Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Why Dog Fighters(Also Animal Abusers) Love, Or Should Love, Animal Organizations

A long time ago it made sense to have humane investigators respond to animal cruelty complaints. It made sense for humane investigators to even have police powers. It was the time when horses were the most common mode of transportation, and people relied upon animals, not machines, for a variety of tasks. If someone mistreated their horse, a humane investigator could investigate without concern that the possible abuser would hide the horse or relocate the animal elsewhere. It is not easy to hide a horse or cow, especially when the animals were used every day for transportation and other tasks. Unlike today, in which many dog fighters and animal abusers hide their dogs and other animals in basements and other hidden places. Something that made sense over a hundred years ago and that lost its relevancy a long long time ago should not be what is in play today. But sadly it is. Every day all over the United states, people fight dogs and abuse animals in all kinds of ways. Public law enforcement is present almost every where across the country,24 hours a day. A cop may respond to a domestic crisis, and see chewed up pit bulls inside of a house, or an emaciated dog or other evidence of abuse or dog fighting. Few cops do anything when they see these things, because it has become accepted practice that animal abuse and dog fighting are not the domain of the police, with very few exceptions(like token teams of police assigned to investigate animal cruelty and dog fighting, which is utterly ridiculous, because these crimes occur anywhere, any time, and it is impossible for token forces, including humane investigators from an animal organization that are given police powers, to respond to over 99.999 per cent of the animal abuse and dog fighting that exists out there. Token forces only give the police an excuse to continue to do nothing). A number of animal organizations are eager to fill the vacuum, pretending to investigate animal cruelty, when in fact all they are doing is allowing virtually every animal abuser out there to never get caught. Imagine if only mothers from an anti drunk driving organization responded to drunk driving, not the police. That means that hardly any drunk driver would ever get caught, because even if these mothers were given police powers, they are incapable of responding to or being present to stop virtually all the drunk driving that occurs. The same reasons that we do not have bicycle theft police, anti drunk driving police, anti domestic violence police(public law enforcement responds to domestic violence and the aforementioned crimes) are the very reasons there should not be animal police or humane investigators from animal organizations. Violent crimes like dog fighting and animal abuse requires the same kind of response as any other crime that is common occurring,especially a violent crime, and that takes place any time, anywhere. Imagine if only bicycle police responded to bicycle theft, not the general police. There would be an explosion in bicycle thefts, because bike thieves would know that their chance of getting caught would be reduced to near zero. A number of animal organizations are unwilling to stop their ineffective, even harmful animal cruelty investigations, most likely because of the huge sums of money they take in by deceiving the public into believing they actually are doing something about animal cruelty. Many are the times dog fighters and animal abusers move their animals elsewhere after getting paid a visit by a humane investigator, who often show up in a vehicle as indiscreet as themselves. Dog fighters have said that dog fighting is the near perfect crime, because almost all the police ignore the crime, and that even if an animal organizations pays a visit, it is nothing but a heads up moment and opportunity to move the animals elsewhere. The people that benefit from the status qua may point out a dog fighting arrest here or there, or an animal abuse arrest, and insist therefore that their organization is right and all is well. But the status qua only assures that dog fighters can continue fighting dogs and virtually never fear getting arrested. It also assures that hardly any animal abuser ever gets arrested despite the incredible frequency by which this crime occurs. Imagine if less than 1000 people were arrested in any given year all across the United states for drunk driving. That would be a pretty appalling figure, considering how widespread is drunk driving. That appalling figure is the reality for dog fighting. and the number of animal abuse arrests is equally dismal, considering that the crime occurs in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, and that less than even one per cent of animal abusers will ever get arrested. A dog fighters chance of getting arrested? He or she will have a better chance of getting struck by lightning first. Animal organizations should immediately stop any and all animal cruelty investigations. Instead, they should be strong advocates to ensure that public law enforcement finally responds to these crimes appropriately and everywhere, not with ineffective token forces, but by the public law enforcement that is on duty all over the country 24 hours a day. A number of animal organizations may pay lip service to the concept that police need to respond. But they are unwilling to rock boats and be true advocates for the animals they pretend to care about. When an animal organization gets the public to believe they are actually doing something about dog fighting and animal cruelty, the cash cow from contributions can be enormous. Unfortunately, animals lack true advocates. Instead, their exploiters are many. The voiceless truly have no voice, the defenseless no defense.

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