Target: Dave Sunday, District Attorney of York County, PA
Goal: Seek stronger charges and penalties against accused animal abusers and killers.
A miniature dachshund suffers broken ribs and a collapsed lung. A man pleads guilty to beating his pet dog with a baton. A suspect in a different case pleads no contest to shooting his pet dog in the face. These horrific crimes have two commonalities. They all took place in York County, Pennsylvania. And not one of the guilty parties was sentenced to a day in jail.
All three of the guilty or no contest pleas in these aggravated animal cruelty cases resulted in probation. While some of the suspects were prohibited from contact with pets for a period of time, none of them received the kind of penalty that would have really mattered. In fact, prosecutors seemed to go out of their way to drop more severe charges that may have resulted in jail or prison time.
Sign the petition below to demand these legal leaders stop giving violent animal abusers an easy pass.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Mr. Sunday,
A local newspaper article recently confirmed that cases of animal cruelty are significantly on the rise in York County. With the lax approach the legal system is seemingly taking toward these crimes, it seems little wonder that abusers are not apparently worried about a future behind bars. Within the past several months, the York County prosecutor’s office has let a man who admitted to beating his dog with a baton, a man who pleaded no contest to shooting his dog in the face, and a man accused of giving his dog a collapsed lung and broken ribs walk free with legal slaps on the wrist.
Please stop giving out plea and probation deals to violent criminals, as if they are candy. The next time they appear before you, it may be for an even bigger tragedy that you could have prevented.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Dominika Roseclay
i blame the lawmakers just as much as the scumbags doing these things. they should get the exact same treatment they give out, only maybe then things will change.
I agree! The animal welfare laws here are a damned joke.
100%. Animal abuse & cruelty is out of control & the laws need to change & enforce the severest punishments & strong deterents – these mentally deranged devils will continue committing these evil atrocities because there is nothing to stop them
JUDGES, ATTORNEYS, GOVERNORS, AND/OR WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE DO NOT TAKE THESE CRIMES SERIOUSLY … AS A RULE ALL THOSE SCUMBAGS GET PROBATION TIME.
Throw them in prison with the judge!!
Did they get to keep their dogs or have other pets??
The people that did this need to die.
That’s what I’m saying. Someone post names and addresses of offenders and let vigilante justice prevail.
Who are these evil cowards? Give their name so we know who these animal abusers are! There should be a public registry of all the animal abusers so everyone knows who they are and so the can’t adopt pets from shelters or any other place possible. They should have gotten they’re arms cut off for doing such horrible things to an innocent being. But since that ain’t going to happen at least some jail time and a fine so they’ll think twice next time the want to hurt an animal.
WHAT IS IT WITH YORK COUNTY, PA??????????!!!!!!!!!!!! THESE ANIMAL ABUSERS SHOULD BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW AND NEVER ALLOWED NEAR ANIMALS EVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The DAs and judges are as guilty as the animal abusers and should face charges/jail time / the abusers deserve death
You said it. This judgement is appalling and does not help the reputation of the millions of good good American citizens who are lumped with this trash( including the oaf who gave such pitiful non sentences to such sadists. It should be an eye for an eye , a tooth for a tooth.
What is wrong with our legal system to allow such cruelty to animals and let these people walk. How can we prevent this in the future if everyone walks with a slap on the hand. We need more loving and understanding legal people to do the right thing and quit letting these people getting away with such acts of cruelty. These animals suffer or die. What is wrong with this picture.
They need to be treated the same way, how horrible to do this I would like to beat a SOB like that. Animals depend on us to trust us love them an take care of them, WTH is wrong with these bastards now a days, it’s just drugs drugs drugs, people on the street pan handling I don’t feel sorry for them I feel sorry for the animal they have with them, why do the shelters allow them to adopt? I am sick of this world an the judge can go to Hell!
How could this happen???? I’m so sick of animal abuse not being taken seriously!!!! The assholes who committed these evil acts should have the same thing done to them-not just a slap on the wrist!!! Let us know who they were and I’d be happy to help with their punishment/torture to teach them a lesson!!!! Damn these people – God bless all animals. The judge needs to be taken out of office-bring someone in who will take this business seriously!!
