Feral Paws Rescue
........Saving Feral Cats (TNR)
| ""(Animal cruelty) is not a harmless venting of emotion in a healthy individual; this is a warning sign that this individual is not mentally healthy and needs some sort of intervention." |
| FBI Supervisory Special Agent Alan Brantley |
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| If You Witness Animal Abuse |
| The Successful Prosecution of an Animal Abuser |
Warden James Hartley
Warden Hartley! You have injuried cats walking on prison grounds at Avenal State Prison!
Knowing that and still wont let us go on to Prison gounds our self to help these cats!
Here you are in charge of humans! But yet you won't allow us to help a injuried cats?
You Should read on this subject!
It's A FELONY To Kill Cats!
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FAST FACTS • 50 states and DC have anti-cruelty laws that • 43 states and DC have felony penalties for • 8 states authorize courts to include animals in • 28 states authorize mental health evaluations
But then yet we hear that you wouldn't even fly the flag at half mass for a fellow officer that died at your prison! Your reason for that was he didn't die in the line of duty But then in the past from other Warden's at Avenal State Prison and all over the State Of California fly the flag at half mass when a fellow officer passes away on duty or off duty. That is just RESPECT! You didn't even want the honor guard present at the services. Until you got negative feed back from staff at the prison. We have gotten so many emails and phone calls regarding your negative feed back from employees at Avenal State Prison. So we really shouldn't be surprized you wont let us help a cat that is injuried on Prison gounds! |
If You Witness Animal Abuse
* Where to Start
First, find out who in your town, county, or state investigates and enforces the anti-cruelty codes. Often, these people work for local humane societies, societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals (SPCAs), or taxpayer-funded animal shelters.
If you cannot locate the proper person, call or visit your local sheriff's office or police department to ask for help in enforcing the law. Before doing so, check the county and state law books in your local library. The state statute and county code will tell you exactly what your laws prohibit a person from doing to an animal. You can look up the laws easily in the index of the books and should make a photocopy to take with you. In most states, causing an animal "unnecessary suffering" is illegal, as is beating an animal, depriving him or her of food, and so on.
* Gathering Evidence
Once you have located the proper law enforcement officer, provide him/her with a concise, written, factual statement of what you have observed, giving dates and approximate times. If you can, photograph the situation and date your photographs. You should also try to get short, factual, written statements from other witnesses.
Always keep a record of whom you contact, the date of the contacts, and the content and outcome of your discussions with each of them. Never pass on a letter or document without making a copy for your file. Make it crystal clear that you wish to pursue this case and are willing to lend your assistance, as required.
* Pursuing Your Case
If you are not able to get satisfaction from the enforcement officers, present your documented case to their supervisors, and, if necessary, to your local government officials, such as the county commissioner, and ask them to act. If you have witnessed the cruel act yourself, you can go to your local police commissioner and ask to swear out a warrant to summon the accused person to court. Sometimes expert witnesses may be necessary to the case. A veterinarian, for example, can sign a statement that it is his/her "expert opinion" that a dog suffers if swung by a chain, deprived of food, etc. Expert opinions often make or break a case, so if you know a sympathetic veterinarian, you may wish to seek his/her assistance and tell the officer you have expert support.
By keeping a factual, well documented, step-by-step record of the case, if all else fails, you can always visit or call your local newspapers or television stations and try to interest reporters in the story. A news story may force officials to act, or scare the person causing the abuse into stopping. Other people who have seen similar acts may then be encouraged to step forward.