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ACSO plans arrests in alleged pit bull animal cruelty case Six adult dogs, five puppies taken from Sherry Trace Road; neighbors said animals were getting attention only every couple of days; influx of the big dogs, which require separate kenneling, resulted in some expediting of euthanizations at G.R.A.S. Sheriffs are still investigating to determine if dogfighting involved. Local animals rights advocate worries about stigma, in light of Michael Vick case By Ed Waggener Arrests are planned in the case of 11 pit bulls taken from property on Sherry Trace Road, a narrow road off Gentry Mill Road in eastern Adair County. The dog round up took place on Thursday, September 13, 2007, according to Deputy Sheriff Tracy McCarol. Once the owners are are definitely identified, animal cruelty charges are planned, Deputy McCarol said Saturday afternoon. "Right now," he said, "we have the dog tags to go by," and they appear to have different owners. McCarol and Adair County Animal Control Warden Jimmy Harmon removed the dogs, six adults and five puppies, following complaints from neighbors, McCarol said. "We had complaints that the animals were going without food and water, that the owners were showing up only every two or three days to take care of them," McCarol said. "when we got them, they were in pretty bad shape." The Dog Warden said that from a conversation he had with a man who called to complain that his dogs were missing, the dogs probably weren't getting attention more often than every two days. "The man said they were his dogs, and he was mad about the dogs being taken," Warden Harmon said, "but after I told him that whoever owned them would be charged with animal cruelty, he said said that only some of the dogs were his." Harmon said, "He didn't call until Saturday, and we took the dogs on Thursday." Harmon said that the dogs didn't appear to have sufficient food or water, and that one of the dogs was without any shelter. "Conditions were pretty bad," he said. The animals were taken to the Green River Animal Shelter. Two were taken to the vet and one died there. Heather Evans, at the shelter, said that the dogs appeared to have been malnourished. She said that some of the animals bear scars, but wouldn't speculate on whether the scars were caused by dogfighting, though that has been suggested. Perhaps the saddest part of the incident is that other animals had to be euthanized in order to make way for the new comers. Heather Evans said that was the case. It is the way the regulations are written. She did say that most of the dogs they get are either adopted or get foster care from a woman who operates a private shelter for animals in desperate circumstances. There is concern that the pit bulls could have to be kept longer than usual should they have to be kept for evidence or if the owners go to court to attempt to get them back. And, the pit bulls have to be kenneled separately from the other dogs. McCarol said that in the animal capture, nobody was hurt. "Jimmy seemed to know how to handle them well," he said. "Just one of the dogs seemed be be a bit feisty." One ColumbiaMagazine.com reader who sent a tip about the story, and whose contact information is on file, said that if dog fighting is involved, it would be a terrible blow to the community. "This is a topic that has been in the news a lot lately because of the Michael Vick story," the writer said. "I shutter to think that this (dog fighting) is going on in our community, but I have heard on several occasions that it is." If it is, it won't continue if Sheriff Ralph Curry learns of it. "It won't go in Adair County. Not as long as I am Sheriff," He's vowed many times before when faced with cockfighting or dogfighting. The last major cockfighting operation in Adair County was shut down, and did not reopen, after a raid in an early Ralph Curry administration. Deputy McCarol said the investigation will continue. This story was posted on 2007-09-15 19:02:51
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