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STOP THE KILLING OF SPENCER, THE PIT BULL PUPPY!
Posted 06/14/2006
Spencer is a pitbull puppy that was going to be pts because he's in a BSL area. He escaped his abusive owner. Petition was signed with several thousand signatures. Spencer was "saved?" (from being pts) but what about a forever home?
June 18, 2006
IT'S WONDERFUL THAT SPENCER WAS SAVED, BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER DOGS WHO DON'T GET THE ATTENTION THEY ALL DESERVE......SURELY THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS PHILOSOPHY:
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead..........THIS WAS MORE THAN A SMALL GROUP WHICH COULD SEND A LOUD MESSAGE WHEN ELECTION TIME COMES AROUND.
"Mayor Sam Jones Rescues Pit Bull Terrier"?
Let's give THE REAL CREDIT where credit is due........THANKS TO CHERISH FOR BRINGING ATTENTION TO SPENCER, AN INNOCENT DOG and to thousands of decent compassionate pet lovers and to Best Friends !!!!
"This will allow the city's policy to remain intact," said Mayor Jones.
And an ignorant closed minded policy THAT is! One would think that in Alabama "PREJUDICE" & IGNORANCE would NOT be tolerated! Yet they have become a sad example of the backward South.
Pit Bulls are NOT BAD ..enlighten yourselves and read about them:
THERE'S MORE!
News Video of a pit bull caring for orphaned kittens. Since this breed always gets such a bad rap, we thought you'd like to see what a pit can be like when raised properly, as every dog should be!
Real justice would be achieved IF that town went after the abusive "owner" of Spencer and put him behind bars as a lesson to all low life abusers, such as one would do in a CIVILIZED SOCIETY!
June 16, 2006
Mayor Sam Jones Rescues Pit Bull Terrier
Mobile Mayor Sam Jones has negotiated a new home for the Pit Bull Terrier found in Midtown last month “a move that will protect the safety of the public and not alter the city's policy on these breeds.
The Pit Bull, which was found underweight, ill fed and dehydrated, will be sent to the Utah-based Best Friends Animal Society, a group found Friday by Jones and Animal Shelter officials.
"The issue with the dog has taken away from the city's award-winning adoption program at the shelter," said Mayor Jones. "This arrangement will hopefully return the focus back to the need for good homes for adoptable animals in our shelter."
There are currently 109 dogs in our kennel, with 51 up for adoption.
Jones said the Best Friends Society has assured the city that the dog will not be adopted.
"This will allow the city's policy to remain intact," said Mayor Jones.
SIGN THE PETITION: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/501219437?ltl=1149515200
JUNE 12, 2006. AWAITING TO SEE THE OUTCOME OF FRIDAY'S COURT DATE, AS OF 7:04 a.m. NO INFORMATION AND AWAITING AN ANSWER.
Once the petition reaches 1,000 please return it to to cherish@wabb.com , or, cherish@comcast.net . I promise I will not give out anyone's information! I'll need those to take to our lawyer by Thursday afternoon. If you would like to email the mayor as well, his email is mayor@cityofmobile.org . His phone number is
(251)208-7346 or (251)208-7395. Thank you so much for all of your help.
Sincerely,
Cherish Lombard
Read Story: Judge denies request to save pit bull!!! - WPMI -TV
"Stout further said, the city's policy allows adoption of "suitable animals," but "does not allow the adoption of pit bull terriers nor does it allow the adoption of any animal which exhibits tendencies indicating that it is aggressive or is otherwise unsuitable for adoption. "
SOME "BAD BREED", NOT "SUITABLE"......VICKY in VA disgusted with the "PREJUDICE" & IGNORANCE IN MOBILE, AL! An odd city to be "PREJUDICED", ONE WOULD THINK.......
Rescued pit bull terrier to be euthanized
Mobile Register
Thursday, June 01, 2006
By RON COLQUITT
Staff Reporter
Some Midtown residents rescued a starved, dehydrated pit bull terrier found dragging a 10-foot-chain Tuesday night by calling Mobile Animal Shelter, but the dog will be put down next week because such breeds aren't put up for adoption, authorities said.
The leather collar around the dog's neck had "Spencer" stenciled on it, according to one of the residents who found it wandering the neighborhood.
The dog was so thin it was able to slip through the narrow bars of a wrought iron gate to get near the barbecue it smelled being grilled in the back yard of a Hunter Avenue home in Midtown.
Janet Jordan, kennel manager at the Animal Shelter, said Wednesday that the brown-and-white dog appears to be about 1½ years old. It doesn't have scars or open sores that would indicate it had been used for fighting, and it was not aggressive toward other animals at the shelter.
"He seems to be real friendly," the kennel manager said. "He doesn't bark at any of the other dogs."
"He's been neglected as far as food," she said. "And when you do that ... their internal organs suffer too because of the lack of caloric intake."
