Public invited to animal abuse task force meeting
The city's new Anti-Animal Abuse Task Force is inviting the public to its third meeting on Wednesday night.
The meeting will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, 1400 W. Coldspring Lane.
Mayor Sheila Dixon announced in July the creation of the task force, a group that includes representatives from city offices, the police, the states attorney’s office, animal welfare organizations and city residents.
The task force has been charged with assessing the effectiveness of Baltimore’s cruelty laws and brainstorming ways to raise awareness of animal abuse. They’ll also consider ways city agencies and animal advocates can better coordinate their efforts.
The task force will issue recommendations to the mayor.
In May, someone doused a pit bull puppy with gasoline and set her on fire in Southwest Baltimore. The dog, who came to be known as Phoenix, was soon euthanized because of her extensive injuries and people raised more than $26,000 to find out who did it. Teenage twins were eventually charged as juveniles in the case.
In June, two cats were found within two weeks in the same Northwest Baltimore neighborhood, burned, beaten and tied to a school fence.
Since then, two more cats were found in the city, tortured but alive. Gabrielle was burned. Miracle's jaw was broken after boys swung her by the tail, into the ground.
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Comments
my god jill..we as people must help these poor dogs and cats downtown....i will be at the meeting...at 1400 w coldspring....thank you for posting this....todd.
Posted by: todd | September 15, 2009 10:51 PM
That photo made me sick. they just don't realize how good it is to have pets and to treat them right. i salute task force for condemning those wicked acts. keep it up!
Posted by: Dental Fort Worth | September 16, 2009 4:11 AM
Indeed this is horrible - But has anyone ever pondered the daily "routine" inside a slaughterhouse? All of the abuses to animals are totally unnecessary - It is done for "pleasure" or "taste" alone. Fortunately we live in a time where such horrific cruelties can be avoided by going vegan. As the kitten suffers needlessly - so do the cows. Please choose compassion.
Posted by: Bea Elliott | September 16, 2009 2:11 PM
It's painful to hear when animals are torture. I have a 3 year old pitbull and his my everything. The people that do horrific acts on animals should make them donate $100 a month to the ASPCA and do not allow them to own any type of animals for life.
Posted by: liz | September 27, 2009 7:46 PM
this is so un-human for people to do this to the animals that only give ppl love and are there to care. animals should be loved back and should be treated right
Posted by: Ursus | October 21, 2009 8:44 PM