AR-News: (NC - US)HELP!! Dog's face sliced/mutilated in domestic dispute

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<<"She looks like a piece of meat that  somebody sliced up with a steak knife she's just been sliced like someone was  going to eat her, that's the way it makes me feel. She's a singing dog and she  may never sing again because her lips and nose are gone." Veterinarians at Reach  Animal Hospital are caring for her and say she'll need $2000 worth of  reconstructive surgery and around the clock care. But she is expected to make  it.>>
 
Hi Friends, this atrocity (newspaper article  at the end) is a threat to his wife's life!!!!!  She better take this  SERIOUSLY!!!  Right now could we please fax, call, snail mail  imploring the DA (below) to use ALL of his power to please vigorously  investigate, prosecute and convict this soul-less thing to the absolute maximum  penalty, also mentioning that the worst killers of other humans always had  a history of torturing/murdering animals:  
 
Ronald L. Moore,  Esq.
Buncombe County District Attorney
(828)  232-2283.
 
Thanks ever so very  much.       Adela

Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 8:13 AM
Subject: Dog stabbed - needs donations for  vet

Hi all,

Your  help is needed for a dog badly injured by a stabbing. Please
contribute to  the extensive medical costs of saving a local dog who was viciously attacked  last week. The dog's owner is a UNCA coworker. 
Let's all please help as  quickly as possible. Here are the details:

A dog belonging to a UNC at  Asheville employee was viciously
attacked and mutilated last week by a  Buncombe Country man now charged
with felony animal abuse.

Details  were reported on WLOS-TV news last week; the Web transcript
of that report is  copied below. (Warning: Details are graphic and
upsetting).

Reach  Emergency Veterinary Hospital is caring for the dog, a female
Carolina  Singing Dog named "Yoo Hoo," who was repeatedly stabbed in the
face. Doctors  say they believe Yoo Hoo will survive, but she
requires $2000 worth of  extensive surgery and round-the-clock clinical
care.

Please contribute  to the costs of saving Yoo Hoo! Any amount is
welcome--it all adds up! Please  send donations by next Thurs Jan 29
if possible and I will hand-deliver the  total to Reach Veterinary Clinic
next Friday.

Please bring or send  your donation to me ASAP. Make checks out to
Ann Weber, PRNet and mark your  check memo line PRNet for Yoo Hoo. 
Send donations on-campus to:
Ann  Weber, Pet Relief Network, Psychology Dept.
CPO #1960. 
(If sending from  off-campus, please affix postage and complete address
with: UNC at Asheville,  Asheville NC 28804-8508).

You may also mail donations for Yoo Hoo  directly to the veterinary
clinic. Make checks payable to Reach Emergency  Clinic and send them
to: 

Reach Emergency Veterinary Clinic
Attn:  Care for "Yoo Hoo"
677 Brevard Road
Asheville NC 28806 

Tell  others! 

Finally, to see justice done and make sure this
act is  prosecuted, contact the Buncombe Co. District Attorney with  your
encouragement. Best way to contact him is to send a fax, re.  animal
abuse charges for attack on "Yoo Hoo," to:
Ronald L. Moore,  Esq.
Buncombe County District Attorney
(828) 232-2283.
Thank  you

WLOS-TV News, transcript, 1/17/04:
(CANDICE) "A MOUNTAIN MAN WILL  LIKELY FACE FELONY ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES
AFTER REPEATEDLY STABBING SOMEONE'S  PET. THE DOG IS IN SURGERY TONIGHT.
NEWS 13'S MICHELLE BOUDIN SPOKE WITH THE  OWNER, MICHELLE, WHAT
HAPPENED?"
(MICHELLE) "ANIMAL CONTROL WORKERS CALL  IT ONE OF THE WORST ATTACKS
THEY'VE EVER SEEN. YOO-HOO IS A THREE YEAR OLD  CAROLINA SINGING DOG...
HER NOSE, LIPS, AND AN EYE WERE SLICED IN THE ATTACK.  THE DOG IS AT THE
CENTER OF AN APPARENT DOMESTIC DISPUTE...INVESTIGATORS SAY  THE ATTACKER
IS THE ESTRANGED HUSBAND OF THE DOGS OWNER."
"She looks like  a piece of meat that somebody sliced up with a steak
knife she's just been  sliced like someone was going to eat her, that's
the way it makes me feel.  She's a singing dog and she may neve sing
again because her lips and nose are  gone." (CANDICE:) VETERNARIANS AT
REACH ANIMAL HOSPITAL ARE CARING FOR HER  AND SAY SHE'LL NEED
TWO-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY AND  AROUND THE
CLOCK CARE. BUT SHE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE IT. THE MAN ACCUSED IN  THE
ATTACK CLAIMS THE DOG LUNGED AT HIM...BUT ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS  SAY
THE CUTS ARE TOO EXCESSIVE TO BE CONSIDERED SELF DEFENSE AND  THEY
SUSPECT ALCOHOL OR DRUGS MAY BE INVOLVED. THE MAN ACCUSED IN THE  ATTACK
WILL LIKELY BE CHARGED EARLY NEXT WEEK."
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