Protesters heckle animal abusers

[scarlet_tunic]

CanWest News Service

Thursday, October 12, 2006

CALGARY - A trail of blood led police to two suspects who allegedly bound and dragged the family dog behind a vehicle in Didsbury, Alta., over the weekend.

The dog's injuries were so severe, a veterinarian called by the RCMP had to euthanize the dog on the spot.

''This was definitely, in my 10 years of policing, the most horrendous act I've seen against an animal,''said Cpl. Kevin Fischer of the RCMP in Didsbury, 90 kilometres north of Calgary.

A passerby found the female collie-lab cross lying in the middle of the street sometime early Sunday and called police.

Investigators said the dog's legs were bound together with duct tape and there was a tow rope around its neck. The dogwas severely bleeding from several parts of its body.

''Indications are the dog was dragged behind a vehicle,''Fischer said.

Police officers followed a trail of blood to a local home.

Charges have been laid against two teenagers.

Daniel Charles Haskett, 19, of Didsbury, has been charged with injuring/endangering an animal and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. He is also charged with obstructing police.

A 17-year-old male, whose identity is protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is charged with injuring/endangering an animal and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

Both young men are to appear in Didsbury provincial court on Nov. 6.

Calgary Herald

DIDSBURY -- Dozens of emotional animal-rights activists confronted a man accused in a deadly dog torture case and swarmed a van ferrying him away from provincial court yesterday.
When Daniel Charles Haskett slipped out a side door after a brief appearance inside, he was forced to walk a gauntlet of placard-carrying protesters, some from as far away as Calgary and Edmonton, holding dogs and chanting everything from "coward" to "loser."
Once he climbed into the back of a waiting van, Heather Hicks held her tiny dog in front of the windshield while dozens swarmed the van, forcing it to drive at a snail's pace through the crowd.
"Are you going to kill a dog like this?" Hicks taunted while others pounded on the van.
"You want to kill it?"
Nineteen-year-old Haskett and a 17-year-old male are charged after a Lab-border collie cross was found barely alive Oct. 8.
Daisy Duke had a broken neck, back and pelvis, a bag pulled over her head, a rope around her neck and all four legs bound.
A 100-metre trail of blood showed where the dog had been dragged behind a vehicle.
She was put to sleep at the scene, about 60 km north of Calgary. The case outraged activists demanding justice for Daisy and tougher laws to protect animals.
Outside court, some held a silent protest standing beside a dog bowl filled with heart-shaped dog biscuits and placards while some mutts wore T-shirts 'In Memory of Daisy Duke.'
A tiny mutt named Cube -- saved from an abuser whose attack led to him losing an eye -- was reason enough for Calgarian Melissa Coderre to join the fight for animal rights.
A man claiming to be Haskett's friends said he was there to support him, but not to defend what happened to Daisy Duke.
If convicted, the law allows for six months in jail and/or a $2,000 fine for an adult.
The cases were adjourned with Haskett set to return on Nov. 22 while his co-accused has a Dec. 7 court date.

Isn't that just the sickest crime you've heard of?

How can someone in their right mind willingly injure a poor defenceless dog?

I guess the only positive thing is that they caught them....hopefully someday, they'll both feel the same pain as the dog did! :mad:

[acreature]

Isn't that just the sickest crime you've heard of?

No, actually it's not. It's bad, but not the sickest.

[ChesCopPodz]

Agree with acreature. When they do stuff like that with an infant, THEN it's the sickest

[scarlet_tunic]

Agree with acreature. When they do stuff like that with an infant, THEN it's the sickest

Very true...I guess I should've put "...sickest thing I've heard of." I haven't read anything recently around here about the same type of crime with a baby (or similar).

[mxwelch]

For once I'm on the side of the animal rights people...

[ChesCopPodz]

Very true...I guess I should've put "...sickest thing I've heard of." I haven't read anything recently around here about the same type of crime with a baby (or similar).

We technically I've never seen anyone tow a baby behind their pickup truck. I have seen the aftermath of a man picking a 2 month old up by her leg, swiging her around his head a couple of times, then flinging her into a wall fracturing her skull. That probably is the worst I've heard of

[suzanne1020U.S.]

God will have the last say with these bast****! (Mods, forgive the language)
I hope they get serious jail time.

