HISTORY OF CASE: One of the Worst Cruelty Cases We've Ever Encountered...
Federal Way, Washington
Pasado�s Safe Haven has offered a $10,000 cash reward for information leading to the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of the person(s) responsible for immersing a four-month-old puppy in acid (acid was also placed inside the puppy�s mouth). Veterinarians were forced to euthanize the puppy.
THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST CRIMES WE HAVE EVER INVESTIGATED AND WE NEED YOUR HELP!
(The puppy was found by a Good Samaritan and taken to Valley Animal Hospital in Auburn, Washington where the puppy was euthanized.)
REWARD FLYERS POSTED ON THURSDAY, 3/16 at NOON
The e-mail call as been put out to Pasado supporters to assist us in plastering our reward posters in the 28900 28th Pl. S. block of Federal Way, WA, the area where the puppy lived and was tortured. If you can help print more flyers or post them, call Larry Brothers, Pasado's Safe Haven's Humane Investigator at 425-269-3621. (If you can post them after you get off of work on your own, then copy this poster here at a local office store/copy store on neo-bright paper. Do NOT post on utility post as this is against the law.)
Some background � and how we�re going to need your help next � fighting the @#%^&@#% police and animal control!
PASADO�S CONTACTED BY DISTRAUGHT VETS TUESDAY
Valley Animal Hospital vets, who euthanized the puppy, called Pasado�s Safe Haven for help prior to the news release of the case. Mark Steinway (co-founder of Pasado�s Safe Haven) and Larry Brothers (Humane Investigator) attempted to call King County Animal Control repeatedly, leaving multiple messages, in an attempt to assure that the body of the puppy was not cremated. Pasado�s routinely offers full funding for all veterinary medical necropsies and toxicology reports for law enforcement and prosecutors. Our sources today tell us the body WAS cremated, destroying all evidence.
OUTRAGE AT LAW ENFORCEMENT - ANSWERS SOUGHT
Although intentional animal cruelty is a Felony in Washington State, according to Pasado�s sources, King County Animal Control and the Federal Way Police Department cremated the body of the puppy before a necropsy (animal autopsy) or toxicology tests could be conducted. �The law enforcement entities, responsible for investigating such an egregious crime, simply threw away the evidence,� says Larry Brothers, Humane Investigator for Pasado�s Safe Haven (a Monroe, Washington-based animal welfare agency). �Pasado�s passed the third animal cruelty law in three years in Washington State this last legislative session. What good are the laws if the investigators, paid to do their job, choose not to use them?�
WHAT'S NEXT - HOW YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
Pasado�s Safe Haven will formally request that the investigating entities search the premises of the owner of the pit-bull puppy (who claims to have nothing to do with the crime). Although the owner may very well be innocent of this vicious act, criminal investigations always start with the family. According to King County Journal Newspapers, Federal Way police Lt. Terry Hock said the officers found a substance in the backyard of the owner's house that might have caused the burns on the dog, but they didn't know what it was.
Once we've posted flyers all day on Thursday, we will update this website and let you know who to call and how express your outrage! Watch our website for what to do next! |