D'abord il y la pétition, et en dessous suit la lettre et les courriels.
Demande de poursuivre Roger Prater et sa femme Bobbie Allison et de leur donner la peine maximale pour avoir négligé 98 chevaux, 65 vaches, 65 chèvres, 50-60 chiens et la mort d'une centaine de chevaux sur leur terrain de 600 ares; Les animaux n'avaient pas de nourriture, rien à boire, pas de refuge contre la pluie et autres extrémités du temps. Les chiens étaient mal nourris. On a trouvé la peau et les os d'une centaine de chevaux. Et les propriétaires ont assez d'argent, ils sont millionnaires. Ils n'ont aucune empathie envers les animaux mourants. Cela se passe en Georgie.
SIGN PETITION: Millionaires Starve Nearly 300 Animals On Their Property http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/218023462?ltl=1171050288
Courriel
sballard@fayettecountyga.gov, rcoggin@fayettecountyga.gov, wsellers@fayettecountyga.gov, adixon@fayettecountyga.gov, llandis@fayettecountyga.gov, dlee@fayettecountyga.gov, phammond@fayettecountyga.gov, anita.rodriguez@pac.state.ga.us, amandin@pacga.org, stownsend_pikeco@bellsouth.net, info@stevefry.org, tirvin@agr.state.ga.us
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District Attorney Ballard, Pike County Commissioners, Commissioner Irvin and
other officials:
I respectfully ask all involved in the investigation of Roger Prater and his wife, Bobbie Allison, to pursue animal cruelty charges and prosecution to the maximum extent allowed by law. I and many others around the world are shocked to learn about the state's seizure of of 98 horses, some 65 cows, 65 goats, and 50-60 dogs, from the couple's sprawling 600-plus-acre property in Concord.
I understand the starving animals, discovered in late January, subsisted on contaminated food with no refuge from rain, sleet or any extreme weather. Malnourished dogs were confiscated from the farm and two other properties Prater and Allison own. Investigators also uncovered dead animals and evidence of animal burials. As you know, Commissioner Irvin's office seized nearly 100 "skin and bones" horses on the verge of death, several unable to rise for days and some with strangles, an infectious disease.
Despite the fact Prater and Allison inhabit a 10,000 square foot home, own a feed store, and maintain at least three farms with the aid of a $64,000+ USDA farm subsidy, they refused to comply with Georgia Department of Agriculture directives to remedy animal welfare violations. I commend Commissioner Irvin's office for declaring the animals' plight an emergency and removing them from the premises for nutritional and veterinary care.
Prater and Allison's ongoing failure to supply feed, supplements, shelter, and medical care are crimes that warrant your utmost deliberation. I am dismayed to see no arrests on file as of February 2, 2007 and welcome any case updates you can provide. I urge the District Attorney's office to seek animal cruelty charges, fines and incarceration commensurate with Prater and Allison's acts of cruelty and neglect. The couple should also be barred from owning, harboring, or working with animals in the State of Georgia.
Prater and Allison display a distinct lack of empathy. As you are likely aware, mental health professionals and leading law enforcers link animal cruelty with antisocial behavior. According to FBI Supervisory Special Agent Allen Brantley, "Animal cruelty... is not a harmless venting of emotion in a healthy individual; this is a warning sign." The American Psychiatric Association lists animal abuse in its profile for conduct disorders.
Thank you in advance for bringing Roger Prater and Bobbie Allison to court and doing everything possible to protect animals and the community.
Sincerely,
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