http://www.insideedition.com/ourstor...px?storyid=598
Hello all,
Sorry that I've been out of pocket. Haven't had much time away from my research lately. We are right in the middle of the big February ratings period (also known as "sweeps"), so things are crazy right now. But I thought I would post in the wake of Inside Edition's story.
I thought it was an excellent story on a national stage. With the national Humane Society involved in their report, we plan to pursue that angle locally. We have already taped several new interviews and plan to air the next part of our series within ten days or so. I wish we had time to interview every person who has emailed or called me with these appalling stories. That is why we are producing more stories for this report. The response has been overwhelming. I will let everyone know as soon as there's a concrete date.
More info on Inside Edition: While it was a comprehensive report that lasted at least 3 or 4 minutes (an eternity in the news business), I know for a fact that time constraints forced them to leave a lot of their stuff on the cutting room floor. Ordinarily, it would be a real risk to attempt to have a dog shipped to a news organization. Here's why: Obviously, if 20% of the dogs shipped from a kennel are sick or dying, that would be way too many and newsworthy. A news organization cannot afford to keep ordering dogs until they get a sick one. It would be time-consuming and expensive. Their producer learned from research (as I did) that such an incredible percentage of dogs from Brushy Creek are shipped in poor condition, that they would only have to purchase one dog to prove their point. They KNEW that they would be getting a dog in horrendous condition and not the age promised. These are the same complaints I have heard over and over and over and over. As those of you who were approached by Inside Edition know, there was much more behind the story that they simply couldn't fit in the report.
How bad serious is the Brushy Creek situation? In Houston, we air our biggest stories from around southeast Texas on the news during February sweeps. Inside Edition is in the same boat. The difference: They pick from the biggest stories from across the country and they deemed the Brushy Creek Kennel to be important enough to tell during this time of year. When the ratings come in, 5 million people will have seen the story on Inside Edition. That's a powerful platform. If anyone has the ability to capture the video to a weblink, I suggest they do it. Me? Posting on this website is about as tech-savvy as I get. Sorry. You can see a good description of the story here:
http://www.insideedition.com/ourstor...px?storyid=598
Sorry for another long post. I will have more updates soon. Oh, and as always, we are still ready and eager to air Mr. Moore's side of the story. Perhaps some day he will come forward.
David