Justice For Beaten Puppy

I am have started this petition to let you all know of a horrendous act of animal cruelty, commited by a heartless man who will pay for his actions with just a fine and up to 6 months in jail. I am asking you to please sign this petition to help make this man pay for what he did. The following news story was taken from http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/01/09/bc-puppybeaten.html

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A Vancouver man whose puppy was allegedly beaten to death in his West End apartment is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday to face animal cruelty charges.

At 7:30 a.m. PT Tuesday, Vancouver police were called to an apartment complex in the 1100-block of Harwood Street. Residents reported hearing banging and a dog yelping in a neighbouring suite, the B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said in a news release.

Inside the suite, police found a dead male pit bull-cross puppy in the bathroom. It had apparently been struck repeatedly in the head with a hammer.

The B.C. SPCA plans a necropsy on the dog and has recommended charges of animal cruelty against its owner, whose name has not been released.

If charged and convicted, the owner could face a maximum fine of $2,000, up to six months in jail and a prohibition on owning animals for a period of time determined by a judge, said the B.C. SPCA.

A neighbour, Graham Robertson, told CBC News on Tuesday it sounded like the beating went on for nearly half an hour.

"The dog was obviously suffering a tremendous amount," said Robertson.

"Just when you'd think it was over, you'd hear the dog start to whimper again and it would start up again."

A spokesperson for the B.C. SPCA said the man told investigators the 15-week-old pit bull attacked him.

"We need to remind ourselves that this is a puppy," said senior animal protection officer Eileen Drever. "At 15 weeks old, it was probably teething."

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This man is a threat to not only animals, but to people as well. If he can inflict such horrible treatment to a puppy, imagine what he is capable of doing no not only more animals, but to people as well. I am asking you to sign this, and help get the puppy the justice he deserves.