Canada, cruelty to dogs URGENT
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/no-dogs-for-laporte
Friends-
I have a favor to ask...it will only take a minute. Some of you may remember
in December 2006 I forwarded information about 101 wire fox terriers that
had been rescued from deplorable conditions just outside Montreal, Canada.
Some of those wires were put down because of the condition they were in.
Jounalists responding to the story were vomitting at the scene- the house
they came from was condemed and knocked down- that says a lot.
The person, Marc Andre LaPorte who was responsible for these dogs was
recently tried by Canadian courts and found guilty of animal cruelty- he
faces a slap on the hand with a mere $4000 fine and a few days in jail. As
hidious as this is- the worse is that he has requested that 18 of those dogs
be returned to him, *On Feb. 22, 2008 (just a week away) he will be
sentenced. At the same hearing, the judge is to decide if Laporte is to get
any of his fox terriers back!*
These dogs are learning to be real dogs- some of these dogs lost their eyes
because they had never seen daylight and now they are learning to be part of
families- learning to eat, learning to be touched and learning how to be
loved. Now they may be taken from these wonderful new homes and placed back
in the house of horrors they were rescued from. Imagine making these dogs go
back- imagine being one of the families who have had to rehabilitate a dog
only to have it taken from you to be put back to horror.