[djheitz]

The DJ on the radio was talking about the Chester County incident this morning while I was driving in to work. That gave me hope that the people in this area are finally waking up and not ignoring animal cruelty...and then he said something along the lines of 'every city has issues with dog fighting, but I can't believe the number of animal cruelty cases we're seeing lately'. I fumed the rest of the way in - does he really think fighting is somewhat acceptable compared to the other cases we've had in the past few weeks? Those have included a cat wrapped in duct tape, a kitten being stoned and set on fire, injured horses, dogs doused in acid and just the other day, a woman ran over her dog - which looked deliberate based on the video's posted on YouTube.

It's possible that having Michael Vick in town is putting more of a media focus on animal cruelty stories, but people need to comprehend that there are MANY types of cruelty and that dog fighting is one of the worst.

OK, I'm stepping down off my soapbox...for now.