Petition for Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentence for Dogfighters and People Collecting Cats, Kittens and Other Bait Animals for Them
Cleveland, Ohio, dogfighter Angelo McCoy was first arrested for dogfighting during a November 2014 raid in Akron. McCoy, who ran from officers that night, was sentenced to a year of probation rather than prison. While McCoy was on probation, he was busted for dogfighting again — in June 2015. “He was sentenced to 10 months in prison,” cleveland.com reported.
Recent Dogfighting Busts and Why They Matter to Cats and Kittens, Not Just Dogs
If you read the training section of Michigan State University College of Law’s detailed discussion of dogfighting, you’ll see dogfighters use cats and kittens to train their dogs to be vicious. Some, like Columbus, Ohio, dogfighter Charles Granberry, who was arrested in 2016, hang a cat from a catmill that looks like this:
Inbred Pitbulls on Anabolic Steroids: Why the HEART Act Signals It’s Time to Cancel the ASPCA
Here’s what a little googling reveals: the ASPCA knows pitbulls have been inbred for hundreds of years. The ASPCA also knows dogfighters dope their dogs with anabolic steroids. Here are three reasons it’s time to cancel the ASPCA.
BSL Laws and Pitbull Bans: Questions Politicians Need to Ask Before They Repeal Them
With zero thought other than potential dollar signs, Abilene, Kansas’ city planning commission repealed its breed ban December 13, 2021 — the same day an Amazon deliver driver in Las Vegas risked her life to save a 19-year-old woman and her small dog from a pit bull attack. With that in mind, here’s the first…
Report Dogfighting: 10 Signs Your Neighbor Is Fighting Dogs (and Killing Dogs, Cats, Kittens and Rabbits)
After Cleveland, Ohio, dogfighter Angelo McCoy was arrested a third time in January of 2020, a neighbor told Fox 8 reporter Ed Gallek that he wondered who’d reported McCoy to the police, stating he hadn’t had the nerve. I’m happy to report that people in Detroit, Flint and Battle Creek, Michigan, did have the nerve…
Department of Justice Dogfighting-Related Press Releases
You could help save a lot of lives by warning family, friends and people in community groups on social media that bait dogs, cats, kittens and other animals are not a myth, that dogfighters don’t look how people expect them to look and that a dogfighting arrest in your city does not mean the dogfighter’s…
Don’t Post Animals on Craigslist, Facebook or Any Other App — You Have Been Warned
As I’ve said in my About page, where you’ll see hundreds of thousands of people have signed petitions urging Craigslist to shut down the pet section, people have been warned not to post animals on Craigslist, Facebook and other apps/websites for over a decade.
How to Advocate for Animals: Dig a Ditch for Dogfighters One Tweet at a Time
Cleveland dogfighter Angelo McCoy was arrested in January of last year and still has not gone on trial, thanks in part to COVID. Initially, his trial was scheduled for December 2020. It was then bumped to July 2021. As of June 23, his July 13 trial date has become another pretrial conference due to ongoing…
Cleveland’s Wannabe-Animal-Flipper Rachel Sanuk
Why Rachel Sanuk Is Trying to Sell Animals on Craigslist: Ultimately, Sanuk is the only one who knows why she’s flipping animals on Craigslist instead of getting a(nother) job.
Craigslist Pets: 5 Dangerous People You Don’t See When You Post Cats, Kittens, Dogs, Rabbits, and Guinea Pigs
If you’re like most people who post cats, kittens, dogs, rabbits, and guinea pigs in Craigslist’s pet section, you don’t read other people’s ads. [This partly explains why some cat owners charge “$10 to ensure a good home” while dog, rabbit, and guinea pig owners charge rehoming fees that actually protect their pet.] For the…
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