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This came to me this morning and of course I felt sick reading the horrible story of what this sweet dog endured then finally having to be put to sleep. Please read this and take a moment to cross post, send to your email contacts, and make a call or write a letter. The only way things will change is if we all act together. Thank you as always for caring! Gabriela
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Raweil@aol.com wrote:
From: Raweil@aol.com
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 03:36:52 EDT
Subject: Please call, Rocky needs justice, pls take 5 seconds
To: Raweil@aol.com
Please make this call, then forward to anyone you think would help us in getting justice for Rocky, and who might attend the hearing. Please take a second to write or call for Rocky. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Make It Right for Rocky
In loving memory of Rocky
March 27, 2006 - February 3, 2008
There are two young male boxers “guarding� a junkyard off Imperial Highway in Downey. One boxer, Rocky, is very sweet, friendly, and enjoys the attention of anyone who comes near the junkyard. The other, Teagre, is bigger, stronger. He has a tough bark and tough demeanor. Deep down he is a pussycat that occasionally shows his soft side.
Employees of the building next to the junkyard notice that Rocky, already quite thin, is losing weight and begin to feed Rocky through the fence. The owner, apparently frustrated by the feeding of Rocky, blocks off that area of the junkyard so that employees can no longer feed Rocky.
In early November, LACOE employees become alarmed at Rocky’s condition. He is extremely thin, congested, and coughing. Many calls are being made to SEAACA (local animal control) about Rocky’s weight and circumstance. Rocky becomes known at SEAACA as “the boxer on Imperial Highway�.
On December 4, the owner takes Rocky to the SEAACA vet. Rocky is very sick and extremely thin. The vet tells the owner that Rocky needs several prescriptions. The owner refuses to purchase any medicine.
The dogs have no shelter. It has been a very cold and wet winter. January 2008, the employees next to the junkyard are frantic, calling and visiting SEAACA frequently. Rocky is emaciated and has a difficult time breathing. Nothing happens.
In desperation, on February 1, the Downey mayor is emailed to request help in getting SEAACA to react to Rocky’s critical health situation. On the morning of February 2, Rocky’s owner takes Rocky to a vet. Rocky, a full grown 2 year old boxer weighs 33lbs. His temperature is 103 degrees and he has blood in his diarrhea. A blood test is taken; no treatment is given. Rocky is taken back to the junkyard.
Employees plead with Rocky’s owner to relinquish Rocky to the care of Boxer Rescue, LA. The owner refuses. At 6:30PM, the owner calls BRLA. BRLA picks Rocky up at 7:30PM.
Rocky is fed, and treated with love and care. He spends the night in a warm bed in a house for probably the first time in his life.
On February 3, Rocky is taken to Eagle Rock Emergency Clinic for immediate attention. Rocky is “absolutely emaciated, skin on bone� according to the vet. X-rays show he has severe pneumonia. His white blood cell count is off the charts at 73,000. Held in a BRLA volunteer’s arms, Rocky is euthanized.
On February 11, BRLA and LACOE employees meet with SEAACA to address their disregard and inaction to complaints of Rocky’s abuse, the filing of charges against Rocky’s owner, and removal of Teagre.
UPDATE 4/6/08
We have very disappointing news from SEAACA with regard to the animal cruelty case against the dogs' owner, Armando Preciado. Charges were filed against Armando Preciado on Tuesday, 4/1. The actual charges were determined by the Deputy District DA, David Chang out of Downey. SEAACA recommended charges of felony and misdemeanor animal cruelty. Mr. Chang went with the misdemeanor and did not include the felony. Armando is charged with Penal Code 597.1a. It reads:
Every owner, driver, or keeper of any animal who permits the animal to be in any building, enclosure, lane, street, square, or lot of any city, county, city and county, or judicial district without proper care and attention is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Interestingly, the code goes on to say that animal control shall take possession of the animal and provide care and treatment....etc. None of which SEAACA did.
The Arraignment hearing is Thursday, April 17 at 8:30 at Downey Courthouse, 7500 E. Imperial Hwy. The case # is 8DY02231. I don't know the court room, but we will find out on at the courthouse Thursday morning, using the case number. The arraignment hearing is very short, basically the charges are formally given. Armando must come or a warrant for his arrest will be issued. It is very important that we have as many people as we can come to this hearing. Prior to the hearing I want to let the DA know that we are there to get justice for Rocky. The DA (and the Judge) need to see that many people are supporting this and they can't ignore what happened to Rocky. The DA already views this as unimportant. We know that they are going to want to make this case "go away".
The good news is that Armando could get a year in jail for this charge, but we all know he won't. He can get probation, fines, community service, inability to own animals for a period of time. We need to have lots of people there so that the DA and Judge know that people are angry about what happened, and that this cannot go without significant punishment.
But I know we can impact the DA and Judge by being there or by writing David Chang and the District Attorney's office prior to the court date of 4/17/08. If you cannot attend, please write to:
David Chang
District Attorney's Office-Co. of Los Angeles
7500 East Imperial Highway, Rm 324
Downey, CA 90242
Chang's number is 562-803-7114.
and send a copy to:
District Attorney's Office
County of Los Angeles
210 West Temple Street, Suite 18000
Los Angeles, CA 90012-3210
Please reference the case #8DY02231.
