Stop Abuse at Monroe County Animal Shelter!!!

  • by: Stephanie Trevino
  • recipient: Monroe County Commissioners Office125 E. Second Street, Monroe, Michigan 48161
VIDEO EVIDENCE OF ABUSE TO THE DOGS WHILE IN THE CARE OF MONROE COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL: IT IS AGAINST STATE LAW TO NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ATTENTION TO ANIMALS IN NEED. THE ANIMALS IN THIS VIDEO WERE LEFT UNTREATED FOR THREE DAYS. THIS IS CONFIRMED BY ANIMAL CONTROL EMPLOYEES ON ONE OF THE VIDEO'S. IS THIS HOW MONROE COUNTY WANTS TO BE SEEN, AS ANIMAL ABUSERS? I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU DO. THIS IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENCE TO STAND UP TO THEIR COMMISSIONERS TO STOP THE ABUSE. THESE VIDEOS WERE TAKEN MAY 9, 2011, THREE DAYS AFTER THEY WERE LAST SEEN BY THE RESCUE GROUP, IN GOOD HEALTH ON MAY 6, 2011. NOW LOOK AT THEM (WARNING GRAPHIC)

Please note ACO officer Brett Ramos is asked; how are the dogs doing at the beginning while signing in. He does not indicate that any of the dogs has been injured:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znsiVL6Y24M&feature=autoplay&list=ULfAspgffA-qI&lf=mfu_in_order&playnext=1

NOW THEY FIND ANOTHER DOG (REILLY) IS ALSO INJURED:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVEQ6rL4IDY&feature=BFa&list=UL24FPtDgJt_U&lf=mfu_in_order

Shocked, not believing this is one of the same dogs and asking ACO officers Bridgette Haymes and Brett Raymos what happened to the dog: ACO BRIDGETTE HAYMES STATES IT HAPPENED FRIDAY (VIDEO IS ON MONDAY MAY 9TH)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6FBJ7th1qk&feature=BFa&list=ULznsiVL6Y24M&lf=mfu_in_order

They take ACO officer back out to talk about what happened to Monroe. Please note that when Brett Raymos is what the substance was all over the dogs head and back, he replies "I had Nothing to do with it":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVWna7nyTko&feature=BFa&list=UL24FPtDgJt_U&lf=mfu_in_order

ALL OF MONROE'S INJURIES:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xah4WfdH2M&feature=autoplay&list=ULVrhBjCqi878&lf=mfu_in_order&playnext=2

ALL OF REILLY'S INJURIES:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ikNs7rarM&feature=BFa&list=ULM1dG2IvEs7A&lf=mfu_in_order

Walking and checking out Dusty and Razzle and cleaning of Monroe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1dG2IvEs7A&feature=BFa&list=UL4TPls_ee0WI&lf=mfu_in_order

Continue cleaning of Monroe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TPls_ee0WI&feature=BFa&list=ULM1dG2IvEs7A&lf=mfu_in_order

Cleaning of Reilly's wounds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOgU9wgLZvE&feature=BFa&list=UL4TPls_ee0WI&lf=mfu_in_order

THE VET STATED THAT REILLY HAD PERFECTLY SYMMETRICAL, CIRCULAR PUNCTURE WOUNDS TO HIS BODY, OVER 53 OF THEM THROUGH OUT HIS BODY. HE ALSO HAD, OVER A 2 INCH GASH THAT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE BONE ON HIS LEG THAT WAS INFECTED, THAT APPEARS TO BE A STAB WOUND. AC OFFICERS STATE THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO REILLY. WE FEEL HE WAS BEING POKED WITH A SHARPE OBJECT IF EACH WOUND WAS OF A PERFECTLY SYMMETRICAL, CIRCULAR SHAPE. SEPTIC WATER WAS ALSO POURED OVER THE TOP OF HIS WOUNDS SO INFECTION WOULD SET IN QUICKLY.
MCAC STATES THAT MONROE HAD TRIED TO GET THROUGH HIS FENCING, HOWEVER IF YOU REVIEW THE VIDEOS OF THE FENCE, THERE IS NO WAY MONROE COULD HAVE THE REAR OF HIS BODY THROUGH THE FENCING, WHERE PUNCTURE WOUNDS WERE ALSO NOTED. MY THEORY IS THAT MONROE WAS TRYING TO ESCAPE THROUGH THE FENCE AS HE WAS BEING TORTURED WITH WHATEVER HE WAS BEING POKED WITH IN THE REAR. MONROE WOULD HAVE DIED HAD HE NOT BEEN FOUND BY THE RESCUE GROUP THAT DAY. THE GROUP ALSO ASKED TO USE THE INSIDE OF THE FACILITY TO CLEAN THEIR WOUNDS BECAUSE THE OUTSIDE FAUCET THAT WAS OFFERED WAS FULL OF RUST AND BROWN WATER COMING OUT OF IT. THEY WERE DENIED THE USE OF THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING TO CLEAN THEIR WOUNDS. THE RESCUE GROUP HAD TO GO OUT AND BUY PEROXIDE AND CLEAN WATER. THEY ALSO WERE TOLD THE ANIMALS COULD NOT LEAVE THE FACILITY TO SEE A VET AT THE RESCUE GROUPS COST. AFTER MUCH ARGUMENT, DIRECTOR BENSON AGREED TO ALLOW A VET COME IN TO TREAT THEM, ONLY THE VET OF RECORDER WHICH IS AT TAX PAYERS COST.

