Justice for Husky Dogs Shot in Orange County Florida
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Please consider donating to Hoochie and Raley's Fund at: http://www.pbase.com/barryvaught/hoochieraleyfund
The State Attorney has been sent the letter associated with this petition, he has been updated on the number of signatures, and he has been provided a link to this petition. Please continue to sign, since charges have still not yet been filed against the shooter!!!
If you support the filing of charges, please write the 9th circuit State Attorney at:
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Lawson Lamar, State Attorney
415 North Orange Avenue
Orlando, Florida 32801
(407) 836-2400
On May 19th 2008, 2 husky dogs were reportedly shot by a man named Christopher Comins in Orange County Florida. The 2 dogs, Raley and Hoochie, were shot multiple times in the neck, back, and eye, right in front of their owner and witnesses while the dogs' owner was retrieving them. Somehow, they managed to survive. One was even shot in the eye, and will likely have its eye removed. A video recording by a witness shows the dogs being shot as one was trying to run away, and the other was just sitting there. The video showed the dogs did not pose any threat to the shooter or the cattle. No charges were filed against Comins.
The purpose of this petition is to ask the State Attorney to file felony animal cruelty charges against the reported shooter in this case and conduct a thorough investigation. Animal cruelty is a crime, and should not be tolerated in the State of Florida. Please sign this petition to show your support.
View the video here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtYKvnSGqJU
UPDATE: WFTV News: Outrage Over Man On Video Shooting Dogs At Orange County Ranch
See the full article here, reporting on the shooter's prior criminal firearm offense!: http://www.wftv.com/9wantstoknow/16464020/detail.html
Local 6 News
Pet Dogs Repeatedly Shot By Neighbor For No Reason, Owner SaysPOSTED: 10:29 am EDT May 23, 2008
UPDATED: 1:28 pm EDT May 23, 2008
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A Central Florida man wants his neighbor charged over video showing his pet dogs being repeatedly shot despite screamed pleas to stop.Chris Butler said his pet Siberian Huskies wandered into a nearby pasture located off Narcossee Road and were shot for no reason.Video showed one of Butler's dogs being gunned down as it ran away from the shooter and another dog being shot while standing still in the field, Local 6's Jessica D'Onofrio said. Butler said the neighbor continued to shoot while the dogs were on the ground."I was running toward him and screaming, 'Please stop shooting my dogs,'" Butler said. "He knew they were my dogs. And the last shot you can see is he is walking toward me and I'm speaking to him and saying, 'Please stop shooting them.' And he turned around and shot them again."Butler said the neighbor shot one of his dogs four times."He just wanted to kill them," Butler said. "That is what it boils down to. He just wanted to shoot them."Butler said the dogs were harmless and would not have hurt anyone."The dogs shouldn't have been there, I know," Butler said. "I know they shouldn't have been there. But he didn't have to shoot them. They wouldn't hurt a fly. They wouldn't hurt anybody. They wouldn't hurt the cows. They were just curious and anybody who has huskies will tell you they are the most beautiful, beautiful dogs."One of the dogs is fighting to survive and the other pet was treated and released from a veterinarian's office.The neighbor told Local 6 that he fired two warning shots at the dogs and claims the dogs tried to attack him.
WESH 2 NEWS
Loose Dogs Shot After Chasing CattleORLANDO, Fla. -- A dog owner said a neighbor was way out of line when she asked someone to shoot two dogs that got loose on her property.Butler didn't have the dogs on a leash, and they ran away.
About one hour later, Butler said a neighbor told him his dogs were in a field off Narcoossee Road chasing cattle.
Butler said he sensed trouble when we went to get them.
"I just had a terrible premonition this guy was going to do something terrible. I jumped out of the car, didn't even close the door, and I ran across the road, and as I got to the fence he started shooting," Butler said.
The Orange County Sheriff's Office incident report indicated Christopher Comins said the property owner gave him and the livestock owner the OK to shoot the dogs.
No charges were filed against Comins.
Visit their website www.myspace.com/hoochieandraley for more info!