Agree!!
Throw the book at these thugs and monsters!!! All living things are in danger around them, especially innocent animals!! Justice needs to be served bigtime and their names should be posted everywhere as the criminals they are. They should spend a good amount of time in jail and NEVER be allowed to adopt again!! There needs to be continued follow up to make sure of it!
I agree with Sue Clark
“Throw the book at these thugs and monsters!!! All living things are in danger around them, especially innocent animals!! Justice needs to be served bigtime and their names should be posted everywhere as the criminals they are. They should spend a good amount of time in jail and NEVER be allowed to adopt again!! There needs to be continued follow up to make sure of it!”
It hurts even to think about how many poor animals suffer in the care of such scam bags. If they caught they should get the same treatment that they done to their animals.
Animals are not punch bags.
Totally heart breaking, what could these poor innocent fur babies have every done to be treated in this way???? They still always try to please hunans even when they are so Hadley abused. Would these judges or who ever let these get away with this abuse if it was a human child!!!!! Very worrying.
Bastard’s ( sorry) if any one takes affecnce to the last word I do not care WE have got to be the voices of the poor animals who do not have their own little voices that can get heard
THESE MOTHER FUCKING SCUMBAGS NEED TO HANG AT THE END OF A ROPE AND EVEN THAT’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THESE BASTARDS ARE OURE EVIL AND MUST BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW. PROBATION IS A JOKE. MAYBE SOMEONE WHO LOVES ANIMALS WILL TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS AND CRUCIFY THESE GOOD FOR NOTHING LOSERS. I SAY BREAK THEIR BONES AND POUR SULFURIC ACID INTO THEIR EYES. AND THAT’S BEING KIND. I AM SO TIRED OF THESE JACKASSES WHO GET AWAY WITH ANIMAL ABUSE AND CRUELTY WITH JUST A SLAP ON THE WRIST
YES!!!
Prosecutors and judges are just as guilty of animal abuse and cruelty when they opt for lesser charges, plea deals, and probation for the vile criminals who commit such heinous crimes against animals! Prosecutors and judges in this country could really “put a dent” in animal cruelty cases if they would just punish the criminals to the fullest extent of the law… NO EXCEPTIONS!! 😡
Because THEYRE Jethro’s and Ellie Mae’s as well here in my Commonwealth, only with an “Education”
It will be people next. Stop this before any more innocent animals or creatures are senselessly brutalized.
It IS PEOPLE BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER… HELLO?!?
I AM SICK AND TIRED OF ALL THESE JETHRO’S AND ELKIE MAE’S AKA TRUMPERS WHO ARE BACKWARDS AS HELL!!! LEAVE MY COMMMONWEATH, TAKE MASTROMUSSOLINI AND GO TO ALABAMA WHERE YOU DESERVE TO LIVE LIKE 3RD WORLDERS, YOU PATHETIC PIECES OF FECAL MATTER!!! EVERY ANIMAL ABUSER IS USUALLY A DOMEDTIC ABUSER AND OR PEDOPHILE AS WELL – YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN BORN!!!
I am sick and tired of animal abusers going free or getting hardly any punishment. The law has got to change and has got to change to protect the animals. Animal abusers need to face hard time in prison, within the animal loving prison population, where they will find out what happens to them when the prisoners deal with animal abusers.
It looks as though the judges just don’t have a heart to consider the damage inflicted on those innocent animals and let those ill-born bastards free.
They do not think that after this life they will have to render accounts to the Eternal Judge
THIS COWARD SHOULD HAVE HIS BRAINS BASHED IN WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER!
Monstrous monstrous evil, heartbreaking and horrific, karma is theirs – I feel you, poor lost innocent souls; their blood on your souls
The abuse, torture & murder of the innocents
Some heartbreaks can never be unseen, some horrors never unheard – PLEASE GOD
And the universe weeps tears of blood
Your life as theirs, as their death