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Animal Community - URGENT WARNING - Shon Rahrig
Update: 10/30/2008
This guy has been sighted in Long Beach and San Diego over the years. Seems
like he recently is showing up in the Studio City. Please educate yourself
and your volunteers about him.
Please forward and crosspost across the rescue network, whether it be
rabbit, feline or canine rescue.
Suzanne
www.BorderColliesInNeed.org
Update: 07/28/06
Shon Rahrig is suspected to be in Northern California (Mendocino and Humboldt Counties) after having left Long Beach, CA
May 6th, 2006, where he was last spotted at an Animal Adoption Event in the Los Angeles area.
He is the one from Ohio, Fla, GA, and Southern California area that scouts out adoption events and rescue groups/shelters only to adopt
and torture/kill cats and dogs.
Pryor's Planet reminds everyone that to be informed is the best bet. Criminals can travel but so can rumors and fear.
Update: 07/26/06
From Diana Fuchs, PCAR Coordinator FL:
Please forward this information to anyone that is related to animals. This person has been caught, and found guilty in a few states for animal cruelty. He is now located in Florida, and appears to move frequently.
For the link to this article and photograph of this person:
http://www.lovemyspca.com/AnimalAbuseCase.html
More details and a case profile can be find at:
http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/352/
Additional information
His current address is reported to be: 23560 or 23600 Walden Center Dr., Bonita Springs, FL
He has two #'s, 239-947-0518 and 239-495-3716.
Bonita Springs is right next to Fort Myers.
Posted 04/17/2006
Picture of Shon M. Rahrig
Read Animal Abuse case
Update
Convicted Animal Abuser now in Long Beach - BEWARE
Please be extremely careful, he has gotten many animals from Free to Good Home ads, as well as from unsuspecting shelters and rescues.
Background Info:
Columbus, OH (US)
Date: Feb 6, 1999
Disposition: Convicted
Abuser/Suspect: Shon M. Rahrig
Case ID: 352
Classification: Mutilation/Torture, Beating
Animal: cat
Shon adopted a cat from Citizens for Humane Action (C.H.A.) on January 26, 1999. In the early morning hours of February 6, Shon beat the cat, poked out its eye, broke its jaw legs, and left it bloody and in agony in a laundry basket in his apartment. He asked Melissa to come over and get it and take it to Delaware County Humane Society and tell them she found it along the road. She instead took it to Columbus Veterinary Emergency Service (CVES) who humanely euthanized it due to the extensive nature of its injuries.
Shon Rahrig, about 30 years old, of Sandbury Blvd, allegedly adopted 6 or 7 cats and a puppy from various local shelters and allegedly abused them horribly, broke their limbs, put their eyes out, etc. The alleged abuse became known when his girlfriend took one of the victims to a vet to be euthanized. In court he "copped a plea" to avoid the nasty publicity of a jury trial, and confessed to torturing one black and white cat, Misty, adopted from Citizens for Humane Action. Under the current statutes the most severe penalty for this man, if convicted, would be 90 days in jail and/or a fine of $750.
Melissa contacted C.H.A. and advised them what had happened. C.H.A. transported the body from CVES to Capital Area Humane Society and filed an abuse report. Shon was subsequently arraigned and charged with one count of animal abuse. Shon at first plead not guilty, but changed his plea to guilty. On September 29,1999, Judge Pfeiffer sentenced Shon to 90 days in jail (of which 45 were suspended), 5 years probation, mandatory counseling and he was forbidden from owning any living thing during the 5 year probation period. He began serving his sentence on November 1.
Case Updates
In Sept. 2002, Rahrig moved into 23560 Walden Center Dr, Apt 103, Bonita Springs FL. In October 2002, Animal Control Officers paid him a "welcome to the neighborhood visit" letting him know they were aware of the Ohio case. Late Nov/early Dec 2002, Rahrig moved out of the apartment leaving all of his furniture and personal belongs in it. The manager of the complex said he moved to California but did not know the city. On January 24, 2006, Animal Control Officers confirmed this information with a visit to the place he last lived and spoke with the managers. Source: Lee County Animal Services Update posted on Jan 24, 2006 - 12:06PM
It has been confirmed that Shon has relocated to the Fort Myers, Florida area. Local shelters are encouraged to spread the word.
Reported to have moved to Long Beach, CA area where he was spotted at an adoption event.
Subject: SHON RAHRIG at it again - this time in ATLANTA, GEORGIA
We were contacted by Shon Rahrig (or at least that was the return e-mail name and signed "Shon" at the bottom of the e-mail) to see about adopting some of our puppies. Of course, because of the internet, we immediately recognized the name. He contacted us via one of our animals' postings on Atlanta's Craigslist, and, apparently didn't read where we perform EXTENSIVE checks including criminal background checks for Pit Bull puppies.
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