I love my little animals and of course the big ones too!
It's up to everyone to step up and make sure people who hurt them ----
NEVER get away with such aweful behavior.

Yep, cried on this thread too!!!!!!(Sad face)

[sbrad]

Mom charged with baby's microwave death
POSTED: 0458 GMT (1258 HKT), November 28, 2006

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- A mother was arrested on suspicion of killing her newborn daughter by microwaving the baby in an oven.

China Arnold, 26, was jailed Monday on a charge of aggravated murder, more than a year after she brought her dead month-old baby to a hospital. Bail was set Tuesday at $1 million.

"We have reason to believe, and we have some forensic evidence that is consistent with our belief, that a microwave oven was used in this death," said Ken Betz, director of the Montgomery County coroner's office.

He said the evidence included high-heat internal injuries and the absence of external burn marks on the baby, Paris Talley.

Arnold was arrested soon after the baby's death in August 2005, then was released while authorities investigated further. Betz said the case was difficult because "there is not a lot of scientific research and data on the effect of microwaves on human beings."

The death was ruled a homicide caused by hyperthermia, or high body temperature. The absence of external burns ruled out an open flame, scalding water or a heating pad as the cause, Betz said.

Arnold's lawyer, Jon Paul Rion, said his client had nothing to do with her child's death and was stunned when investigators told her that a microwave might have been involved. (Watch the mother weep during her court hearing Video)

"China -- as a mother and a person -- was horrified that such an act could occur," Rion said.

The night before the baby was taken to the hospital, Arnold and the child's father went out for a short time and left Paris with a baby sitter, Rion said. The mother didn't sense anything out of the ordinary until the next morning, when the child was found unconscious, Rion said.

Arnold has three other children.

In 2000, a Virginia woman was sentenced to five years in prison for killing her month-old son in a microwave oven. Elizabeth Renee Otte claimed she had no memory of cramming her son in the microwave and turning on the appliance in 1999.

Experts said that Otte suffered from epilepsy and that her seizures were followed by blackouts.

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THAT is the sickest thing I've ever heard of.

[freshgirl]

For once I'm on the side of the animal rights people...

I feel that they mislabeled the protesters. This is not an animal rights issue, but rather an animal welfare issue. Animal rights groups like PETA (who I adamantly oppose) usually don't think that animals should be domesticated or owned by people in any form. People promoting animal welfare would like to see animals treated humanely. I for example have worked to educate the public about taking proper care of their pets, but I still *own* my dogs and enjoy a good steak.

Although this would be worse if it happened to a child, there is a link between animal abuse and violent crimes. If these kids would do this to a dog, imagine what they could do to a person. Hopefully they don't just receive a slap on the wrist and this is looked upon as a serious offense.

[Valor55]

Too bad people don't get that worked up when a human being is killed.

[kirynn]

:mad: People that do that sort of thing to an animal or human, deserve to be heckled and far, far worse. The same thing should happen to them, so they know how it feels, but that would sink us to their sub-human level.

[Somebody]

Too bad people don't get that worked up when a human being is killed.

I'll second that, it was a horrible crime, but let's face it. If two guys did that to another person... let's even go as far as to make it a hate crime (racial or otherwise), you wouldn't see so many protestors. The world we live in.

[jmac_52]

I'll second that, it was a horrible crime, but let's face it. If two guys did that to another person... let's even go as far as to make it a hate crime (racial or otherwise), you wouldn't see so many protestors. The world we live in.

I seem to remember a similar crime that did involve a man being dragged down the road behind a pickup. I think it was in Newton County, TX, (about two years ago) but I may be wrong.
Sick folks!

[JustTheFacts]

Haskett & the 17-year-old should be bound and dragged behind a truck so they can experience first hand how cruel their actions were.

I don't think Arnold will fit in a microwave so they can just shoot her. :mad:

[Cris1102]

Isn't that just the sickest crime you've heard of?

Unfortunately, like others have posted, it's not the sickest crime I've ever heard of. However, it is, without a doubt, truly horrible. And those people deserve severe punishment.

But crimes against humans, especially, infants are far worse.

How can someone in their right mind willingly injure a poor defenceless dog?

No one normal can really answer that. All I can say is, their are some truly evil people in the world.

I prefer to say evil rather than sick. To me "sick" seems to take the blame off the person.