Update on the NC Pit Bulls: 146 Killed, Including Pups Born in Custody

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-02-18 13:22:00 UTC
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Update: A group of animal welfare organizations is calling on HSUS to change its policy on this issue. It begins, "Dear readers, we know that this story is difficult. Best Friends feels as you do that animal welfare organizations are more effective when we get along and work together. In this case we felt it was important to draw public attention to HSUS's policy on dogs from fighting busts because its clout and its relationships with law enforcement informs and justifies state and local animal control policies." Read on at Best Friends' Web site: Coalition Challenges 'Outdated' Policy

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Remember when I asked this in yesterday's post?

And I wonder--is it just the 127 who are being (or have been) killed? Or have the couple dozen puppies who have been born into the group since the raid (the article reports that court officials yesterday put the then-current count at around 150 dogs) been condemned to death too, just because they were born to fighting dogs?

News reports indicate that Wilkes County killed a total of 146 dogs yesterday in keeping with the court's ruling. In other words, yes, puppies who were born while in the "care" of a major animal welfare group and the county were killed too--not because they'd ever been fighters, not because they'd ever had any fight training, not because they needed but weren't able to be rehabilitated, but simply because they had the misfortune of being born to mothers who'd been used and abused.

I likely won't comment more on this today. I'm too furious and emotional for calm words.

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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