Let's make it right for Rocky and all other animals being abused, killed and neglected. Rocky's killer needs to be punished. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you
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Raweil@aol.com wrote:
From: Raweil@aol.com
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 03:36:52 EDT
Subject: Please call, Rocky needs justice, pls take 5 seconds
To: Raweil@aol.com
Please make this call, then forward to anyone you think would help us in getting justice for Rocky, and who might attend the hearing. Please take a second to write or call for Rocky. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Make It Right for Rocky
In loving memory of Rocky
March 27, 2006 - February 3, 2008
There are two young male boxers “guarding� a junkyard off Imperial Highway in Downey. One boxer, Rocky, is very sweet, friendly, and enjoys the attention of anyone who comes near the junkyard. The other, Teagre, is bigger, stronger. He has a tough bark and tough demeanor. Deep down he is a pussycat that occasionally shows his soft side.
Employees of the building next to the junkyard notice that Rocky, already quite thin, is losing weight and begin to feed Rocky through the fence. The owner, apparently frustrated by the feeding of Rocky, blocks off that area of the junkyard so that employees can no longer feed Rocky.
In early November, LACOE employees become alarmed at Rocky’s condition. He is extremely thin, congested, and coughing. Many calls are being made to SEAACA (local animal control) about Rocky’s weight and circumstance. Rocky becomes known at SEAACA as “the boxer on Imperial Highway�.
On December 4, the owner takes Rocky to the SEAACA vet. Rocky is very sick and extremely thin. The vet tells the owner that Rocky needs several prescriptions. The owner refuses to purchase any medicine.
The dogs have no shelter. It has been a very cold and wet winter. January 2008, the employees next to the junkyard are frantic, calling and visiting SEAACA frequently. Rocky is emaciated and has a difficult time breathing. Nothing happens.
In desperation, on February 1, the Downey mayor is emailed to request help in getting SEAACA to react to Rocky’s critical health situation. On the morning of February 2, Rocky’s owner takes Rocky to a vet. Rocky, a full grown 2 year old boxer weighs 33lbs. His temperature is 103 degrees and he has blood in his diarrhea. A blood test is taken; no treatment is given. Rocky is taken back to the junkyard.
Employees plead with Rocky’s owner to relinquish Rocky to the care of Boxer Rescue, LA. The owner refuses. At 6:30PM, the owner calls BRLA. BRLA picks Rocky up at 7:30PM.
Rocky is fed, and treated with love and care. He spends the night in a warm bed in a house for probably the first time in his life.
On February 3, Rocky is taken to Eagle Rock Emergency Clinic for immediate attention. Rocky is “absolutely emaciated, skin on bone� according to the vet. X-rays show he has severe pneumonia. His white blood cell count is off the charts at 73,000. Held in a BRLA volunteer’s arms, Rocky is euthanized.
On February 11, BRLA and LACOE employees meet with SEAACA to address their disregard and inaction to complaints of Rocky’s abuse, the filing of charges against Rocky’s owner, and removal of Teagre.
UPDATE 4/6/08
We have very disappointing news from SEAACA with regard to the animal cruelty case against the dogs' owner, Armando Preciado. Charges were filed against Armando Preciado on Tuesday, 4/1. The actual charges were determined by the Deputy District DA, David Chang out of Downey. SEAACA recommended charges of felony and misdemeanor animal cruelty. Mr. Chang went with the misdemeanor and did not include the felony. Armando is charged with Penal Code 597.1a. It reads:
Every owner, driver, or keeper of any animal who permits the animal to be in any building, enclosure, lane, street, square, or lot of any city, county, city and county, or judicial district without proper care and attention is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Interestingly, the code goes on to say that animal control shall take possession of the animal and provide care and treatment....etc. None of which SEAACA did.
The Arraignment hearing is Thursday, April 17 at 8:30 at Downey Courthouse, 7500 E. Imperial Hwy. The case # is 8DY02231. I don't know the court room, but we will find out on at the courthouse Thursday morning, using the case number. The arraignment hearing is very short, basically the charges are formally given. Armando must come or a warrant for his arrest will be issued. It is very important that we have as many people as we can come to this hearing. Prior to the hearing I want to let the DA know that we are there to get justice for Rocky. The DA (and the Judge) need to see that many people are supporting this and they can't ignore what happened to Rocky. The DA already views this as unimportant. We know that they are going to want to make this case "go away".
The good news is that Armando could get a year in jail for this charge, but we all know he won't. He can get probation, fines, community service, inability to own animals for a period of time. We need to have lots of people there so that the DA and Judge know that people are angry about what happened, and that this cannot go without significant punishment.
But I know we can impact the DA and Judge by being there or by writing David Chang and the District Attorney's office prior to the court date of 4/17/08. If you cannot attend, please write to:
David Chang
District Attorney's Office-Co. of Los Angeles
7500 East Imperial Highway, Rm 324
Downey, CA 90242
Chang's number is 562-803-7114.
and send a copy to:
District Attorney's Office
County of Los Angeles
210 West Temple Street, Suite 18000
Los Angeles, CA 90012-3210
Please reference the case #8DY02231.
Let's make it right for Rocky and all other animals being abused, killed and neglected. Rocky's killer needs to be punished. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you
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