Comments on: Man’s best friend gets no favors http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/21/mans-best-friend-gets-no-favors/ Blogging by a team of pet-care experts led by Dr. Marty Becker. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:09:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kimberly http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/21/mans-best-friend-gets-no-favors/comment-page-1/#comment-111257 Kimberly Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:54:11 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/21/mans-best-friend-gets-no-favors/#comment-111257 How come Ms. Jessup isn't fighting to get her hands on the hundreds of other dogs that have been confiscated from dog fighting busts? Perhaps its because, like the HSUS and PETA, she too is interested in the media attention it will bring her. Whenever there are large busts she is not actively trying to get access to THOSE dogs, she only goes after the ones that have a celebrity or the media involved. She certainly knows about all those other dogs because she posts the news articles on the message board that was referenced above. Why are Vick's dogs more worthy of a shot than the dogs from other dog busts? Oh yeah, the media is involved. How come Ms. Jessup isn’t fighting to get her hands on the hundreds of other dogs that have been confiscated from dog fighting busts? Perhaps its because, like the HSUS and PETA, she too is interested in the media attention it will bring her. Whenever there are large busts she is not actively trying to get access to THOSE dogs, she only goes after the ones that have a celebrity or the media involved. She certainly knows about all those other dogs because she posts the news articles on the message board that was referenced above. Why are Vick’s dogs more worthy of a shot than the dogs from other dog busts? Oh yeah, the media is involved.

]]> By: EmilyS http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/21/mans-best-friend-gets-no-favors/comment-page-1/#comment-111223 EmilyS Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:32:57 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/08/21/mans-best-friend-gets-no-favors/#comment-111223 the final horrible cruelty will be the unnecessary and unjustified killing of Vick’s dogs. Vick may not ever deserve a second chance, but surely the victims do. Especially when there are experienced, reputable and knowledgeable people willing to test and examine the dogs to determine which might be suitable for rehoming. No one suggests that any pit bulls that are dangerous to humans, or excessively dog aggressive, should be spared. But consider the liklihood that some of the remaining dogs may have been among those who WOULDNT fight and hadn't yet been tortured/killed by Vick and his morally cretinous buddies. What makes those who now have custody of the dogs LESS cruel than Vick if they kill innocent, saveable dogs? EmilyS The below is from Diane Jessup, well known author and found of “LawDogs” a program that places pit bulls as detection dogs. (quote) OK, so chances are pretty good that Vick released the dogs as part of his plea deal. It is now imperative that those who can offer a realistic place for any of these dogs to go be made known to those who will decide their fate. We all know PETA and the HSUS (well, at least Wayne Pacelle) wants the dogs dead. The easy way out; after all, we all know pit bulls are “expendable” just like Vick thought, right? We must work fast as it is “usual procedure” to kill the dogs right away before there can be public outcry. I can’t speak for BadRap, or Animal Farm Foundation, but LawDogsUSA would like to be given the opportunity to screen the dogs for use as narcotics and explosives detection dogs. We do not want to be told “oh, they are no good” by someone with no idea what we are looking for. I have never received a reply from Wayne Pacelle concerning this issue despite trying to contact him for weeks. We can only save a couple, and then only if they are useful for our program. However, I can’t believe that anyone who loves dogs would deny the opportunity for even one of these victim dogs to have that chance. I ask you to please help in any way to get word to those holding the dogs and in charge of their fate to consider allowing us to screen them. I can be reached at or this email or LawDogsUSA@comcast.net. Thank you, Diane Jessup www.LawDogsUSA.org _________________ Diane Jessup www.LawDogsUSA.org www.WorkingPitBull.com http://www.thepitbull-place.com/index/viewtopic.php?t=6553&start=30 (endquote) the final horrible cruelty will be the unnecessary and unjustified killing of Vick’s dogs. Vick may not ever deserve a second chance, but surely the victims do. Especially when there are experienced, reputable and knowledgeable people willing to test and examine the dogs to determine which might be suitable for rehoming.

No one suggests that any pit bulls that are dangerous to humans, or excessively dog aggressive, should be spared. But consider the liklihood that some of the remaining dogs may have been among those who WOULDNT fight and hadn’t yet been tortured/killed by Vick and his morally cretinous buddies. What makes those who now have custody of the dogs LESS cruel than Vick if they kill innocent, saveable dogs?

EmilyS

The below is from Diane Jessup, well known author and found of “LawDogs” a program that places pit bulls as detection dogs.

(quote) OK, so chances are pretty good that Vick released the dogs as part of his plea deal. It is now imperative that those who can offer a realistic place for any of these dogs to go be made known to those who will decide their fate.

We all know PETA and the HSUS (well, at least Wayne Pacelle) wants the dogs dead. The easy way out; after all, we all know pit bulls are “expendable” just like Vick thought, right? We must work fast as it is “usual procedure” to kill the dogs right away before there can be public outcry.

I can’t speak for BadRap, or Animal Farm Foundation, but LawDogsUSA would like to be given the opportunity to screen the dogs for use as narcotics and explosives detection dogs. We do not want to be told “oh, they are no good” by someone with no idea what we are looking for. I have never received a reply from Wayne Pacelle concerning this issue despite trying to contact him for weeks.

We can only save a couple, and then only if they are useful for our program. However, I can’t believe that anyone who loves dogs would deny the opportunity for even one of these victim dogs to have that chance.

I ask you to please help in any way to get word to those holding the dogs and in charge of their fate to consider allowing us to screen them. I can be reached at or this email or LawDogsUSA@comcast.net.

Thank you,
Diane Jessup
http://www.LawDogsUSA.org

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Diane Jessup
http://www.LawDogsUSA.org
http://www.WorkingPitBull.com

http://www.thepitbull-place.co.....p;start=30

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