AR-News: (LA - US) Female tabby cat beaten to death by ACT

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> 
> Tigra beaten to death.
> Murder in a Los Angeles Shelter
> 
> If you have not heard, a poor little female Tabby cat
> was beaten to death by ACT Jason Avery while cleaning
> out the cat room on the grave yard shift at the South
> Central Animal Shelter on October 24th, 2003. The
> beating with the wooden shaft of a broom was witnessed
> by three other ACT's. After being struck hard on the
> skull twice, the little cat collapsed and began
> bleeding out of her nose and mouth. Avery allegedly
> stated "That's the way I like to do it" after he beat
> her. Two out of the three ACT's who witnessed the
> beating, Mike Sandoval and Roger Pantoja, agreed to
> never allow this "incident to leave this room" and
> then the poor bleeding cat was shoved back into the
> cage to hide what had occurred.
> 
> The third ACT wrote a detailed report and spoke with
> Kennel Supervisor Sheryl Perez the very next day.
> There were some threats regarding his job as well as
> his car allegedly being vandalized because he came
> forward. He was eventually transferred to East Valley
> Shelter. 
> 
> Commander Dave Diliberto was apparently told about the
> incident the next day (even though he is now trying to
> make people believe he only recently found out about
> it). Nothing was done for seven weeks, that is until
> the Stand Foundation brought it to the commission (see
> testimony by clicking on NEWS at www.firegreenwalt.com
> ). Since the commission is unfortunately part of the
> problem, NOT part of the solution and the fact that if
> we leave this up to the LAAS under Greenwalt, justice
> will NEVER prevail, we MUST do our part to make sure
> justice is done. 
> 
> As it stands right now, Jason Avery was put on FULL
> PAID "administrative leave" only after the crime was
> made public at the commission meeting (gee, maybe
> he'll go on vacation while getting his full pay), and
> the two witnesses who never came forward and allowed
> the cat to linger in agony inside her cage, are still
> working at South Central with full pay . If this is
> indicative of the other in house investigations, Avery
> will most likely be getting FULL PAY to sit at home
> and watch TV and possibly abuse other animals in his
> neighborhood for quite some time. Perez and Diliberto
> who were told verbally and in writing about this
> horrific incident well over two months ago. . . .
> well, you know the story; the "scum" did nothing.
> 
> PLEASE WE BEG OF YOU. . . .
> IF YOU DO NOTHING ELSE FOR THE ANIMALS THIS ENTIRE
> MONTH, PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING ON BEHALF OF OUR "
> LITTLE TABBY" WHO WAS LEFT ALONE TO SLOWLY DIE IN SLOW
> AGONY IN HER CAGE AFTER BEING BEATEN. CALL, FAX AND
> E-MAIL THE FOLLOWING AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE, DAY
> AND NIGHT , IN ORDER FOR THEM TO KNOW THAT WE DEMAND
> JUSTICE TO BE DONE. (We have two sample letters below
> for you to use if you'd like.) The most important
> thing is that you continuously contact the individuals
> below until charges are brought against ALL the
> individuals responsible for the death and cover up of
> this crime. 
> 
> PHONE - FAX - EMAIL - WRITE - PROTEST!
> 
> District Attorney Steve Cooley
> Office Phone(213) 974-3512
> Office Fax (213) 974-1484
> E-mail lada at co.la.ca.us
> 
> Chief Of Police William J. Bratton
> Office Phone 213-485-3202
> Office Fax213.847.0676 - fax
> E-mail brattonw at lapd.lacity.org
> 
> Mayor Hahn 
> Office Phone (213) 978-0600
> Office Fax (213) 978-0657
> E-mail mayorhahn at mayor.lacity.org or
> jhahn at mayor.lacity.org
> 
> Action Alert quote "It is vital, absolutely vital, as
> history bears out, that you can't have
> all politeness and patience, all potlucks and
> epistles. Some people will
> never budge unless pushed to budge. That was true with
> slavery, with women's
> suffrage, you name it."-Ingrid Newkirk
> 
> This action alert was brought to you by the Fire
> Greenwalt/S.K.C.A.T Campaign. This is an internet
> action alert for encouraging peaceful protest against
> the Killing of Companion Animals Today in our city
> shelters and to Fire GM Greenwalt.
> 
> For general information on the campaign, please visit
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> contact the Fire Greenwalt/ S.K.C.A.T. campaign at
> firegreenwalt at animaldefense.com
> 
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