Post by RealPitBull on Jan 14, 2009 8:52:28 GMT -5
www.crueltyisacrime.com
Here is an excerpt:
Michael Vick – The Indictment That Keeps on Giving
With all the news coverage surrounding the announcement that next Monday Michael Vick will plead guilty to federal dog fighting charges, the HSUS wasted no time sending out an e-mail asking for more money. Like so many communications from the HSUS and other like-minded humane organization, parts of the e-mail are good. Like encouraging thank you letters being sent to the US Attorney’s office for aggressively prosecuting this case, and highlighting the fact of “at least 32 animal fighting rings broken up in 15 states in just the last month alone.” (Both points supporting my view that law enforcement must be the ones addressing dog fighting)
However, beyond the kudos for those who rightfully deserve them, this e-mail returns to the typical hype and plea for more money. In this case HSUS wants money for their “Animal Cruelty Response and Reward Fund” to help support a reward that, to my knowledge, has never been paid to a source of information.
A more subtle question that was raised by this e-mail was, how does the HSUS reconcile the number of dog fighting case recently in the media with their often quoted estimate of 40,000 dog fighters in the US?
If over 30 fighting rings were broken up in just one month wouldn’t that suggest a much greater problem? Just his morning a dog fight was raided in Georgia in which 123 people were arrested. Not only were numerous dogs recovered but also narcotics, weapons, trophies, and a quarter of a million dollars.
But the most outrageous use of this fund is to underwrite “undercover investigations.” While I have said time and time again that dog fighting and animal abuse are crimes like any other, and that their enforcement should be a routine part of police work, undercover work should not be utilized in investigation dog fighting. Not to mention civilians going undercover.
The HSUS and others love to point out the secretive nature of dog fighting. So the only way to truly infiltrate this network would be for the undercover agent to actively engage in dog fighting. That would not only be illegal, but immoral, and completely unacceptable.
By all accounts dog fighting is violent, criminal, and totally out of control. Only the police have the authority to rein this problem in. Until humane organizations embrace this approach, and demand a consistent, nation-wide, law enforcement response the rest of their efforts will continue to be ineffective.
It’s time that these “experts” are called out, and people stop waisting their money on an approach that doesn’t work.
Here is an excerpt:
Michael Vick – The Indictment That Keeps on Giving
With all the news coverage surrounding the announcement that next Monday Michael Vick will plead guilty to federal dog fighting charges, the HSUS wasted no time sending out an e-mail asking for more money. Like so many communications from the HSUS and other like-minded humane organization, parts of the e-mail are good. Like encouraging thank you letters being sent to the US Attorney’s office for aggressively prosecuting this case, and highlighting the fact of “at least 32 animal fighting rings broken up in 15 states in just the last month alone.” (Both points supporting my view that law enforcement must be the ones addressing dog fighting)
However, beyond the kudos for those who rightfully deserve them, this e-mail returns to the typical hype and plea for more money. In this case HSUS wants money for their “Animal Cruelty Response and Reward Fund” to help support a reward that, to my knowledge, has never been paid to a source of information.
A more subtle question that was raised by this e-mail was, how does the HSUS reconcile the number of dog fighting case recently in the media with their often quoted estimate of 40,000 dog fighters in the US?
If over 30 fighting rings were broken up in just one month wouldn’t that suggest a much greater problem? Just his morning a dog fight was raided in Georgia in which 123 people were arrested. Not only were numerous dogs recovered but also narcotics, weapons, trophies, and a quarter of a million dollars.
But the most outrageous use of this fund is to underwrite “undercover investigations.” While I have said time and time again that dog fighting and animal abuse are crimes like any other, and that their enforcement should be a routine part of police work, undercover work should not be utilized in investigation dog fighting. Not to mention civilians going undercover.
The HSUS and others love to point out the secretive nature of dog fighting. So the only way to truly infiltrate this network would be for the undercover agent to actively engage in dog fighting. That would not only be illegal, but immoral, and completely unacceptable.
By all accounts dog fighting is violent, criminal, and totally out of control. Only the police have the authority to rein this problem in. Until humane organizations embrace this approach, and demand a consistent, nation-wide, law enforcement response the rest of their efforts will continue to be ineffective.
It’s time that these “experts” are called out, and people stop waisting their money on an approach that doesn’t work.
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