We have offered money for the dog. We offered hundreds of dollars for him. We offered money for the cat Baby that he claimed was his and was pregnant back in Feb...he refuses to let her in the house. He wouldn't take that either. We offered new dog houses...veterinary care...food.....anything we could think of. He refuses it all. I suspect there are drug dealings going on in that trailer. There is a very large and mean sounding dog inside of the trailer that no one has ever seen. I would have just taken the cat but it was too dangerous. There isn't an easy escape route. The cop we talked to there knew just who we were speaking of before we got the name out. He comment was .... and I quote...."We can't get the kids out of that filthy situation what do you expect me to be able to do about dogs".

We have taken tons of pictures. We have written EXTENSIVE reports with our observations on many occasions. We have been over there observing enough that the Sergeant said the owner wishes to press harrasment and stalking charges. Of course...we aren't the only ones. There have been NUMEROUS people over there. So the owner thinks we are ALL the same people.

I have told soooo many people about this situation. Everyone in Centre County that deals with animals knows about this situation. I wanted it to go to court so we could keep this man from owning more animals. But the authorities just won't deal with it.

We have talked to people at the CDT and they won't touch it. Today I am going to write a letter to the editor and see if I can get that printed. We were avoiding going public till we had exhausted all the other legal routes. That is why I waited so long in unburdening this story here.

We are also going to use this situation as our cornerstone as to why our laws need to be changed. Why we need what a shelter is to be defined clearly.

As for the lack of food and water the authorities have to go by the condition of the animals. Because the owner can always say he just fed and watered them. There is nothing in the law that says fresh, clean water must be available at ALL times. But perhaps it should. The dogs are not as skinny as they could be because one well-meaning person was sneaking in at night and feeding the dogs.

Sometimes the world can just suck.

But we have to keep our eyes on the big goal and try to change this.

Denyce