Please Sign This Petition

[yml]

Originally Posted by Mom of 3

Awww, ya mean we can't sign it twice? I want to~

Where this case all stands, Anyone from FL have any idea what is going on? Thank You to all who have signed recently, we keep bumping this up for those who may have missed it so it does not get lost in the back pages!

[harley1]

Originally Posted by MyPeanutAbbyGra

FOR MORE INFO, PLEASE SEE THIS THREAD:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...e-rescued.html

Originally Posted by jadjem Thank You jadjem!
The following link will take you to the petition I wrote last night. Please sign it and send it on to everyone you can. I will then send it on August 2nd to any and every legal entity that could do anything. Any suggestions would of course be welcomed!


Don't Reward Teresita Hughes Cruelty Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]


We, the undersigned, respectfully request the judgment in favor of the return of 60 dogs to Teresita Hughes as ordered by Judge Myra Scott McNary be overturned. Ms. Hughes callous disregard for the welfare of the animals is evidenced in the video of the seizure and by testimony of a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Deputy Carolyn Wagner that the animals had insufficient air or exercise and their food was tainted with feces. Living in filthy and deplorable conditions, the dogs which counted six to eight per cage were crowded and forced to live in rooms with little ventilation where the stench of urine and feces made your eyes tear and your nose burn. Hughes admitted to not allowing the dogs out of their cages for “at least the past four months,” proof they had spent endless days walking only on wire-bottom cages. $100,000 in veterinary fees paid for by public donations to a rescue organization is testimony to the condition of the animals when they were seized.
Further, we ask that Ms. Hughes be prosecuted to the full extent of the law in accordance with the following:
FLORIDA ANTI CRUELTY LAW Florida Statute 828.12 et seq.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS is defined as: “Overloads, overdrives, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance or shelter, or unnecessarily mutilates, or kills any animal, or causes the same to be done, or carries in or upon any vehicle, or otherwise, any animal in a cruel or inhumane manner”. This is a 1st Degree Misdemeanor with a fine up to $5000 and/or imprisonment up to 1 year. INTENTIONAL ANIMAL CRUELTY is defined as: “commits an act to any animal which results in the cruel death, or excessive or repeated infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering.” This is a 3rd Degree Felony with a fine up to $10,000 and/or imprisonment up to 5 years. Intentional Cruelty with “knowing and intentional torture or torment of an animal that injures, mutilates, or kills the animal” carries a minimum fine of $2500 and completion of a psychological or anger management treatment program.
To return the animals, now vetted courtesy of INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS, with required weekly visits by the Humane Society, paid for by OUR TAXES, so that Ms. Hughes can continue to profit from her breeding business is a travesty of justice and a huge slap in the face to all of us who PAY OUR OWN BILLS.
We pray you will “do the right thing” for those who are totally at your mercy.

I signed....

[MyPeanutAbbyGra]

Originally Posted by harley1

I signed....

Thank You

[TeeBuccs]

Originally Posted by yml

Where this case all stands, Anyone from FL have any idea what is going on? Thank You to all who have signed recently, we keep bumping this up for those who may have missed it so it does not get lost in the back pages!

Her (Teresita the xxxxx) day in court is Sept. 15th. Everyone please continue to write FL legistlators, Attrny General and all possible to help convince them to make this tough on her. I believe the only hope is that if her legal costs outweigh the value of getting these dogs back, will she back down. She needs to be so tied up in court proceedings, legal fines, and other financial matters that she just gives up. These dogs represent $ to her - PURE money - and if she views them as an investment, we need to make it a bad investment so she moves along.

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by TeeBuccs

Her (Teresita the xxxxx) day in court is Sept. 15th. Everyone please continue to write FL legistlators, Attrny General and all possible to help convince them to make this tough on her. I believe the only hope is that if her legal costs outweigh the value of getting these dogs back, will she back down. She needs to be so tied up in court proceedings, legal fines, and other financial matters that she just gives up. These dogs represent $ to her - PURE money - and if she views them as an investment, we need to make it a bad investment so she moves along.

