THANK YOU ALL for your care and concern!!! I am overwhelmed at your responses and hopefully these guys are NOT going to get off with a slap on the wrist as happens way too many times with other cases.

I know I'm not saying anything new but we here at POTD need to stick together and react to these animal cruelty cases by contacting the officials involved in each individual case and to reinforce that such behavior is despicable and further, that they (the officials) need to go for the maximum charge and maximum sentence. To do otherwise condones cruelty.

This case has really pushed my buttons. If you know of a cruelty case I think it needs to be posted here at POTD perhaps more prominately than we have done in the past. The subject line needs to show that a response or action is requested. I know most of you have been POTD members longer than I and may feel like this kind of notification has been going on all along but those posts have never really jumped out at me.

I'm very squeamish when it comes to cruely cases and for the most part I find these things incredibly hard to read. However I think we have a responsibility on behalf of our own best two-(birds) and four-footed friends to be more proactive. I know I will be paying much closer attention to such future requests for assistance. Thanks again everyone.