No More Tiger Ranches

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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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END WANTON ANIMAL CRUELTY IN THE PENNSYLVANIAN COMMONWEALTH!

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THE CATASTROPHE IN TARENTUM

In March 2008, Allegheny Sheriff's Deputies, accompanied by American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PSPCA) humane enforcement officers, executed search warrants that revealed a nightmare of cruelty at the Tarentum, Pennsylvania, "Tiger Ranch" cattery. (See Tiger Ranch Investigative Video: http://tinyurl.com/2o3wzg.) A stone's throw from prosperous Pittsburgh suburban tracts, and right beside the Interstate, thousands of neglected cats slowly declined and died in filthy, unfurnished trailers.

Suffering, disease-ridden survivors were filmed as they staggered among the stiff corpses of their companions, unable to eat or drink with their ulcerated mouths, or breath through their mucus-choked airways. (Sources: "Tiger Ranch Stuns Vet; 'Never Saw Conditions Like This,'" WTAE TV-4 (ABC), http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/16031945/detail.html; "Tiger Ranch Supplemental Video," http://tinyurl.com/4qx9pg.)

GUILTY: MULTIPLE COUNTS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY

On July 13, 2009, Linda Marie Bruno, a/k/a Lin Marie, pleaded guilty to 12 criminal counts of Cruelty to Animals, and two counts of Evidence Tampering.

The Valley News Dispatch reports: "Marie is facing up to two years in state prison and a $5,000 fine for each of the 12 cruelty counts as well as up to two years in prison and $5,000 fine for each of the two tampering charges.

"That means she could be sentenced up to 28 years in prison and fined $70,000 if the maximum sentence is imposed." (Source: "Ex-Tiger Ranch Owner Pleads Guilty to Animal Cruelty Charges," Valley News Dispatch, July 14, 2009, http://tinyurl.com/valleynewsdispatch633575).

TIGER RANCH: A 14-YEAR HISTORY OF TORMENT AND DESPAIR

Those cats and kittens beyond suffering were found jammed in freezers, bulldozed into shallow graves, or laying where they fell, dead, in their food, litter boxes, trailers, or beneath the open sky.

Hundreds of animals were imported from distant states; fine, adoptable cats who arrived in excellent health, only to deteriorate, suffer, and die in the frigid Pennsylvanian Piedmont. (Source: "Sick Cats Came To Tiger Ranch From Several States," WPXI TV-11 (NBC), http://tinyurl.com/6z3jqx.)

The Tiger Ranch proprietor was arrested, and faced 593 charges of animal cruelty at a criminal arraignment in July 2008.

NEVER AGAIN!

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the County of Allegheny, must take measures to ensure such grievous atrocities are never again perpetrated against blameless domestic animals or livestock within their borders.

Be It Therefore RESOLVED, that the Pennsylvanian Commonwealth and Allegheny County must affirm and reinforce existing cruelty statutes, and propose such new criminal statutes that will enable felony animal cruelty charges against any party that perpetrates grave harm against harmless domestic animals or livestock; and

Be it Further RESOLVED, that the law enforcement authorities of the Pennsylvanian Commonwealth, Allegheny County, independent authorities of the ASPCA, the PSPCA, and all relevant animal cruelty law enforcement authorities, should be granted the fullest and broadest authorities to search, investigate, and terminate grave and intolerable instances of animal cruelty, neglect, and epidemic disease; and

Be it Further RESOLVED, that Tiger Ranch, the "death camp for cats," should remain forever closed, and convicted animal abuser Linda Marie Bruno, a/k/a Lin Marie, should be barred from all contact with domestic animals; and

Be it Further RESOLVED, that legitimate, not-for-profit, "No-Kill" organizations and rescue entities be accorded the support and recognition they deserve, and be in no way tainted by association with the Catastrophe in Tarentum.

As District Judge Susan Blaschak aptly observed, "In the absence of duty, care, food, water and helping the animals get to it ... this rises to the level of torturous conduct." (Source: "Cat Shelter Operator Ordered to Stand Trial," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08128/879634-54.stm.)

END WANTON ANIMAL CRUELTY! NO MORE TIGER RANCHES!

