Kartina Children's Dogs

[keith2468]

It makes me sick to think what has happened and what continues to happen to people’s pets as a result of the way the Katrina evacuation was handled.

These 4 links will tell you the story better than I can.

They show no explicit graphic violence, but the nature of what one reads and hears (unweaned puppies, small dogs, leashed dogs, and a dogs next to their owners, all being shot) is very disturbing.

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

http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/...dpets001.shtml

http://edition.cnn.com/video/player/....dogs.shot.cnn

http://www.oxfordpress.com/news/cont...NA_RESCUE.html


There is a movement to start a lobby effort to try to halt further shootings (of dogs that are not attacking anyone), and to have those who were doing the shooting prosecuted, fired, or at least moved to desk jobs.

Below I've summarized various fax numbers, email addresses, and webmail URLs that people have posted in other pet forums. Depending on how strongly you feel about what you've read and heard on the links above, or have already seen on TV and in the newspapers, I urge you to consider contacting some of the people below.

I suggest including the links at the bottom in your emails, if you decide to participate.

president@whitehouse.gov ;
Fema-Correspondence-Unit@dhs.gov ;
contact@gov.state.la.us ;
comments@whitehouse.gov

LA Senator Landrieu's DC office
http://landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Voice: (202)224-5824
Fax:(202) 224-9735

U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/contact-us.html
AskDOJ@usdoj.gov

FBI New Orleans (covers St. Bernard)
Special Agent In Charge, James Bernazzani
2901 Leon C. Simon Dr.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70126
http://neworleans.fbi.gov
fax 504-816-3306
(504) 816-3000

Louisiana Governor Blanco
Fax: (225) 342-7099
http://gov.louisiana.gov/govemail.asp

Louisiana Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu:
http://apollonew.crt.state.la.us/ltg...r/contact.aspx

St. Bernard Parish LA Legislature Representative:
504-361-6684; email: larep104@legis.state.la.us

Louisiana Attorney General's Office:
Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr.
Phone: 225-326-6000
Fax: 225-326-6797
http://www.ag.state.la.us/ContactUs.aspx

HON. JOHN F. ROWLEY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
34TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
P.O. BOX 947
CHALMETTE, LA 70044-0947
PHONE: (504) 271-1658
FAX: (504) 279-2874

Governor's Cabinet - Wildlife and Fisheries:
http://gov.louisiana.gov/cab_detail.asp?id=25

Louisiana has a Board, appointed by the Governor, called the Louisiana Animal Welfare Commisssion. The Louisiana Revised Statutes indicates that they are under Office of the Governor, Dept. of Agriculture:
http://www.ldaf.state.la.us/contactus/default.asp

Louisiana Animal Welfare Commission:
http://www.legis.state.la.us/boards/....asp?board=715
Please keep in mind that members based in New Orleans, Metairie and Slidell cannot be reached as their is still no power or phone service in those areas.


HSUS Disaster Preparedness and Response
Field Operations
Pets and Pet Care
Exotic Pets
Tracey McIntire: 301-548-7793; E-mail: tmcintire@hsus.org

AKC Canine Legislation
fax: (919) 816-4275
doglaw@akc.org

Louisianna SPCA
http://www.la-spca.org/forms/contact_us.htm

*** Remember that the school shootings were not the only shootings. ***

It usually takes a lot of determination to bring a police officer to justice.

One tactic to get colleagues off is to bring only the most serious charges or the charges with the least evidence, leaving out other charges. When the chosen charges can't be proved, the jury does not have the option to convict on the other charges that were not a part of the trial.

Another tactic is to fill the court room with fellow officers in a show of comradry.

The judge and the prosecutor in the trial know that the police are the only ones defending them from every crazy they ever convicted in their careers.

Those fellow officers who fear their own conduct is or might be questionable often pack the court room, and stare at the judge and prosecutor during the trail.

Finally, they can focus on criminal charges, where the standard of proof is “beyond reasonable doubt” instead of civil suits and firings, where the standard of proof is “preponderance of evidence” or “balance of probabilities”.

The only real hope for successful prosecution is if responsible police officers feel the need to shun and disown their criminal colleagues, as most of us civilians would shun and disown criminal colleagues.

The Louisiana District Attorneys Association maintains a bulletin board here:
http://www.ldaa.org/


The links at the top would be good links to include in your email.


Here are some petitions that you can sign too:

A Petition to Protect the Animal Victims of Hurricane Katrina
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takea...ltl=1126071044

CEASE FIRE ON ANIMALS STREETS OF NEW ORLEANS
www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/366281507

Petition To Stop The Killing Of Harmless Dogs In St Bernard Parish
By The Sheriff's Office
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takea...ltl=1126477090

Keep Pets Safe During Disasters - Ask Red Cross to Adopt National Program
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takea...ltl=1126477132

[keith2468]

The poor dogs concerned need our help. Their owners are living with relatives, or in temporary housing. Their owners and the children will be home soon (some of the neighbors are already home), and the dogs just need to hang on for a couple of more weeks. Here is an email that I sent. It took me 15 minutes to email it to 11 officials. Please feel free to use it or borrow from it.

Subject: Please stop shooting dogs in Louisiana, and punish those officials who've engaged in needless pet slaughter

Most urgently, I and my family would like to urge you to use your office and influence to push for a 4 week moratorium on shooting stray dogs in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, except where those dogs leave their owner’s property and attack people without provocation.

In addition, I and my family would like to urge you push for an investigation into the needless shooting of dogs in Louisiana after the Hurricane Katrina.

The dogs that were needlessly shot were family pets, children’s pets. Some were small dogs, some were tied up, some were in buildings, some with their owners.

In some cases the distrust of government officials was so immense that owners left passionate notes pleading for their pets to not be shot, even though those pets were left inside shelters with food and water. And that immense distrust was proven well earned because those pets were shot.

Here are 4 of the best links on this subject. You will not see any graphic violence, but what you will hear and read will very probably disgust you.

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

http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/...dpets001.shtml

http://www.oxfordpress.com/news/cont...NA_RESCUE.html

http://edition.cnn.com/video/player/....dogs.shot.cnn

Thank you for taking the time to follow the links. I’m sure you shared my pain and shame that our fellow human beings, trusted in positions of power, could act in such an inhuman un-American manner against the pets (in legal terms, “the private property”) of their fellow citizens.

-Signed-
-Address-

[robinseggs]

This absolutely sickens me.................thanks for bringing this to my attention. I am blessed to know that my wrinkly, lovable pug is snuggled in bed with my 5 yr old boy tonight......both sleeping sound w/out a care in the world. The way it "oughta" be!