Posted on 07/01/2006 9:17:59 PM PDT by NellieMae
My aunt who has been a champion dog breeder for 50 years just had the Washington Co. VA animal control (acting on an anonymous tip) swoop down on her like she's some kind of criminal. She went to court yesterday because all of her dogs were confiscated. They charged her with inhumane treatment and animal neglect. All that the judge said she was guilty of was not keeping her animals absolutely clean. She's 76 years old. They were well-fed,healthy and all of their vaccinations were up to date.I heard on the radio today that animal control was giving them all vaccinations that they had already had and expecting her to pay for it.. All they had to do was pick up the phone and ask her about it. They just are acting on assumptions and not facts. They wouldn't let her have but 2 of her dogs back and with the stipulation that they be sterilized. Not a good thing for a breeder to be told. They also want her to pay $7500.00 In vet bills that were totally unnecessary. All you had to do was look at her dogs to see that they were fine. They also expect her to pay $5.00 per day per animal to keep them at the shelter..She loved all of her dogs and depended on the income she received from them to suppliment her social security check. She was too proud to go on welfare. Now she might have to since they took her income away. She's had to turn down several customers that wanted to buy a dog since this happened on 06-23-06. The animal shelter has several thousand dollars worth of her pedigreed dogs. She is totally devastated. I think that there is a conspiracy to put dog breeders out of business.Her vet thinks so too. This is the 2nd raid of this type in our area this month. I believe that her civil rights have been grossly violated. If there is anyone that would like to get involved to help stop this type of treatment of dog breeders, please contact me.
Sounds to me like they want the woman's property/land where she lives, so she is being slowly put in the position of having to sell off her property to pay these ridiculous fees.
BTW, the stupid judge should pay the $5.00 a day. Better yet, the judge should be thrown off the court for wasting the valuable taxpayers time and money with something so incredibly pea-brained. For the woman never told anyone to take her dogs away to the kennel in the first place...
You hit all the right points in your posts for this thread. Thank you.
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