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Dog-fighting - 6 dogs seized - (Noonday, TX - US) Crime Date:
06/08/2004 |
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Case Report
The dogs were found in the backyard of a home and the dogs'
owner, Fredrick
Dewayne Kay, was arrested and charged with one count of animal
cruelty.
Calls from neighbors led Animal Control to the six dogs, tied up
in their
backyard with heavy, metal chains. The little food they had was
drenched in
rain water.
"After we started picking them up, we realized they are actually
trained,
fighting pit bulls," Constable Frank Creath, of Smith County
Precinct 2,
said.
Once the dogs were put in cages, the fighting began. The
fighting turned
bloody. Fully intact cages ended up being bent up and bitten
through, after
the pit bulls had been inside them.
"We were told they were hog-hunting dogs," Creath said. "Well,
when we
picked them up, we quickly realized that these dogs would've all
killed one
another if you'd have put them out trying to hunt hogs."
"They have old scars, so these dogs have fought before," Creath
said.
If found guilty, Kay faces up to two years in jail.
If you wish to politely urge District Attorney Matt Bingham to
vigorously
prosecute this case and, upon conviction, settle for nothing
less than
meaningful prison time and a prohibition on owning animals you
may contact
him here:
Matt Bingham, Esq.
District Attorney
100 N Broadway
Tyler, TX 75702
Fax: 903-535-0410
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