Please consider donating to Hoochie and Raley's Fund at: http://www.pbase.com/barryvaught/hoochieraleyfund
The State Attorney has been sent the letter associated with this petition, he has been updated on the number of signatures, and he has been provided a link to this petition. Please continue to sign, since charges have still not yet been filed against the shooter!!!
If you support the filing of charges, please write the 9th circuit State Attorney at:
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Lawson Lamar, State Attorney
415 North Orange Avenue
Orlando, Florida 32801
(407) 836-2400
On May 19th 2008, 2 husky dogs were reportedly shot by a man named Christopher Comins in Orange County Florida. The 2 dogs, Raley and Hoochie, were shot multiple times in the neck, back, and eye, right in front of their owner and witnesses while the dogs' owner was retrieving them. Somehow, they managed to survive. One was even shot in the eye, and will likely have its eye removed. A video recording by a witness shows the dogs being shot as one was trying to run away, and the other was just sitting there. The video showed the dogs did not pose any threat to the shooter or the cattle. No charges were filed against Comins.
The purpose of this petition is to ask the State Attorney to file felony animal cruelty charges against the reported shooter in this case and conduct a thorough investigation. Animal cruelty is a crime, and should not be tolerated in the State of Florida. Please sign this petition to show your support.
View the video here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtYKvnSGqJU
UPDATE: WFTV News: Outrage Over Man On Video Shooting Dogs At Orange County Ranch
See the full article here, reporting on the shooter's prior criminal firearm offense!: http://www.wftv.com/9wantstoknow/16464020/detail.html
Local 6 News
Pet Dogs Repeatedly Shot By Neighbor For No Reason, Owner SaysPOSTED: 10:29 am EDT May 23, 2008
UPDATED: 1:28 pm EDT May 23, 2008
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A Central Florida man wants his neighbor charged over video showing his pet dogs being repeatedly shot despite screamed pleas to stop.Chris Butler said his pet Siberian Huskies wandered into a nearby pasture located off Narcossee Road and were shot for no reason.Video showed one of Butler's dogs being gunned down as it ran away from the shooter and another dog being shot while standing still in the field, Local 6's Jessica D'Onofrio said. Butler said the neighbor continued to shoot while the dogs were on the ground."I was running toward him and screaming, 'Please stop shooting my dogs,'" Butler said. "He knew they were my dogs. And the last shot you can see is he is walking toward me and I'm speaking to him and saying, 'Please stop shooting them.' And he turned around and shot them again."Butler said the neighbor shot one of his dogs four times."He just wanted to kill them," Butler said. "That is what it boils down to. He just wanted to shoot them."Butler said the dogs were harmless and would not have hurt anyone."The dogs shouldn't have been there, I know," Butler said. "I know they shouldn't have been there. But he didn't have to shoot them. They wouldn't hurt a fly. They wouldn't hurt anybody. They wouldn't hurt the cows. They were just curious and anybody who has huskies will tell you they are the most beautiful, beautiful dogs."One of the dogs is fighting to survive and the other pet was treated and released from a veterinarian's office.The neighbor told Local 6 that he fired two warning shots at the dogs and claims the dogs tried to attack him.
WESH 2 NEWS
Loose Dogs Shot After Chasing CattleORLANDO, Fla. -- A dog owner said a neighbor was way out of line when she asked someone to shoot two dogs that got loose on her property.Butler didn't have the dogs on a leash, and they ran away.
About one hour later, Butler said a neighbor told him his dogs were in a field off Narcoossee Road chasing cattle.
Butler said he sensed trouble when we went to get them.
"I just had a terrible premonition this guy was going to do something terrible. I jumped out of the car, didn't even close the door, and I ran across the road, and as I got to the fence he started shooting," Butler said.
The Orange County Sheriff's Office incident report indicated Christopher Comins said the property owner gave him and the livestock owner the OK to shoot the dogs.
No charges were filed against Comins.