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We urgently request that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and all legally empowered animal cruelty investigators and law enforcement agents, do the utmost to ensure that the horrific instances of animal cruelty, neglect, epidemic disease, and painful death uncovered in the Tiger Ranch cat sanctuary, in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, never again occur in the commonwealth, or anywhere else; and that

The alleged perpetrators of the Tiger Ranch horrors are prosecuted and, if convicted, punished to the full extent of the state, local, and municipal, criminal statutes.

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# 2,521:

8:31 pm PST, Nov 12, Mark Sousa, California

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12:21 pm PST, Nov 3, MAUVE Alexandra, France

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5:27 pm PST, Nov 2, Daphna Yanez, Mexico

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5:36 am PDT, Oct 30, Jim Treacy, Australia

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7:22 pm PDT, Oct 29, Sharla Stone, California

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1:51 am PDT, Oct 29, Karmen Auguštin, Croatia

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9:25 pm PDT, Oct 28, Gina Stull, Ohio
I think it's sooo wrong to do that to cats!!!!

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10:31 am PDT, Oct 28, Kimberly Tilley, Idaho

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9:10 am PDT, Oct 28, Caitlin Schmedlin, Connecticut

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12:01 pm PDT, Oct 26, Rita Simoes, Portugal

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10:45 am PDT, Oct 26, Lisa White, Massachusetts
This is an appalling case and it's right next door to me in MA. HSUS is raiding these mills all across the country. Alot of people don't relaize there is all so cat mills that pump out thousands of cats. They keep them unspayed and unneutered, don't care for them and use them for greed. Disgusting!We need much harsher punishments for animal abuse or it will only get worse for the beautiful creatures of this earth.

Prosicute,prosicute,prosicute!

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11:53 pm PDT, Oct 14, Francesca Concetta, Italy

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5:18 pm PDT, Oct 13, Wes Keith, Missouri

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6:47 pm PDT, Oct 12, Tina Cole, Oregon

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9:19 am PDT, Sep 9, AZIZ Pascale, France

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10:38 pm PDT, Sep 5, Alexis Johnston, Texas

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6:50 am PDT, Sep 4, Kari Tompkins, Oklahoma

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12:33 am PDT, Sep 4, Pam Montgomery, Georgia
How do you feel about the Tiger Ranch Cat Sanctuary, in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, where hundreds of sick, starving, and dying domestic cats, and the skeletal remains of hundreds of more cats bulldozed into shallow graves, were discovered in March 2008?

How can the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and all duly constituted law enforcement and humane care organizations, ensure that rampant cruelty and neglect are never again perpetrated?

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6:47 am PDT, Sep 2, Keyhan Gholami, Iran, Islamic Republic Of

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8:55 am PDT, Sep 1, Libby Bekas, Mexico

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12:04 am PDT, Aug 30, Sandy Mariucci, Michigan

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4:15 pm PDT, Aug 26, Barbara Kantola, Michigan

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12:31 pm PDT, Aug 26, Irene Miller, Ireland
HOW DID THIS GO ON WITHOUT BEING REPORTED? WHERE WERE THE ANIMAL WELFARE INSPECTORS? HOW WERE ANIMALS IMPORTED FROM OTHER STATES WITHOUT THIS BEING NOTICED? WAS THERE NO VISITORS TO THIS HELLHOLE? WHERE WAS THE PSPCA ALL THE TIME THIS WAS GOING ON? DON'T THEY HAVE INSPECTORS WHO VISIT THESE ANIMAL SHELTERS? DID VETS NEVER VISIT THE ANIMALS? SO MANY SERIOUS QUESTIONS MUST BE ASKED. THIS IS SO VERY SAD,AND HEARTBREAKING.HOW COULD SUCH A PLACE GO UNNOTICED FOR SO LONG??????

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3:39 pm PDT, Aug 25, Tracy G., New Hampshire

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8:22 am PDT, Aug 25, David Perry-Keene, United Kingdom

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11:00 pm PDT, Aug 24, Sally Dix, United Kingdom
This is an atrocity of the highest degree. These beautiful cats and kittens, came here for sanctuary and were abused, neglected, diseased, untreated and left to die in agony. I have never heard of cruelty so abhorrent and on such a massive scale. This is just incomprehensible, unforgiveable and totally barbaric. This Chamber of Horrors must never be re-opened and this proprietor, or should I say 'monster' that was arrested and faced 593 charges of animal cruelty, should never be allowed near animals for the rest of her life. From one who cares deeply for all the animals of our world. SALLY DIX

How can the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and all duly constituted law enforcement and humane care organizations, ensure that rampant cruelty and neglect are never again perpetrated?

