Dogs Shot By 'Trainer'

 

TAKE ACTION!   PETITION TARGET: State’s Attorney Maureen Platt Ten dogs were reportedly severely beaten, shot to death, then buried in pits at a dog “training” facility in Connecticut that’s reportedly run by a current police officer and a former cop, according to the Hartford Courant. David Rivera Jr. and Daniel Luna, who run Black Rock Canines, are accused of shooting dogs they deemed “useless”  and causing puppies to freeze to death by leaving the infant dogs out in harsh weather without heat, News12 reported. Witnesses also alleged severe abuse during “training” and provided authorities with pictures and videos of canines with blood dripping from their heads, whip marks, scars and burns, News12 reported, citing arrest warrants. An employee also accused Luna of catching and killing pigeons by tying their feet and wings, then throwing them in a pond to drown, according to the warrant. Authorities confiscated 31 dogs from the 36-acre facility in Naugatuck, where police also found dangerously stored explosives including TNT, the Courant reported. Police seized another cache of explosives from his Stratford home, prompting his suspension from the New Canaan Police Department. Severe animal cruelty like the acts described in this heartrending case are intolerable. Sign our petition urging the Waterbury state’s attorney to treat this case with the severity it deserves, including a lifelong ban on owning or training animals and any needed intervention services such as anger management or psychological counseling. SIGN: Justice for Dogs Shot in Head and Buried in Pits at Dog 'Training' Facility SIGN NOW TOP STORIES   Sweet Mama Cat and the Orphaned Kitten She Adopted Both Looking for Forever Homes Buffalo and Uvalde Mass Murderers Had Documented History of Animal Abuse  The shooters behind the recent mass tragedies in Buffalo and Uvalde had a reported history of abusing animals, new reports show — adding to growing research documenting that cruelty against animals should be taken seriously and also be considered a possible precursor to acts of violence against humans. The 18-year-old shooters  allegedly responsible for the abominable mass shootings, in which dozens of innocent children and adults were killed or injured, may have had histories of killing and abusing cats and possibly other animals, ABC News reported. Users of the social media platform Yubo told ABC News that Salvador Ramos, the alleged mass killer of children in Uvalde, Texas, who also reportedly shot his grandmother in the face before leaving the house, would live broadcast acts of animal cruelty and boast about them. Ramos would “put cats in plastic bags, suspend them inside, throw them at the ground and throw them at people’s houses,” one Yubo user told ABC News. The source added that Ramos “would display these videos while laughing and boasting about how him and his friends did it ‘all the time.'” Video also has surfaced of Ramos holding up a blood-soaked bag containing dead cats, according to the NY Post. Payton Gendron, who is accused of killing 10 Black people in a grocery store in Buffalo, allegedly posted online a document in which he described killing a cat, according to ABC News. Gendron alleged that his mother gave him a box to bury the cat he said he killed. We at LFT share the grief felt by so many people around the world that these shooting sprees caused, and our hearts go out to the victims of these tragic crimes and their families. People must take act every single act of cruelty against animals seriously. Doing so will not only send a strong message to animal abusers and prevent suffering for animals, but could also help prevent terrible crimes like these mass shootings in the future. PETITION UPDATE: A Happy Home for Horus, Dog Chained at Beach And Left To Drown Lady Freethinker will keep fighting to expose and stop animal suffering, but we can't do it without you. Please donate to support our lifesaving work. Donate Now Thank you for helping stop animal cruelty.

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