IF THESE DOGS ARE SO MEAN AND AGGRESSIVE DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD LET YOU POUR PEROXIDE ON THEM TO CLEAN THEIR WOUNDS? EVEN IN SEVERE PAIN THEY DON'T REACT TO BEING TOUCHED OR HANDLED. DOESN'T SEEM VERY MEAN AND AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH TO DIE FROM BEING EUTHANIZED AS THE COURT HAS ORDERED.

AN APPEAL HAS BEEN FILED FOR THE RELEASE OF MONROE, DUSTY AND REILLY. IN THE MEAN TIME THE BUSTER FOUNDATION HAS ATTEMPTED TO SEE THE DOGS AND PROVIDE THEM THE MEDICATION THEY NEED. HERE IS THE RESPONSE ON VIDEO THAT THEY RECEIVED FROM MCAC ON THE DAY THEY WERE ALLOWED THEM TO PICK UP RAZZLE, THE ONLY DOG SPEARED IN COURT. KEEP IN MIND IT IS SHELTER RULES AND STATE LAW THAT THEY MUST PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE TO THE ANIMALS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAspgffA-qI&feature=BFa&list=ULaOgU9wgLZvE&lf=mfu_in_order

ONE JUDGE REMOVED THESE DOGS FROM MCAC'S CARE, ANOTHER JUDGE PUT THEM BACK THERE KNOWING THE ANIMALS HAD BEEN ABUSED THERE. WE DO NOT KNOW THE STATUS OF THESE DOGS SINCE THE END OF JUNE. TWO DOGS WERE ALSO LEFT TO SUFFER A LONG PAINFUL DEATH THE NIGHT OF DOG FIGHTING BUST EVEN THOUGH MEDICAL CARE WAS OFFERED AT NO COST TO TAX PAYERS. TWO OTHER DOGS ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR. THEY MAY HAVE BEEN GIVEN BACK TO THE DOG FIGHTERS. ANOTHER DOG DIED FROM NO MEDICAL CARE 10 DAYS AFTER THE DOG FIGHTING BUST. WE HAVE HEARD SEVERAL DIFFERENT REASONS AS TO WHY HE DIED FROM DIRECTOR BENSON.

TAX PAYERS WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO PAY ANY COST FOR THE DOGS HOUSING OR VET CARE HAD THE JUDGE LEFT THEM IN THE CARE OF THE BUSTER FOUNDATION. IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT TAX DOLLARS ON THIS CASE, THEN YOU HAD BETTER LOOK LONG AND HARD AT THE PROSECUTOR FOR PUTTING THEM BACK INTO MCAC. BACK INTO A PLACE WHERE THEY WERE ABUSED AND POURED TOILET WATER, FECES TO MAKE THEM DIE QUICKLY FROM INFECTION. WE WANT MONROE RESIDENCE TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT THE CASE. WE WERE UNABLE TO SPEAK UP BEFORE NOW, BECAUSE OF GAG ORDERS AND BEING POLITICALLY CORRECT. WE HAVE BEGGED AND PLEADED TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT ABUSE IS GOING ON IN THE SHELTER AND TO PUT A STOP TO IT. PEOPLE ARE IGNORING COURT ORDERS (CONTEMPT OF COURT) BY DIRECTOR BENSON, THE SHERIFF AND THE PROSECUTOR, (PROSECUTOR WAS UNDER THE SAME GAG ORDER BUT IT DID NOT STOP HIM FROM DOING INTERVIEWS ON TELEVISION AND DECLARING THE DOGS AS DANGEROUS PRIOR TO THE DETERMINATION OF EXPERTS). ALL OF THIS IS FALLING ON DEAF EARS WITH THE COMMISSIONERS.

THIS COULD BE YOUR PET GOING INTO THIS PLACE AND BEING ABUSED IF IT WERE LOST AND FOUND AS A STRAY BY AC OFFICERS. IF THEY CAN DO IT TO THESE DOGS, THEY CAN DO IT TO YOUR LOVING PET ALSO. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LOOK UP OUR GROUP ON FACEBOOK IF YOU SUPPORT US IN OUR EFFORTS TO STOP THE ABUSE THAT IS GOING ON IN THIS SHELTER AND TO SAVE TAX PAYERS ANY MORE WASTE OF THEIR TAX DOLLARS. http://www.facebook.com/groups/204032012997806/doc/204252896309051/

JOANNE DIXON
VICE PRESIDENT
PROVIDING FOR PAWS

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