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12-12-2009, 08:54 AM | #1 |
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| If you really care Let's Load Up Their Email Everyone - I am asking all of you that cares about the humane treatment of animals to email the commissioners at the bottom of this thread to tell them how wrong you think this is. There is a meeting schedule Dec 14th so time is very important to do this. The person who rescued the dog is in jail but the person who didn't care about this mommy dog or her babies is free. I have attached a video of mom & the babies (they are okay from what I understand) but it will break your heart to read this and to know someone treated their dog this way. Just unbelievable! Yet another good Samaritan being charged after helping a dog. This time it’s Troy A. Jackson, 36, who has headed the Boise-based animal rescue group Northwest Animal Companion for more than a decade. Man charged with felony grand theft for helping injured dog | KIDK CBS 3 - News, Weather and Sports - Idaho Falls - Pocatello - Blackfoot, ID - Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Blackfoot - Idaho | Local & Regional A few weeks ago he got involved after another animal advocate from Upper Valley Humane Society was charged with trespassing after trying to help a severely injured dog that had been hit by a car. The dog was left outside in the snow, howling in pain, trying to nurse her new puppies. Jackson drove 5 hours to the home of Raul Torres and offered to help the dog. “I drove down their, knocked on the owners door, and said can we help?” he says. Torres accepted the offer and even helped to load the injured dog, Barbie, and her three week old puppies into Jackson’s vehicle. Jackson took the dog and puppies to the Ada County Veterinary Hospital where Barbie was diagnosed as suffered a broken left front leg, and a broken back hip, both of which would require surgery. From here it seems this is where things got out of control. Jackson told Torres he would bring him $2500 for the dog and the five puppies but Torres said he wanted two of the puppies back. Jackson faxed Torres an affidavit saying that he would turn over $500 for the three adopted puppies and return the two puppies that Torres wanted back. Jackson never heard back from Torres, instead he heard from the Jefferson County sheriff’s office telling him that Torres was angry and was claiming that Jackson wouldn’t return his dog and puppies. Next thing Jackson knew, 1am Wednesday, his house was surrounded and he was being arrested and charged with felony grand theft! “They surrounded my house and pounded on my door,” Jackson said. “They said, ‘Apparently you’ve upset someone in Jefferson County.’” “As it stands now, Jefferson County wants me to come down right before Christmas to answer to charges of felony grand theft,” says Jackson. “I’m appalled. I’m surprised, I don’t understand. I don’t think this is the response of a reasonable person,” says Elliot. “Our main objective was to get the treatment for a dog that had been laying with her puppies out of the snow, that was it,” says Jackson. “What they are trying to do now is they want to paint this picture that I misled this guy, that he didn’t know I was going to go as far as Boise to get treatment for them,” Jackson said. Olsen said sheriff’s investigators determined that Jackson had refused to bring the dog and puppies back and planned to spay the mother and adopt out her puppies against the owner’s will. Jackson said Torres approved the spaying of the dog and the adoption of three puppies. But he didn’t get it in writing. “The Humane Society will get some signed thing, but I’m not. I never had any intentions of taking the dogs,” Jackson said. Olsen, the Jefferson County sheriff, said his deputies had investigated the neighbor’s complaint about the injured dog, and they had been assured by the owner that the dog would get treatment. They were satisfied that was happening when they heard Jackson was helping, but things changed when the dogs weren’t returned. “The prosecutor’s office has reason to believe he wasn’t going to bring the dogs back,” Olsen said. (Idaho Statesman) So this rescuer tries to help, even gets permission from the owner who left the severely injured mother dog in the snow with her three week old puppies. The rescuer foots the bills for the Barbie’s injuries, offers to get the puppies adopted and even offers money to the owner who agrees verbally initially then for some reason changes his mind and presses charges. “I asked him, did you want to throw me in jail? I mean, am I not doing what you wanted me to do? He said, the Sheriff keeps calling me. He keeps asking me when are you going to bring my dogs back. I said as soon as I can,” says Jackson. Like I said when I posted about another good Samaritan, Ms. Ann Lam of Savannah, GA a few days ago, no good deed goes unpunished! CONTACT INFO JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Blair Olsen, Sheriff 200 Courthouse Way Rigby, ID 83442 (208)745-9210 Thanks for the following info Andrea! Apparently there is a mobilization of outraged citizens about the treatment of Troy Jackson and would like to address it at the county commissioners meeting this Monday, December 14th. Here are the addresses/emails. Worth emailing them letting them know the REST of the country is watching them on this. Jefferson County Commissioners 210 Courthouse Way, Suite 140 Rigby, ID 83442 Commissioners: Tad Hegsted, Chairman rthegsted@hotmail.com Ron Baxter tirefactory2002@yahoo.com Debbie Karren dkarren@co.jefferson.id.us Michelle Harrington, Deputy County Administrator 210 Courthouse Way, Suite 130 Rigby, ID 83442 (208)745-0868 Help a Dog, Get Charged with a Felony! VIDEO :For the Love of the Dog
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12-12-2009, 10:11 AM | #2 |
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| That is absurd! I can't believe this! I sent e-mails! Hope it helps!
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12-12-2009, 06:09 PM | #3 |
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| I don't know what to say...77 people looked at this thread and only 1 person responded. Here is a person who saved a dogs life along with her pups and he could go to prison for 14 years. Yes, he should have gotten a signed release but the bigger picture is the dog had been hit by a car was laying in the snow and dying and a neighbor complained and this man drove 5 hours to help this dog. Nothing has happened to the man who did nothing for his dog but leave her outside screaming in pain in the snow along with her pups. I cannot believe more of you can't take 4 minutes to write emails to voice your outrage at what is going on in Idaho. Shaking my head.
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12-12-2009, 06:25 PM | #4 |
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| OH I AM SO GOING TO SEND THIS OUT TO MY ADDRESS BOOK! Come on YT Family, we have to help out here!
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12-12-2009, 06:25 PM | #5 |
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| OMG this is the craziest thing I have seen.... I just emailed (No Subject) From:http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01.../offline16.png (sunshinnes01@hotmail.com) Sent:Sat 12/12/09 9:23 PMTo: rthegsted@hotmail.com .ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage P{padding:0px;}.ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage{font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;}Hi, I can not believe that you are going to punish the only humane person that night that got help for the freezing hurt mother dog... This is crazy and I can not wait for our Newspaper to run this story!!! sunshinnes01@hotmail.com
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12-12-2009, 06:32 PM | #6 |
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| I emailed them too... This makes me sooo angry.... |
12-12-2009, 06:56 PM | #7 | |
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I Think many people are sending the emails and not posting. | |
12-12-2009, 10:23 PM | #8 |
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| I just sent an email. Hope it helps! |
12-13-2009, 03:52 AM | #9 |
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| I just saw this and I also sent in two emails (one from my bf and one from me) to voice this concern! I certainly hope this helps! Thanks for sharing this article/problem with the rest of us! |
12-13-2009, 04:03 AM | #10 |
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| Off to send the emails! This is outrageous, and why isn't the "owner" of that mama and puppies being charged with animal neglect/cruelty?!?! SICK!!!!!
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12-13-2009, 04:03 AM | #11 |
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| I am sending an email. Thanks for your post! |
12-13-2009, 04:24 AM | #12 |
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12-13-2009, 04:26 AM | #13 |
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| Im sending an email
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12-13-2009, 12:45 PM | #14 |
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| BUMP! Let's All E-Mail!
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