UPDATE! NC dogfighting bust: All pitbulls (pups, too) were destroyed

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Update to my earlier post: All the bullies, including the puppies, were put down.

 

I personally hold no one responsible for the dogs' death except the perpetrator and well-known dogfighter, Ed Faron. The unfairness of it all? He gets to live.

 

If folks want change, then those in NC can work toward asking their legislators for a model dangerous dog law instead of the one they currently have on the books.

 

Pit Bulls Destroyed

 

http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/feb/17/pit-bulls-destroyed/

 

By Monte Mitchell | Journal Reporter Published: February 17, 2009

WILKESBORO - Wilkes County Animal Control destroyed 146 pit bulls yesterday, following an order issued Monday by Superior Court Judge Ed Wilson Jr. The dogs were associated with Wildside Kennels, whose owner, Ed Faron, 61, was convicted last week of 14 felony counts of dog fighting.

Authorities seized 127 of the dogs in a raid on Faron's property on Dec. 10, 2008. The rest of the dogs have been born since the raid. The county had acknowledged that some litters had been born, but yesterday was the first time the county released the actual number of dogs involved.

According to the judge's ruling, state law defines dogs as dangerous if they are involved in a dog fighting operation and a county ordinance requires that dangerous dogs be destroyed. Authorities said that Faron bred and sold fighting dogs.

The raid was the result of a 3-year investigation by The Humane Society of the U.S., in cooperation with Wilkes County Animal Control and the Wilkes County Sheriff's Office. Representatives of The Humane Society told the judge that the dogs should be destroyed, because they had been bred for generations to be aggressive.

A number of animal rescue groups had offered to place the dogs, but none of their representatives were at Monday's hearing when the judge was considering what should happen to the dogs.

 

Wilkes begins to put down pitbulls seized from breeder

http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/feb/17/wilkes-begins-put-down-pitbulls-seized-breeder/

 

By Monte Mitchell | Journal Reporter Published: February 17, 2009

WILKESBOROWilkes County Animal Control began this morning to euthanize more than 127 pit bulls associated with Wildside Kennels, an operation that bred fighting dogs, according to county officials. The county was carrying out a judge's order from Monday.The dogs were seized Dec. 10, 2008, in a raid on the kennel and had been held as evidence in a case against kennel owner Ed Faron and two associates. Faron was sentenced last Thursday to 8 to 10 months in prison for 14 felony counts of dog fighting. The last of the three defendants was sentenced Monday and the dogs were ordered destroyed.According to the judge's ruling, state law defines dogs as dangerous if they are involved in a dog fighting operation and a county ordinance requires that dangerous dogs be destroyed.The dogs should all be euthanized by the end of today, county officials said. The exact number of dogs is still unclear because several litters of puppies had been born

since the raid.The raid was the result of a 3-year investigation by The Humane Society of the U.S., in cooperation with Wilkes County Animal Control and the Wilkes County Sheriff's Office.----------

Deedee <d2or3NC dogfighting bust: All pitbulls (incl. pups??) ordered to be euthedMonday, February 16, 2009, 6:22 PM

 

 

 

 

 

How very sad. Not only will all the pitbulls die (I think all puppies, too, but I'm not sure), but also only one of three perps got jail time. Not fair at all.

 

Here was Best Friends' plea:

http://network.bestfriends.org/stopbsl/news/32163.html

 

"Seized dogs to be euthanized"

http://www.journalpatriot.com/fullstory.asp?id=1111

 

Superior Court Judge Ed Wilson ordered this morning that 127 pit bulldogs seized in a Dec. 10, 2008 raid in Wilkes County be euthanized. The dogs were seized at Wildside Kennels on Mertie Road near Millers Creek. The judge heard arguments from several individuals in Wilkes Superior Court, including representatives form the Humane Society of the United States and the prosecutor, that the dogs would pose a threat if adopted into families. Members of several animal advocacy groups, as well as individuals, had asked to be allowed to adopt the dogs. The ownership of the dogs was awarded to the county when the owner of Wildside Kennels, Ed Faron, 61, of Mertie Road failed to pay the county for the care of the animals. Faron was sentenced to 8 to 10 months in prison last week after pleading guilty to 14 counts of felony dog fighting.­ Donni Juan Casanova, 18, was given a

suspended sentence of six to eight months after entering a guilty plea of to one count of felony dog fighting. Casanova is the adopted son of Faron. The third defendant in the case, Amanda Grace Lunsford, 25, was sentenced this morning to 45 days, suspended for 24 months of supervised probation. She entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanor count of cruelty to animals.