Does anyone know what is going on w/ this case?  In Mobile, officials just seize dogs and return them, even though they’re injured and have obviously been used to fight.  Where the heck are the vets in the area that are treating these tortured dogs?  Someone needs to make the laws and punishments tougher.

I also hope that the media will continue to report on this case.  I would like to see the follow through and end result.

There are so many private citizens that are outraged about animal cruelty and dog fighting.  There should be private agencies - not the SPCA - that support and participate in our efforts to address abuse matters.  We are the voice for the poor pit bulls that are chained and tortured and thrown into a “pit” to fight and possibly die or be mutilated and then killed by the organizers themselves.  Every time I see a photograph of one of the battered dogs, I want to cry.  Then I want to call our local officials and scream “WHY DON’T YOU DO SOMETHING.” Fortunately for all of us, WKRG and these great reporters have not let the subject die.  While private individuals may be the “voice” for the animals, the news media is the loudspeaker.  We all need to turn up the volume.  It is a brutal sport and there should be a single telephone line to call and report it.  This business of calling every animal shelter in the county is absurd.  The SPCA gave me disconnected telephone numbers. It took me hours to report a dog fighting case in Prichard.  All of these criminals need to be prosecuted and all of these lazy cruelty investigators need to be fired.

It is a shame that the SPCA is anyone’s “empire” as Clementine said.  Apparently there is a motivation there besides saving and helping animals.  Animal rights shouldn’t have anything to do with anyone’s ego or some kind of power struggle.  Anyone involved in saving animals and protecting them should do so out of a true passion, not political or career motivation.  If this is how the local SPCA is being run then the city and county and other sources of funding should step in a investigate and get control of it.  The SPCA shouldn’t be about “people” it should be about the animals themselves.  Why isn’t there a hot line number set up in this community for people to call and report dog fighting and cruelty and neglect?  It would inspire more bystanders to take action and do something about it.  Even those that are passionate about the cause get kicked in the teeth when we report it and nothing ever gets done.

Ok.....I personally went to the Mobile SPCA to talk about organizing an Animal Cruelty task force for 2 straight years.  I offered my services and abilities FREE OF CHARGE, not like I would have done otherwise anyway, and was continuously turned down.  I felt as if Ms. Flott enjoyed her autonomy and power just a little too much.  As I stated in other postings, everyone who believes in this cause needs to start showing up at City Council meetings on Tuesday mornings at 10am in the auditorium of Government Plaza.  We need to inform......let’s start at the top then!!!!!!!