SIGN: URGE ARIZONA COUNTY TO HELP ABANDONED, STARVING DOGS INSTEAD OF SHOOTING THEM DEAD

SIGN: Urge Arizona County to Help Abandoned, Starving Dogs Instead of Shooting Them Dead (ladyfreethinker.org)

PETITION TARGET: Apache County Board of Supervisors

Seven helpless dogs were shot to death by a deputy in Arizona when they had no where else to go, according to Fox 10.

Neighbors requested welfare checks from the Apache County Sheriff’s Office because the dogs appeared to have been abandoned on a vacated property and looked emaciated and dehydrated. The dogs had reportedly resorted to hunting nearby livestock for food. They needed help.

Body cam footage shows a deputy on the premise opening a full bag of dog food and pouring it into a large container on the ground; the dogs leap over one another to begin devouring it. He then fills a dry, dirty bowl with water — which turns muddy in the dirt-crusted bowl.

But after he walks outside of the fenced-in area containing the dogs, he aims a handgun through the chainlink fence. A few of the dogs stand up at the fence, tails wagging and appearing hopeful, before he points the gun at them. The deputy then shoots every dog and puppy he sees until they are dead.

Some of the dogs were shot more than once, and could be heard crying out in agony as they slowly died, according to Mountain Daily Star. The bodies of the dogs were then dumped on the highway according to the police report, Mountain Daily Star reported.

Shockingly, this cruel act did not violate county policies, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Apache County has no animal services department — it is up to the Sheriff’s Office to provide humane aid to animals in need.

“The Deputy involved acted in a professional and most humane manner given the circumstances,” said a spokesperson for the Apache County Sheriff’s Office in a statement given to 12News. “He exhausted all other alternatives available to him at the time and acted under the approval of his immediate supervisor.”

These dogs needed help. They needed safe refuge, food, water, and medical care. Instead, they were brutally shot to death.

Sign our petition urging the Apache County Board of Supervisors to establish an animal services department and humanely address the problem of animal abandonment within their county. Policy change must be enacted so no more helpless, abandoned animals have to die.

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2 MEN CHARGED FOR CONSPIRACY TO SEXUALLY ABUSE MONKEYS ON CAMERA

Two men face federal charges for their alleged roles in spreading monkey torture videos online: Nicholas T. Dryden (Ohio) and Giancarlo Morelli (New Jersey) were both charged with conspiracy related to the creation and manufacturing of violent “animal crush” videos involving baby, teenage, and adult monkeys, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Dryden and Morelli were allegedly part of an online group that discussed their twisted and depraved ideas for monkey torture. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges Dryden used funds collected from the online group to instruct and pay a child in Indonesia to create the vile videos.

Helpless monkeys were allegedly abused on camera “having their genitals burned, having their genitals cut with scissors, being sodomized with a wooden skewer and being sodomized with a spoon,” according to a disturbing summary by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Both men have been charged with conspiracy to create and distribute sadistic videos in March and April 2023, while Dryden has an extra charge of producing child sexual abuse material as he allegedly exploited a minor by paying the child to sexually abuse the monkeys on camera. Both men face could face up to 5 years in prison for the conspiracy charges and seven years in prison for the animal crush creation and distribution charges; Dryden could face an additional 20 years in prison for each charge related to the sexual abuse of children.

Monkeys are intelligent and playful animals that do not deserve to be mutilated or killed — for any reason.

Lady Freethinker and Action for Primates first exposed the underground world of monkey torture groups in 2021 — and helped bring international attention to the cruelty by providing intelligence and information to the BBC documentary “The Monkey Haters.” Since then, our work has helped law enforcement prosecute those responsible. These charges are the latest in a string of recent arrests and convictions of people involved in abusing monkeys online.

Lady Freethinker applauds the work of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and FBI in investigating the case and pursuing justice for all the monkeys who have been tortured and killed. We will continue to work to uncover, track, and end monkey torture groups for good.

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7-WEEK-OLD KITTEN RESCUED FROM DRAIN PIPE AFTER FIRE DEPARTMENT HEARS TINY CRIES FOR HELP

Courtesy of Havelock Animal Control

A stray kitten was rescued in Havelock, North Carolina after the city’s fire department and animal control teamed up to free him from a drain.

The tiny 7-week-old somehow found himself lodged in a pipe — with only his furry white and orange-striped head and big blue eyes peering out. When the fire department discovered him in need of help, they contacted Havelock Animal Control to join in the rescue effort, according to local news.

“The fire department heard him crying!” Lead Animal Control Officer Cheyenne Koons commented on the Friends of Havelock Animal Control Facebook page — in response to those wondering how they knew he was in there.

To free the little kitten, the fire department sliced off a chunk of the pipe and pulled him out. He was extremely wet and dirty when they pulled him free. He looked somewhat shaken up by the whole ordeal, but luckily, he was not hurt.

Photos of the rescue show the kitten swaddled up in a soft, warm blanket with wet food. He was then taken to Havelock Animal Control, where he is being cared for while he waits for a forever family.

“He is doing well,” Koons wrote in an email to Lady Freethinker. “He has not been adopted yet and is still available at our facility!”

Cute !!

Regards Mark