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deoxymelt [2009-08-02 15:50:03 +0000 UTC]
A beautiful portrait! Not just the lighting and composition, etc. but that it portrays pit bulls in a happy, friendly way -just a dog loving to be outside. I'm putting this in my journal!
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Bonna-Art [2009-06-25 20:23:21 +0000 UTC]
Lucy is beautiful. I love APBT's. It is such a shame how many are mistreated and killed every day.
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divinshki [2009-04-27 21:32:55 +0000 UTC]
in NC? I thought the south would rather kill someone than let someone hurt their pits. But maybe that's just where I am.
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rgphoto777 In reply to divinshki [2009-05-05 20:20:59 +0000 UTC]
Yes, this happened in NC. There have been several articles about the case, and at least one is linked to in the description under the photo I posted.
It's definitely not the first time that an APBT kennel in the southern states has been raided and all or most of the dogs seized and ultimately euthanized. It happened to Floyd Boudreaux's dogs in Louisiana a few years back. All of the dogs belonging to Boudreaux were euthanized before the case even went to trial, which is allowed by law in Louisiana.
In the recent incident in NC, Faron surrendered his dogs because he was being brought up on charges of selling dogs for illegal purposes (I believe). Once the dogs were surrendered, they were placed in the care of local animal control, and under tremendous pressure from many sources, animal control put down all of the dogs. I might not be relating the story with 100% accuracy, so you really should read the articles for yourself.
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last-moment [2009-03-21 03:05:52 +0000 UTC]
You have a fantastic looking dog and this photo displays you're obvious love for her quite perfectly.
I've featured this image in my journal ^_^
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krishva [2009-02-20 05:14:30 +0000 UTC]
I heard about that incident too, and it makes me furious.
I thought we were making steps ahead after the whole Michael Vick thing. Guess the HSUS is still doing their best to keep things stupid and backward.
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rgphoto777 In reply to krishva [2009-02-21 23:27:11 +0000 UTC]
Yes, I thought that the Vick dogs would really give people the evidence they needed and disprove all the ridiculous propaganda trumpeted by the HSUS, but the HSUS seems determined not to face the real music.
But maybe this is the last horrible gasp of a dying behemoth. Maybe this will open the eyes of HSUS supporters. Maybe this is rock bottom, and things will start getting better from here.
How's your pup doing, by the way? Well, I hope!
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krishva In reply to rgphoto777 [2009-02-23 07:28:31 +0000 UTC]
Sadie's doing great! She's a happy and completely ridiculous animal, and she likes to have fun every day. Seriously the best dog.
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Paws-for-a-Moment [2009-02-19 21:57:08 +0000 UTC]
Crud! I saw the story before, and now I feel awful that they're gone. I looked at the blogs and one of the articles and I can't believe what the Humane Society is saying. They justified the deaths by saying the Vick rescued dogs weren't true examples of fighting dogs, but these N. Carolina dogs WERE? *smack* Aren't these the guys who do those commercials with Sarah Maclachan's (msp) music, which have at least one PIT BULL in the commercial?
Not a favorable follow-up to the good news I had here [link] , but I AM spreading the word about this as best I can. My own sweetie was just complemented today for being a quiet dog on her walk that didn't just bark at stuff. She is rarely offensive when she sees another dog--the other party always starts with her and she stares at them while they yap and bark.
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angelac In reply to rgphoto777 [2009-02-19 20:40:51 +0000 UTC]
I agree entirely.
I tell people whenever I can although carefully so they don't take offense. It's nice that people want to help but you really have to research before donating to charities.
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