# 2,495:

12:37 pm PDT, Aug 15, David VanDenBerg, Oregon

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11:47 am PDT, Aug 13, Marissa Abramovic, Pennsylvania
This place is a disgrace of abuse and neglect! These innocent animals deserve to be at a place that truly has their best interests at heart. We need stricter laws and penalties to prevent this horror from happening anymore and create safe healthy rescues and sanctuaries.

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4:48 pm PDT, Aug 12, Alisha Nickols, California

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12:50 pm PDT, Aug 9, Alex Zepeda, Nevada

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9:33 am PDT, Aug 9, Cathy Greer, Florida

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6:08 pm PDT, Aug 8, Misty Snow, New York

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2:35 pm PDT, Aug 8, Tammy Wolfanger, New York

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11:42 am PDT, Aug 5, Judy Snyder, Michigan

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10:09 am PDT, Aug 3, Kezzy Acton, Michigan

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5:32 pm PDT, Jul 31, Michelle Correa, California

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2:34 pm PDT, Jul 30, Maryann Smale, Maine
How do you feel about the Tiger Ranch Cat Sanctuary, in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, where hundreds of sick, starving, and dying domestic cats, and the skeletal remains of hundreds of more cats bulldozed into shallow graves, were discovered in March 2008?

How can the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and all duly constituted law enforcement and humane care organizations, ensure that rampant cruelty and neglect are never again perpetrated?

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1:31 pm PDT, Jul 30, Osvaldo Francisco, California

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8:16 am PDT, Jul 30, Erica Last, Wisconsin

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1:25 pm PDT, Jul 29, Angela Hutton, Ohio

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11:44 pm PDT, Jul 28, Brian Smith, Missouri

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6:10 pm PDT, Jul 28, Marcela Sabata, Argentina

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2:19 pm PDT, Jul 28, Audrey Stansbury, Florida

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11:30 am PDT, Jul 28, Jon Evans, New York

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10:31 am PDT, Jul 28, Kairen Brooke-Anderson, South Africa

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9:05 am PDT, Jul 28, Stacey Rakic Larson, Colorado
Absolutely depraved! It is imperative that resources be granted to immediately intervene, investigate, and prosecute ANY offenses such as occurred at the Tiger Ranch. We need to provide protection to our animal friends in a proactive manner and as necessary in existing operations.

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6:32 am PDT, Jul 27, Joelle Coudriou, France

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5:01 am PDT, Jul 27, Marleen Geudens, Belgium

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10:53 pm PDT, Jul 26, Joan E Loza Mobry, Wisconsin

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3:31 pm PDT, Jul 26, Leigh Bennett, Georgia

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1:18 pm PDT, Jul 26, Sarah McConnaughey, Nevada

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11:29 am PDT, Jul 26, Agnieszka Stepaniuk, Poland

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5:25 am PDT, Jul 26, Łukasz Ziębicki, Poland

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7:17 am PDT, Jul 25, Johni Kay, Oregon

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12:41 am PDT, Jul 25, Eternal Optimist, Australia
How do you feel about the Tiger Ranch Cat Sanctuary, in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, where hundreds of sick, starving, and dying domestic cats, and the skeletal remains of hundreds of more cats bulldozed into shallow graves, were discovered in March 2008?

How can the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and all duly constituted law enforcement and humane care organizations, ensure that rampant cruelty and neglect are never again perpetrated?

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12:32 am PDT, Jul 25, Susan Osaki, Hawaii

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6:53 pm PDT, Jul 24, Lightfoot Aka Nancy, Texas

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4:12 pm PDT, Jul 24, Vanditta Diwakar, Fiji
This is really very disgusting....this woman should be punished severely....how can people be so cruel?

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12:46 pm PDT, Jul 24, David Tsosie, Arizona
No more tiger ranches,stop abuse of animals.

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11:53 am PDT, Jul 24, Kevin Morrill, Georgia

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10:09 am PDT, Jul 24, Petra Prachleitner, Austria

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8:07 am PDT, Jul 24, Stephanie Vitt, Georgia

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5:39 am PDT, Jul 24, Michelle Menger, France

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