AR-News: Couple Deliberately Run Down 12-Pound Puppy---Sample Letter

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SAMPLE LETTER FROM KINSHIP CIRCLE
6/12/04--Couple Deliberately Run Down 12-Pound Pup
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SOURCE OF INFORMATION:
HUMANElines--- Issue 300---June 8, 2004
humanelines at hsus.org
http://www.humanelines.org/  

*DISCLAIMER: The information in these letters is verified with the original 
source. I cannot assume responsibility for the accuracy of the information or 
for the consequences of its use.

*Kinship Circle cannot guarantee the validity of email addresses. During a 
campaign, recipients may change or disable their email addresses.

**Trial begins June 29, 2004. If you send comments via email, include in your 
subject line: "Maximum Sentence for Tigger's Death."

===================SAMPLE LETTER===================

Tom Simon, City Prosecutor 
Margaret Draper, Assist. City Prosecutor 
110 West 44th St. 
Ashtabula, Ohio  44004 
fax: 440-998-6308
email: jeannied at suite224.net

Dear Mr. Simon,

Thank you for proceeding with charges against Barry Shelott and Cassie 
Warsing, the Ashtabula, Ohio couple who allegedly ran over a 12-pound Pomeranian 
puppy, Tigger, three times on May 12, 2004.

It is difficult to imagine Shelott and Warsing's mindset as they switched 
seats to repeatedly run down and kill Tigger just outside his home, in front of 
his six-year-old guardian and other witnesses. I understand the accused, who 
pleaded not guilty, face misdemeanor penalties for their first known animal 
cruelty offense. I hope you will pursue the maximum 3-month jail sentence and fine 
upon conviction.

Shelott and Warsing deserve more than misdemeanor charges. Their vehicle, 
utilized in the commission of a violent assault, ought to be seized and the court 
should order the couple to undergo psychiatric evaluation. If possible, 
please ask that Tigger's killers be prohibited from owning or harboring animals in 
any context.

The deliberate slaying of a tiny, defenseless animal is an act of violence. 
Individuals who torture animals belong behind bars. In addition, the legal 
system cannot afford to overlook the established link between animal abuse and 
human violence. 

Animal abuse is an overt clue to anti-social behavior and is listed as a key 
trait for conduct disorders in an American Psychiatric Association profile. 
The FBI also recognizes animal abuse as a stage along the violence continuum.

History shows violent criminals "practice" on animals before graduating to 
humans. Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo shot arrows through the slats of crated 
dogs and cats. Carroll Edward Cole, executed in 1985 for an alleged 35 
murders, strangled a puppy before advancing to humans. Jason Massey's killing career 
began with cats and dogs; at 20 he decapitated a 13-year-old girl and fatally 
shot her stepbrother.

These horror stories represent a small portion of the animal-to-human 
progression recorded in police case files. Violence rarely occurs in a vacuum.

TIgger was a treasured companion, an innocent bystander caught in a senseless 
and violent moment. Please prosecute his killers to the fullest extent under 
the law.

Thank you, 
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