12th, animal control workers seized dozens of dogs and cats from housing projects in the town of Barceloneta and hurled them from a bridge to their deaths. Mayor Sol Luis Fontanez blamed a contractor hired to take the animals to a shelter. The issue has outraged not just pet owners but also rights advocates globally.

On Donato’s site, Alba Solis of California, wrote, “It breaks my heart, to read that people can be so cruel.” Her comment encapsulates the views of the hundreds signing on to the site. – Hardbeatnews.com

PETITION LINK: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/pue...o-pet-massacre