Jackson Jambalaya

I'm guessing the House Ag Committee thinks this is okay. It interfered with meat, corn, and soybean production.

Whoever is responsible for this is a MONSTER!

There is no doubt a subhuman is responsible for this horrendous carnage.
Anyone who would do something like this has a black heart and should be permanently removed from civilized society. No living creature is safe from this type of predator. Pure evil...

For crying out loud, the first commentor on the C-L story has suggested that supporters of the anti-cruelty legislation must have killed the dogs and cats and staged the whole thing in a ploy to garner support for the bill.

Calgon, take me away.

Ask Farm Bureau how many carcasses it would take to qualify as a felony.

I don't understand how a few on a legislative committee can block a bill to increase the penalties for cruelty to animals when the majority of their constituants want change. The Egyptians are protesting for change en masse which seems to have worked to get the attention of their government and the world. Calling our legislators and sending e-mails to voice our concerns doesn't seem to be working. KF, why not organize a massive rally to let our legislators meet the people that want change in person? I'm in and would be willing to help get it going any way I can.
Alice Haerer

The last time something like this occurred , there were over 100 dogs found at a site in Canton.... Turned out it was an animal control officer. Does that mean that the previous offender was a municipal or county employee. I would suspect that this new discovery is similar.

I would highly doubt that this was done by an individual whose intent was torture but rather, perhaps a lazy county worker ... or maybe this is how counties
get rid of their stray dogs.

either way, it should be investigated.

What happened to the Canton animal control employee?

Prolly was that guy from Greenwood that likes show hogs.

There is no doubt in my mind, as someone who has worked in both the veterinary and criminal fields, that the person or people who did these acts are easily capable of killing a human, especially a child (or children).

Sickening - and potentially a harbinger of dangerous things to come. I will bet you money that if they ever locate the perp(s), they will have extensive criminal records, including charges related to violence against people.

RE: For crying out loud, the first commentor on the C-L story has suggested that supporters of the anti-cruelty legislation must have killed the dogs and cats and staged the whole thing in a ploy to garner support for the bill.

How can you so confidently discount such? The environmental wackos and gay rights groups are well known for carrying out atrocities and then blaming it on their opponenets, only to be found out later as having committed the atrocities themselves.

DO NOT think that only reasonable minded doggie and cat loving people are pushing this legislation, folks.

Apparently a brass Horse dumped in the creek in Madison is a felony, but not dumping a bunch of REAL dogs in the same manner. Oh gawd...the soybeans!!!

Channel 3 should be ashamed of their "3 on Your Side" story; so should Trowbridge, the similar situation of the animal Officer who dumped animals in a creek took place under his watch.

There is a hot hot rock in hell waiting for these thugs...

A killer in the making! But, obviously many of the Reps in the House do not have a heart or actually commit these crimes and don't want to pass such a law in fear of getting caught and getting proscecuted! As for the former ACO in Canton he got a fine and probation (picking up road kill) for like 180 days (which I'm sure he never did). Give me a break! Maybe it is time to take all these Good Ole Boys out of office!

As the poster of the first comment, Frugal Gal, it was a commentary of the views of the Ag Committe as well as the Farm Bureau. They think that punishing people who commit crimes such as these will .. and I quote Daivd Waide... hurt meat, corn, and soubean production. I am going out on a limb here by saying any rational human being would realize how truly preposterous this statement by the FB is.

I don't know if the dog killings in Canton by the ACO fell under Trowbridge's jurisdiction. The ACO was from Canton, an incorporated city, so the sheriff may not have been the relevant party (unless the carcasses were found in an unincorporated part of the county). More relevant, though, was that the ACO who slaughtered all the dogs was related to a city councilman or mayor or someone with clout in Canton, which is why there was no prosecution for so long, then the minimal punishment.

Greg Ward seems determined to single-handedly keep sensible animal cruelty legislation from passing (see today's C-L).

Go to the SOS website and look at his recent campaign finance report (link is too long to post and I am having problems imbedding it) -- he's got a few corporate PAC donations. I plan on writing every one of his contributors to let them know what I think of what he's doing, and how it impacts my view of them.

Then I am writing a letter to the editor of the "Sentinal," which appears to be Ward's newspaper of choice.

I hope others will do the same -- if the only voices Ward hears are the recordings of David Waide, then Ward will get his way once again.