Recently people from Chicago went to Louisiana to rescue dogs and cats that were left homeless from the flooding. And of course this received free, positive publicity for some of the Chicago based animal organizations involved. Meanwhile, in the vast high crime neighborhoods of Chicago, where resources are poor, untold numbers of dogs and cats suffer greatly from unaddressed animal cruelty, from unaddressed dog fighting, or from harsh lives living on the streets.
Chicago has one of the lowest ratios in the United States of animal control officers to its population, ensuring countless strays will never be removed from the streets and that countless animals that are wounded and injured, whether by getting hit by cars, or from wounds inflicted by humans, or some other cause, will never be helped in a timely manner. Animals suffer greatly in Chicago, just as do many people, in the high crime, high violence gang infested neighborhoods that remain for many out of sight, out of mind.
Law enforcement continues to ignore dog fighting and animal cruelty, with very few exceptions. Token police forces are not only ineffective at best, but they allow law enforcement to continue to ignore these easy to enforce crimes. Animal organizations that claim to investigate animal cruelty are ineffective at best, and oftentimes harmful(which is addressed in another blog), in addiction to providing law enforcement an excuse to continue to do little to nothing. Advocacy for an effective, appropriate police response to animal cruelty and dog fighting continues to be completely absent.
There is a sad irony in Chicago based animal organizations continuing to ignore, with few if any exceptions, what takes place in Chicago while seeking maximum publicity in Louisiana.
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