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Originally Posted by karen171 I just emailed the investigative depts of channels 8, 11, and 4...all Dallas area tv stations here which cover the metro area including Bonham..where the pet mill is located. I also found the email address of Becky Oliver, an investigative reporter for channel 4. This woman is awesome when it comes to investigating and following through to the end. I gave her a link to our thread so she can read what's going on. I've watched on tv where they've shut down puppy mills before. Hope it does some good...will let you know if I hear anything. |
NOT at all to belittle your efforts, which are admirable, but I'd be very surprised if they found anything they considered "worthy" to report on.
#1--there is a big difference between LEGAL treatment of animals and ETHICAL treatment of animals. Seems like abuse has to be pretty blatant and extreme before you can get any kind of official interventions to take place.
and #2--someone correct me if I'm wrong (pleeeeeease!) but I don't know that we've ever had confirmation that his animals are kept in dirty conditions, or are otherwise mistreated (again....by "LEGAL" standards!)
#3---with his history of watching this board (esp. if he is getting emails or phone calls that he finds suspicious!) I'm sure he'd get out there and "clean up" long before the investigation ever took place.
---Isn't there another guy on one of the Dallas news stations....shoot, I know I've seen it a few times....who confronts local shady business people, mechanics who are overcharging, scam artist, etc. Seems like this might be a little more along those lines! Probably (I'm suspecting!) not enough blatant mistreatment documentable for them to consider this an "animal abuse" case, but, now, all the testimonies about sick pups, and the way he refuses to deal with people afterwards, etc....THAT they may consider worthy of confronting him about! I really doubt that they'd be able to shut him down, but it would HARASS him, and start getting the word out there about his reputation!!!!