Posted on 10/15/2009 8:46:52 PM PDT by mnehring
Missouri District Courts have ordered that permanent custody of most of the dogs rescued in July's multi-state dog fighting raids be transferred to the Humane Society of Missouri, who will determine suitable placements for each individual dog. In what was the largest dog fighting raid to date, more than 500 fighting dogs were rescued across 8 states, with 26 arrests being made on the scene. Nearly all of the dogs were purebred or mixed American Pit Bull Terriers, and since the raid, the rescued dogs have given birth to approximately 100 further puppies.
Broken Hearts, Mended Souls Rescue of Missouri is receiving 3 of the dogs, including Junior, Kali and Carlos who range in age from 5-months to 11-years old. Broken Hearts, Mended Souls places dogs with foster families who teach the dogs what it means to be a loved family member, with the aim of finding a suitable permanent home.
Mutts-n-Stuff, a St. Louis-based bully breed rescue group is receiving Fay, Eli and Jakob, who are 5 years, 7 months and 1 years old respectively. Eli will be relocated to New Hope Pit Bull Rescue of Goose Creek, South Carolina, and Jakob will be sent to Our Pack Inc. Pit Bull Rescue based in San Francisco, California. Jakob will now be trained as a therapy dog. Our Pack Inc. will train Jakob in basic manners before he will be employed to provide affection and comfort to people in hospitals, retirement homes and schools.
"As soon as we saw pictures of Jakob, we knew he was special. Although Jakob comes from an abuse case, we've seen time and again these dogs are cut out for therapy work and we think he is a great candidate for this kind of work. The most important characteristic of a therapy dog is temperament, and as we know, Pit Bulls have loving, affectionate natures that often make them perfect for this kind of job," said Marthina McClay, President/Founder of Our Pack Inc.
California...figures.
Cool. Glad they got it in time.
Pinging Chet99!
This is an exception, definitely not the rule
Well that is one way to provide therapy. Kill the patient.
Chet99: Just messin’ with you with the ping, I happen to like your Pit Bull posts.
My family has raised American Pit Bull Terriers since 1889 and was one of the founders of the UKC and regitration of the breed, In over 100 years we have never had a dog attack or even become aggressive to a man, woman, or child....Only in the last twenty years has this become a problem, it is the fault of irreputable breaders and the boodlust of dog fighters that has caused this problem.
So you say. You signed on 2 weeks ago.
take your lies and crap back to the DUmp sonny.
Several things I have noticed, peole that had this breed remind me of mindless democrats, they deny the truth even when it’s in front of them.....explain to me why Pit Bulls were considered Americas dog before WW2, Petey of the Little Rascals, The dog used in RCA Victors ads, the official mascot of the US Army.....guess this is just my imagination....
Do you stand by post #8?
I stand by everything I put on this site.
Good to hear.
There are certain individuals here that will not believe anything you say, even if you have proof, as many of us have presented. They choose to believe sites like Dogsbite and Dogbitelaw, which are considered by most experts to be biased and useless. They take media reports literally, no matter how many times it is found that the details of the story are wrong, no matter how many of the stories involve dogs that are obviously being mistreated. Pit bulls are the boogeyman, and they are children. You can show them the empty closet, but they will insist you are wrong. Just have patience. Hopefully someday soon, people will realize that fixing the problem actually involves being responsible, not killing millions of dogs for the 0.00004% minority’s actions.
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