Jordan said the dog will be fed and given water and made comfortable for a week in case the owner wants to claim it. The dog will be euthanized Tuesday if not claimed, the kennel manager said.
"Our policy is we do not adopt out pit bulls because a lot of people use them for fighting, and because he is a fighter, you never know," she said.
Sarah Hopson, director of Mobile County Animal Control based in Prichard, said they have the same policy when it comes to pit bulls.
"We don't adopt out pit bulls. The liability is too great," Hopson said
Jordan and Hopson said owners of pit bulls never claim them because they know they could be fined or jailed on a cruelty to animals charge.
A person can be fined $172 for allowing a dog to "run at large," Jordan said.
Elizabeth Flott, humane officer with the Mobile Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said Wednesday that cruelty to animals is a Class A misdemeanor with a maximum fine of $2,000 and a year in jail. Jordan said Mobile Animal Shelter gets about five pit bulls a month.
Bill Fassbender, director of animal control at the Mobile Animal Shelter, said Wednesday that most of the pit bulls they pick up show signs of starvation and dehydration.
"It's almost the fighting weight," he said of the pit bull found in Midtown. "They (owners) like to keep them down thin for the fighting. I guess because they're quicker or something."
Drive under way to save stray dog
Mobile Register
Saturday, June 03, 2006
By RON COLQUITT
Staff Reporter
WABB radio personality Cherish Lombard has begun a drive to stop the destruction of Spencer, the male pit bull terrier scheduled to be killed Tuesday at Mobile Animal Shelter.
Lombard said Friday that she is seeking the help of the national and regional offices of the Humane Society.
Workers at the Animal Shelter said earlier in the week that the dog appears to be gentle, even though pit bulls have a reputation of being very aggressive and vicious when they attack. Spencer was rescued earlier in the week by Midtown residents.
I think the dog deserves another chance," Lombard said of the dog. "He is being judged for his breed and nobody is looking at his individual, good characteristics."
According to Lombard, a Humane Society official at the national level expressed her concern for the dog, but she had not heard back from the regional official in Pensacola.
"Spencer" was stenciled on the grown dog's collar, and Lombard believes that is the dog's name. The starved, dehydrated animal was discovered Tuesday night dragging a 10-foot chain along Hunter Avenue in Midtown. An Animal Shelter worker took the dog to the shelter where it was given food and water.
The 23-year-old radio host said she will try Monday to get an injunction to delay or stop the euthanization.
Lombard said she contacted Al Stokes, Mayor Sam Jones' chief of staff, but he refused to intervene. Stokes was out of town Friday and could not be reached for comment.
Bill Fassbender, Animal Shelter director, said pit bulls brought to the shelter are destroyed unless the owner claims them, because the breed is considered too dangerous to be adopted.
"The decision has been made," Fassbender said Friday.
"I don't want to put the animal down no more than anybody else does, but we have to look out for the liability of the city and look out for the safety of the public
Forums:
http://www.nola.com/forums/animals/index.ssf?artid=171829
http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/106053
story:
WRITE THE JUDGE:
Judge Stout
Circuit Court of Mobile
Mobile , AL 36602
(251) 574-8481
beth.drude@alacourt.gov
Make points but not rude (as hard as that is) so he will read! IF he will read...
Sample comments:
It seems apparent that you have not been fully informed in the case of Spencer, an abused dog, whose cowardly "owner" is the one you should be finding and bringing to justice ..also you must be aware that well respected rescues are willing to take Spencer out of your state, hence your city would have no so-called "risk" and you would be, "CYA"....Please educate yourself on Pit Bulls below with 2 incredible stories on the breed......
News Video of a pit bull caring for orphaned kittens . Since this breed always gets such a bad rap, we thought you'd like to see what a pit can be like when raised properly, as every dog should be!
& then there is WEELA!
http://www.animaltails.org/articles/weela.asp
"Stout further said, the city's policy allows adoption of "suitable animals," but "does not allow the adoption of pit bull terriers nor does it allow the adoption of any animal which exhibits tendencies indicating that it is aggressive or is otherwise unsuitable for adoption. "
NOT "SUITABLE"? ......Mobile should have learned long ago that "PREJUDICE" & IGNORANCE is a bad thing! Yet you continue to be a sad example of the backward South.
As is typical you are searching out only the bad stories and as you know we can find plenty of bad stories on NOT "SUITABLE" judges as well. There are THOUSANDS of POSITIVE stories of PIT BULLS and their loving owners as witnessed by over 2000! petition signatures with more coming. That's just the tip of the iceberg.
Please do the right think and NOT KILL SPENCER, AN INNOCENT PUP!
It seems one can get away with murder in our society with a flashy lawyer, but let a dog unjustifiably be accused and all hell breaks loose and he is "guilty", not innocent until proven guilty. SPENCER IS NOT GUILTY AS ACCUSED. }
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