huckabee's kid killed a dog?

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ah..the good x-tian morals candidate....

i haven't dug to see if there is any back up to this story...so...take it with a

grain of salt

 

 

 

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Presidential Candiate Mike HuckabeeÂ’s Son David

Tortured and Killed Stray Dog in 1998, Charges Never

Filed and Huckabee Not Punished

By Joy in Crimes Against Dogs and Cats, Politics, Dogs

and Celebrities, Dog News

 

 

There has been some chatter on various blogs that one

of the Republican Presidential frontrunners Mike

HuckabeeÂ’s son was involved with the torture and

murder of a stray dog. After some digging, we came up

with the original newspaper article from 1998.

 

It turns out that David Huckabee, the then Governor of

ArkansasÂ’s son, hung and murdered a stray dog while

Huckabee was at a Boy Scout Camp. Guess what? No

charges were filed even though there were witnesses

and Huckabee was dismissed from the camp because he

failed to live up to the Boy Scout creed of “Scouts

are kind.”

 

Governor Huckabee has been on PETA supporter Bill

MaherÂ’s show numerous times. I wonder what Maher (who

wrote a foreword for PETA founderÂ’s Ingrid NewkirkÂ’s

new book) would have to say about this event and its

subsequent sweeping under the rug? Maher has been

relatively friendly to the ex-Governor of Arkansas

even though Maher obviously doesnÂ’t agree with

HuckabeeÂ’s stands. Okay Bill, how about holding

HuckabeeÂ’s feet to the fire on how he justifies

allowing his son to torture and murder animals.

 

Thanks to Beth C. for barking in this story.

 

Here is the article from the Arkansas

Democrat-Gazette. It was published on August 7th,

1998.

 

GovernorÂ’s son 1 of 2; fired at Scout camp; after

stray dog killed

 

ELIZABETH McFARLAND, ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE

 

The younger son of Gov. Mike Huckabee and another teen

were fired last month from jobs at a Boy Scout camp

after the killing of a stray dog.

 

 

 

Marcal Young of Texarkana, scout executive of the

Caddo Area Council that operates the camp where the

dog was killed, said this week that two boys violated

a Scout law, “A Scout is kind.”

Young would not release the names of the boys nor

explain how the dog, “probably a mixed breed,” was

killed.

 

The two teens reported the event immediately and said

they had made a mistake.

“They felt it [the dog] was ill and what have you,

still our policy is it was inappropriate behavior,”

Young said.

 

He would not say what the boys thought was wrong with

the dog, but he said they did not suspect rabies.

 

Members of the camp staff receive training before camp

starts and are told what it means to be “a good role

model,” Young said.

 

An anonymous, unconfirmed report describing a

particular process of killing the dog and naming young

Huckabee as a participant was sent by fax machine this

week by an organization against cruelty to animals to

the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. That report was

described by Young and the governor as inaccurate.

 

Both men declined to say how the dog had been killed

or who did it.

 

The dog was killed July 11 at Camp Pioneer near

Hatfield. Only employees witnessed the incident. Not

many of them were on hand, one source said.

 

Young said he chose not to reveal the names of the

employees because “I just think that they’re due

privacy. These are young people. They make mistakes

occasionally, but I’m not covering for them.”

 

Young said the councilÂ’s board gives him the authority

to take care of personnel decisions. He said the

council believes it took appropriate action and the

matter is closed. He said he did not report it to law

enforcement authorities.

 

A source who asked to remain unnamed said David

Huckabee, who turned 18 on July 22 and was 17 at the

time of the incident, was one of those fired over it.

 

A reporterÂ’s message left at the GovernorÂ’s Mansion

for David Huckabee was not returned.

 

Danny Frady of Texarkana said his son, Clayton, 19,

was the other staff member who was fired.

 

The elder Frady said his son told him he came upon one

or more Scouts who had the dog “hung over a limb and

choking” so the younger Frady helped “put it out of

its misery.”

 

“I think the boy has paid his dues because he lost his

job. He was one of the better counselors. HeÂ’s made a

mistake, and he’s paid for it,” Danny Frady said. “I

donÂ’t think he did anything wrong to put an animal out

of its misery.”

 

Danny Frady said killing a stray dog that has become a

nuisance is common in rural areas. The mistake was

doing it in front of other youth staff members, Frady

said.

 

Young said the fired employees might be required to

undergo counseling if they applied to be employees

again. Danny Frady said he doesnÂ’t think his son needs

counseling because “he’s not cruel to animals.”

 

Polk County Sheriff Mike Oglesby said neither he nor

his deputies had heard of the incident. A complaint

should have been made, he said.

 

Prosecuting Attorney Tim Williamson of Mena said

cruelty to animals is a Class A misdemeanor,

punishable by up to a $ 1,000 fine and up to a year in

jail. “We regularly charge cruelty to animals. That’s

kind of my pet peeve,” he said.

 

Oglesby and Williamson said they didnÂ’t intend to

investigate because no one had lodged a complaint.

 

Camp Pioneer in Polk County served 2,026 campers for

week-long stints from May 31 through July 25.

 

The camp employed 65 staff members. Caddo Area Council

includes eight Arkansas counties and two Texas

counties.

 

 

 

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Confucius