URGENT:Congo on death row for protecting family! Pls call/write!

March 31, 2008

Congos hearing is Fri/need letters /emails /phone calls & please spread... Congo is in DANGER...... ......... .....AGAIN. ......... ......... Please help -----Inline Message Follows----- Do you remember Congo, the German Shepherd who is on death row in New Jersey? Well, his appeal case is going to be heard on April 4, 2008! This can decide if he lives or if he dies!!!!Judge Mitchel E. Ostrer will be hearing the arguments from both sides on Friday April 4th. Address is

below. How to help:Please write Judge Mitchel Ostrer, polite and professional, letters of support for Congo. MITCHEL E. OSTRER- his direct phone number - 609-571-4188Mercer County Courthouse209 South Broad & Market StreetsPO Box 8068Trenton, NJ 08650 Mention in your letter or phone call that he needs to take into consideration that the laws are old and they don't take in to consideration how the dog perceived the threat. Also, there is no case law out there in NJ that has interpreted the statutes. This is the first one. Another point to use is that the last case of a dog attack was back in 1994 and the Governor then, Christine Whitman, had pardoned the Akita and he was exiled from the State. This is a last

resort option so we can keep him alive. Monday (tomorrow!!) will be the last day to sign Congo's petition. If you haven't already signed, please do so- there are only 170 signatures on the petition to save Congo's life! http://www.petition online.com/ gcd01/petition. html Also, please consider sending the judge an email in care of his Team Leader, Michael Stellwag. We don't have Judge Ostrer's email so we can send our note to Mr. Stellwag and ask him to forward the email to the judge or print it and give to Judge Ostrer- our notes should be polite and respectful, after all, this is the judge that will be deciding Congo's fate. michael.stellwag@ judiciary. state.nj. us Also, please contact Governor Jon Corzine at 609-292-6000 and ask the governor to pardon Congo. You can also email him at: http://www.state. nj.us/governor/ govmail.html and where is says- Select a Topic choose- "Law and Public Safety" and select a Sub-topic, choose- "Pardons and Clemency" and fill in your information to send a note to him.

You don't have to live in New Jersey to call or email our governor. Just to refresh everyone's memory about this outrageous case- Congo is on death row for attacking a landscaper who was told to stay off of the property until the owner could come down and put the dogs away. The landscaper(s) ignored the instructions, entered the property and Congo started barking. The landscaper hit Congo AND his puppies with a rake and then grabbed one of Congo's owners, Elizabeth James, using her as a shield - Congo then bit the landscaper several times- Congo was protecting his family!!!. Congo was sentenced to DEATH (he received an unfair trial that's for sure) and when the public heard about this story and made a lot of noise, Congo's case was heard by a second judge who granted a stay of execution until Congo' date with the NJ Supreme Court. Everyone, please help Congo by

contacting the governor! Also, please feel free to email Congo's family atsavecongo (AT) aol (DOT) com and tell Guy and Elizabeth James that you haven't forgotten about Congo http://pets.Fortheanimals7/join