[cj125]

I signed! If we could get just a fraction of YT's members to sign this we could make a difference. Come on people - let's help these babies out!!!

[DvlshAngel985]

Ditto!

[yml]

What is going on Anyone?

[MyPeanutAbbyGra]

Originally Posted by yml

What is going on Anyone?

I was just wondering the same thing! Is the person who wrote this, going to send it out to the appropriate authorities?

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by MyPeanutAbbyGra

I was just wondering the same thing! Is the person who wrote this, going to send it out to the appropriate authorities?

There have been several update threads on this case; the latest news was that the animals are not being returned until the criminal charges have been answered, unfortunately the judicial process is a very slow one, but the animals are safe for now. The writer of the petition has sent copies to all the appropriate authorities, and promises to continue to do so, as more names are added. This site also post updates pertaining to this case. I am on their e-mail list, and I too will inform people if there is any news with this case.
Pet-Abuse.Com - Animal Abuse Case Details: Puppy mill - over 120 dogs - Tarpon Springs, FL (US)

[MyPeanutAbbyGra]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

There have been several update threads on this case; the latest news was that the animals are not being returned until the criminal charges have been answered, unfortunately the judicial process is a very slow one, but the animals are safe for now. The writer of the petition has sent copies to all the appropriate authorities, and promises to continue to do so, as more names are added. This site also post updates pertaining to this case. I am on their e-mail list, and I too will inform people if there is any news with this case.
Pet-Abuse.Com - Animal Abuse Case Details: Puppy mill - over 120 dogs - Tarpon Springs, FL (US)

Thanks so much Nancy! That's great to know. I'm glad the dogs are safe with their foster parents for now.

And I'm so glad to hear the petition has been sent That's GREAT!

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by MyPeanutAbbyGra

Thanks so much Nancy! That's great to know. I'm glad the dogs are safe with their foster parents for now.

And I'm so glad to hear the petition has been sent That's GREAT!

I like to think YorkieTalk had a big hand in saving those dogs. Way to go YorkieTalk members!

[TeeBuccs]

To fuel the fire, the Pinenallas County Criminal Court (courtesy of Ken Burke) was conducted Friday 10/31. The criminal court sided with the horrible horrible woman (the alledged breeder, AKA puppy mill abuser) Teresita Hughes. The criminal judge was informed by the defendants attorney that a civil court had ruled 60 of the healthiest dogs were to be redturned to Hughes and this judge upheld that ruling. The abuse and details were never allowed into testimony in either the civil or the criminal cases to date.

So....sadly it looks like 60 of these dogs - who by the way have now been living happily and healthy in foster homes for over 7 months will have to be returned to this evil monster.

I urge anyone with two spare seconds who truly is compassionate and cares about aninmals to continue to write FL legistlators and complain and plead for justice for these helpless creatures.


kburke@pinellascounty.org

Clerk of the Circuit Court Homepage

[charmed239]

I signed......I hope we can stop her.

[DvlshAngel985]

Originally Posted by TeeBuccs

To fuel the fire, the Pinenallas County Criminal Court (courtesy of Ken Burke) was conducted Friday 10/31. The criminal court sided with the horrible horrible woman (the alledged breeder, AKA puppy mill abuser) Teresita Hughes. The criminal judge was informed by the defendants attorney that a civil court had ruled 60 of the healthiest dogs were to be redturned to Hughes and this judge upheld that ruling. The abuse and details were never allowed into testimony in either the civil or the criminal cases to date.

So....sadly it looks like 60 of these dogs - who by the way have now been living happily and healthy in foster homes for over 7 months will have to be returned to this evil monster.

I urge anyone with two spare seconds who truly is compassionate and cares about aninmals to continue to write FL legistlators and complain and plead for justice for these helpless creatures.


kburke@pinellascounty.org

Clerk of the Circuit Court Homepage

WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY THINKING!
Why weren't abuse details allowed to be presented in court????
Pictures speak a thousand words and those pictures had nothing nice to say about that evil woman!!! Bumping the thread so that everyone can see the links and send letters infroming these "legislators" of their mistake.