Lawson Lamar, State Attorney
415 North Orange Avenue
Orlando, Florida 32801
(407) 836-2400
We the undersigned support the filing of charges and investigation into the shooting of 2 husky dogs that were reportedly shot by Christopher Comins near Narcoossee road on May 19, 2008 in Orange County. We feel that the investigation of this alleged incident will show that the two Husky dogs were shot for no justifiable reason and felony charges of animal cruelty, as well as weapons charges for endangering the public and misusing firearms, should be filed against the shooter. Thank you for taking the time to read this letter.
Charges need to be filed against this animal abuser. Please file felony animal cruelty charges against this man. There is video evidence of the crime.
If someone gets away with this abuse....they will do this to humans...remember a person who can hurt animals will hurt humans. there is a link between the two..we must have this person in jail.
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Please allow justice to be served and persecute this callous shooter. These dogs and others have a right to exist in peace.
This is horrifying! What has our society come to?!
This man is a danger to the public.
where is the idea of being responsible for your actions???
People who harm dogs or cats or any pet for that matter should be punished
NO animal has the right to be harmed or treated badly
MONSTER,my god watching the video truely broke my heart.He must be punished by the full effects of the law.
I am disgusted with how the State Attorney is blatantly or nonchalantly showing lack of respect for animals. Get out there and do what you're paid to do: uphold the law and make your state safer. I am shocked, horrified, disgusted and waiting to see justice served. The kind of people/persons who did this need to be publicly identified and then sentenced. INTOLERABLE, UNEXCUSABLE, SICK and CRIMINAL.
Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! What's wrong with this guy?!
I am asking you to please file criminal animal abuse charges against Mr. Comins for the unecessary shootings of these two animals. This society has become a lawless society, when people take the law into their own hands and shoot any animal, instead of calling the proper agencies or authorities. Stop this madness and prosecute Mr. Comins for shooting these dogs and let the Courts decide what is fair Justice. For you not to pursue criminal charges is a deriliction of your duty as a State Prosecutor. Do the right, moral and ethical thing, PROSECUTE, PLEASE!!
Christopher Comins should be prosecuted to the fullest under the law for such a extreme act of cruelty. There must be consequences, connected or not.......
j-u-s-t-i-c-e!!
Killing an animal in cold blood should be punished just as harshly as killing a human being. These dogs were innocent and did not show aggression or any intent to attack. It's of the same nature as killing a child. I hope Christopher Comins is sentenced like a person capable of committing such an act; a deranged killer.
There is such an injustice here. You have the evidence of video and can see that the dogs did not pose a threat to Christopher Comins or his property. Do not allow this person to commit such a heinous act and walk away without any consequences. This person is simply using an excuse to justify his shootings.
I can see that more signatures than what were needed have been signed and sent....GOOD GOOD I do so hope this will help the Husky Dogs that so need to be helped.....
I believe Christopher Comins should be charged with felony animal cruelty charges for both dogs. This is a case of shoot first, think later. Apparently thinking didn't even enter the picture because he didn't even stop shooting after the owner of the two dogs BEGGED and pleaded and screamed! What kind of monster does not stop shooting? I believe Comins is an angry, dangerous person who reacts rather than thinks, and his refusal to stop shooting warrants felony charges!
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This madman MUST be brought to justice - to the fullest extent of the law (even though that won't be nearly severe enough, as animal abusers/killers get off way too easy!) Pay attention - serial killers start out abusing animals! This attack was completely unprovoked and unwarranted! What's to stop him from doing it again and again if you don't stop him now?
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This is why people should not have guns. It was a perfect excuse for him to shoot something!! WHy shouldn't he be charged if the video shows the dogs being no threat to him or the livestock. Disgraceful, too many of these kinds of cases are being swept under the carpet so people think its okay to treat animals how they want to. It has to stop!!!
How can people do this! I just don't understand. Part of me doesn't want to...There have been to many animal cruelity acts latly and it has to be stopped! Shooting a dog? How low can you get?
No way would i stand by and let my dogs get shot at by anyone least of all the next door neighbour, this is not acceptable in any way shape or form, he should be prosecuted to the max the horrible pig, the sooner steps are taken to curtail these cruel acts the easier life will be for owners and pets
