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By Debbie Williams Reporter

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Published: Tue, October 02, 2007 - 4:52 pm
Last Updated: Tue, October 02, 2007 - 5:19 pm

Debbie Williams

His name is "Justice" and that's exactly what the owners of the black lab hope they find. Someone shot the dog with a bow and arrow over the weekend in Elberta. But the same arrow that did the damage may now tell police who is responsible.
It was Sunday afternoon. Eric Sealey and Angeli Lake had been in the yard with their dog Justice. "Ten minutes later our neighbor knocked on our door," says Lake. "I heard neighbor knock on the door heard him say Justice is hurt," says Sealey. He immediately thought a car may have hit the dog. "I saw him sitting there with an arrow in his leg,"
That's right, an arrow through his leg. "It was in his left front leg all the way through it looked definitely like some body intended to kill him," says Lake.
The arrow is now evidence and it may tell police who did this, according to Elberta Police Chief Gary Peaden, "We did have a suspect we have spoken with he has denied having anything to do with it but we're looking into that a little bit further."
Lake and Sealey say Justice has never been a problem in the neighborhood. "He's loving, sweet. He is around kids all the time so I don't think he was bugging or bothering anybody," says Lake. But she admits the dog was loose when he was shot. "I think they were doing it to practice for hunting season soon," she says.
"The leash law is in effect for good reason keep stuff like this from happening but that still doesn't justify something like this from happening," says Sealey.
The good news is Justice should be fine in about six weeks. Finding justice for the injured dog may take a little longer.
Chief Peaden says if you have unwanted animals on your property just call police.
Those responsible for shooting Justice, will face animal cruelty charges.

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sweetnsour,

You are right there are many problems in this world, but do you realize alot of violent criminals start out with animal torture and abuse? And omg-cattle, chickens and hogs are raised to be a food source and are not tortured as these idiots are doing to other animals. There are humane practices within the farming community. Not absolute idiocy and inhumanity as associated with the abuse and torture cases that have been reported.

Posted by rmseek1234 on 12/01/07 - 7:46 pm • Report Abuse .

animal cruely omg they slaughter chickens everyday so you can eat. Not to mention the hogs and cattle. There are thugs doing home invasions. Teenagers on the street and bank robbers punkin’ the working man.. Take your focus off the animal and tackle the real problem..............the human animal

Posted by sweetnsour on 12/01/07 - 3:02 am • Report Abuse .

Animal cruelty is a global issue and I hope that WKRG will continue to tackle this issue. It is symptomatic of other problems in our society. Violence is violence, even if the victims are not human.

Posted by Clementine on 10/18/07 - 8:31 am • Report Abuse .

Well said Clementine. It is part of a bigger problem. I also thank WKRG for covering these stories-while they are depressing, the public needs to know what is going on and changes need to be made in the system. I spoke to someone from New Orleans today (actually 2 people) and both essentially said that they know there are problems everywhere, but no one really seems to care there. That is sad. Yet we have plenty of people who care here and want to see things changed, yet the system seems to not care.

Posted by rmseek1234 on 10/10/07 - 11:42 am • Report Abuse .

WKRG has done a tremendous job addressing the local animal cruelty and abuse issue here in our county. Thanks to all of these terrific reporters. I hope that the media attention will not diminish as new community developments arise. Of all the things that we want to be known for, being one of the highest on the list for animal crimes is not one of them. We worry about test scores in our educational system, water, sewer and road issues, sex offenders stalking young children on the internet - all of these things are important. So are the crimes against those who cannot speak for themselves. The scary part about animal cruelty is that it typically leads to other forms of violent behavior. I hope that WKRG will continue to tackle this subject and will help reduce the number of abuse cases in our area.

Posted by Clementine on 10/10/07 - 11:31 am • Report Abuse .

Yes, there needs to be coverage and education, but there also needs to be conviction of those who abuse. I don’t understand why nobody questions these agencies that CAN convict-question their numbers of cases reported, question their follow-up, long term and short term and question the conviction and prosecution rate. We don’t mind questioning political leaders for answers to questions and accountability-why should this be any different? I don’t think Mobile has had a prosecution in a very long time, yet Baldwin and Escambia don’t hesitate. What’s the difference? Same laws, just how they are enforced. And I KNOW Mobile has repeat abusers that still own animals-sickening! I saw a website recently where you could track animal abuse cases-in Alabama, Mobile was the #1 county with animal cruelty cases, and some of the people on that site were repeaters and possibly even related (same last name)-tell you anything?

Posted by rmseek1234 on 10/10/07 - 11:23 am • Report Abuse .

I have noticed the increase lately. Please wkrg, do a follow up on this and other stories alike. I want to see that whoever is responsible for this is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. More coverage equals more awareness which is what is needed to solve the problem of such a high rate of animal cruelty in AL!

Posted by smason on 10/10/07 - 10:48 am • Report Abuse .

Does anyone notice the increase in animal cruelty lately? For the past several months, there has been one story after another, and these are just the ones that are reported on. I know of a few that did not receive media, but should have. I wish our officials would wake up and see that this is a growing problem that needs solving.

Posted by rmseek1234 on 10/09/07 - 4:28 pm • Report Abuse .

The person who did this should be punished. I think being used as target practice would be appropriate. These people need jail sentences, not just fines and slaps on the hand. This is a serious sign of violent tendencies. These people are a menace to society and should be arrested and stopped.

Posted by savapet on 10/09/07 - 3:48 pm • Report Abuse .

Until our national legal and mental health systems address the underlying psychological problem of “animal torture” human beings that abuse animals are going to be a part of our everyday culture. Michael Vick is going through “empathy counseling” as we speak. Parents, if you have a child that has apparent mental and emotional problems and has been caught torturing an animal, seek immediate psychiatric help. If you are an adult and you have been abusing animals, go and turn yourself in to local law enforcement officials. Animal torture and cruelty is a sign of serious mental problems. Look at what happened at Columbine High School. Those boys were know animal abusers. They moved on to bigger game. Wake up people.

Posted by Clementine on 10/09/07 - 8:14 am • Report Abuse .

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