2007/01/30

Severely Abused Afghan Hound

When Winston the Afghan Hound was confiscated he was so severely underweight due to starvation that you could see every bone in his body -- in-between the filthy matted mess his coat was in. If that wasn’t enough he had broken bones for which he had not received medical attention – yes that's right he had broken bones that had not been set - and he was so sick that he had less than 25% percent lung capacity.

I commend the County of Muskingum for confiscating this dog but why on earth were animal cruelty charges not laid?

Surely any one who watched the T.V./video coverage provided by WCMH-TV4 (NBC) on December 28th, 2006 or read the newspaper reports provided by the
Zanesville Times Recorder
could clearly see that Winston was abused and neglected.

Why didn’t someone from the city, or county or state step up to the plate and take action?

Citizens, taxpayers and voters of the County of Muskingum and the City of Zanesville -- and in the rest of the state of Ohio -- please take note and respond accordingly the next time you are asked to cast your vote and please make your thoughts known not just here but by taking a moment to write to City, County and State Government officials.

Please take a moment right now to visit: http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770130023 and send a quick note to the Zanesville Times Recorder. Next it may, or may not, be too late for Winston but if enough of us write and weigh in perhaps the next time the local prosecutor has a case of animal abuse he will take a stronger stand and who knows perhaps we can persuade the powers that be to take another look at Winston's case.

Additionally please join Cecilia and Maureen and others in writing to:

The Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann http://www.ag.state.oh.us/contact/inquiry_form.asp

The mayor of Zanesville, OH and city council members.

[Simply copy and paste your letter to the newspaper into the forms at the following locations.]

Mayor's online form for comments may be found at: http://www.coz.org/contact.cfm?depart=Mayor

Law Director's office: http://www.coz.org/contact.cfm?depart=Law

City Clerk's office: http://www.coz.org/city_clerk.cfm

Governor Ted Strickland: http://governor.ohio.gov/ConstituentAffairs/tabid/101/Default.aspx

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