Please help! dog beaten repeatedly NOTHING being done! URGENT

October 18, 2007

I am afraid this poor dog will die without massive complaints for SOMEONE to take action. The judge, sheriff, and AC refuse to help! Please call today. Please. CROSS POST WIDELY! PLEASE CAN SOMEBODY HELP?????? Fwd: FW: SC--- Please help Buckshot...being abused and AC will do NOTHING! val laughton <vlaughton wrote: Phone calls are what's needed

- ASAP -- today folks -- to save thisprecious life from any further abuse! This man should be made to pay forhis cruelty to this dog! >October 17, 2007 07:28:24 AM PDT> S.C.--- Please help Buckshot...being abused and AC will doNOTHING!>>--------------->>What you are about to read is very graphic but it's important that youread >it and it's important that you step up and take action. Buckshot is >defenseless he's depending on your calls and letters to save his life. > >The following is a true story of horror about a dog named Buckshot, his >abusive owner named Burly Neil Crosby and a neighborhood of good citizenswho >repeatedly are made to witness the abuse and are given no legal recoursesto >help this poor animal.> >9-21-07- Karen Leaf calls Colleton County Animal Control and

reports that?>Buckshot is being brutally beaten and screaming in pain. Jimmy Durr,another >neighbor was also witness to this event. Officer Lyons responds to thecall >and takes Ms. Leafs statement. Officer. Lyons refused to do anything atthis >time as he did not witness the attack himself but would put the report onfile >so to have it in case anything like this were to happen again.> > >10-13-07- Karen Leaf, Julie Willis, Linda Portell and Amber Durr were >talking on Ms. Leafs front lawn when they saw Buckshot running at large, acommon >occurrence with all Mr. Crosby?s dogs. Buckshot would not go to Mr. Crosbybut >responded to Ms. Willis who gave him to Mr. Crosby. Much to everyone?s >horror, Mr. Crosby removed his belt and beat him until the crowd ofneighbors >thought he was going to kill him. Ms. Leaf screamed for him to stop as

didothers >including his own wife. Mr. Crosby proceeded to drag him by the collardown >the road to their home and picked him up and threw him over the horsegate. >Animal Control was called and Officer Soule responded. Mr. Crosby was notat >home at this time. The officer repeated that nothing could be done. So Ms.>Leaf called Animal Control to report that Buckshot was running at large sohe >could be picked up and be kept safe until Monday, the 15th, when hopefully>the neighbors along with the legal system could help this poor dog. Ms.Leaf >also inquired if she could take ownership of Buckshot if this were tooccur and >was told that she could. >Ms. Leaf was told by Officer Soule that the witnesses would have to go to >Judge Campbell?s office to get a warrant for Mr. Crosby?s arrest foranimal >cruelty. >10-15-07- Four of the

witnesses went to the judges office and were toldthat >nothing could be done. Amber Durr stayed to talk to Judge Gadson and was >told that Ms. Leaf would now have to come and make an incident reportbecause >she was the one who filed the two prior complaints. Ms. Leaf left workearly to >do this. She came to her home and called the Sherriff?s department to come>and take the report. After an officer came to her home, she repeated the >entire complaint like she was instructed to do. Ms. Leaf also called thejudges >office to ensure that this was all that was needed to get Mr. Crosbyarrested >but was then told by a lady named Melanie that all the witnesses wouldhave to >make an incident report. >Ms. Leaf called back the Sherriff?s department to come and take all the >neighbor?s accounts. He was not a happy officer and called his supervisorto >complain that he did

not think this was his job. He took all the reportsand also >went to Mr. Crosby?s house to take his report. >On this day, Buckshot was picked up by Mrs. Crosby for a mere $25.00 feeand >is currently subjected to the same abuse. >10-16-07- Ms. Leaf took a day off work and went to the Judges office as >instructed but to no avail once again. Ms. Leaf was under the impressionthat a >warrant would be issued but instead without any notice for the witnessesto >appear, the judge called in Mr. Crosby and Buckshot and inspected the dog,she >saw marks but could not be sure if these marks were from the incident ofthe >beating or not and released the dog back into Mr. Crosby?s custody. >Please make the phone calls and help buckshot out. Let the Judge as wellas >Animal Control know that this is wrong and the lack of action being takenis >wrong. South

Carolina claims to be cracking down on Animal Cruelty butthey >are letting this person slip through the cracks even though there areseveral >witnesses to this horrible abuse. Buckshot has a safe place to go andmany >people willing to help him on his way to a better life but we need yourhelp >to get him out of this situation. >Here are the numbers and addresses you should contact: >Judge Gadson at 843-549-1122 or 40 b Klein, Walterboro, S.C. 29488 >Animal Control, Ricky Valentine, at 843-893-2651 >Sherriff?s office at 843-549-2211 >Laura with PETA they have been contacted and will be contacting the judge>1-757-622-7382 All the arguments to

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