Dog Busters - Disaster Animal Rescue

Originally started with stories and photos from rescuing animals in New Orleans after Katrina hit.... and then some of the efforts still going on years later, and new disasters. You are welcome to email me with questions etc. - griffinsgallery at verizon

Monday, December 11, 2006

St. Bernard's Parish after Katrina shooting dogs on the STREET - Indictment

I sort of assume many of you reading my blog, know about members of the St. Bernard's Parish sheriff's department shooting peoples pets on the streets like sport, and shooting them in the schools after evacuating people. It has been one of the most horrific animal abuse stories having to do with Katrina. St. Bernard's Parish is right next to New Orleans, for those who don't know.

So there is some good news! They were indicted for the street shooting because it was caught on video, but they haven't been indicted for the school shooting yet. I recently recieved the following in an email:

GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS HANDED DOWN!


Pasado's Safe Haven is pleased to announce that a Grand Jury has indicted St. Bernard Sheriff's Officers in the street shootings of dogs in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.


According to Mimi Hunley, Asst. State Attorney General, Louisiana:


" The Grand Jury in St. Bernard Parish on Wednesday indicted former Deputy Mike Minton and presently employed Deputy Chip England for aggravated cruelty to animals related to the street shootings after Katrina. This is a felony and was the most serious of all the crimes they could have indicted them for. AAG Julie Cullen and I handled the presentation. We are still working on the school shootings.

Mimi Hunley
Assistant Attorney General Criminal Division "

THANK YOU to Mimi Hunley and everyone at the Louisiana State Attorney General's Office and to ALL OF YOU who wrote and called and kept these cases alive!!!

As you know, Pasado's Safe Haven discovered 33 dogs and cats massacred in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in St. Bernard schools and provided investigators the cost of necropsies (animal autopsies) on all 33 animals (costing $7700) and shot DV videotape of the dead animals as part of an Louisiana State Attorney General investigation in the school shootings.

You can read the rest at PAsado's site
http://www.pasadosafehaven.org/KATRINA/DOGSHOOTING/HISTORY.htm

1 Comments:

Blogger eileen oprins said...

Check out the documentory Dark Water raising. You will see the dead dogs in the school after the officers have left. Some of them tied up so they could not run!

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