Even if you don't live in the area, please read.

If you have not heard, a poor little female Tabby cat was beaten by ACT Jason Avery while cleaning out the cat room on the grave yard shift at the South Central Animal Shelter on October 24th, 2003. The beating with the wooden shaft of a broom was witnessed by three other ACT's. After being struck hard on the skull twice, the little cat collapsed and began bleeding out of her nose and mouth. Avery allegedly stated "That's the way I like to do it" after he beat her. Two out of the three ACT's who witnessed the beating, Mike Sandoval and Roger Pantoja, agreed to never allow this "incident to leave this room" and then the poor bleeding cat was shoved back into the cage to hide what had occurred.

The third ACT wrote a detailed report and spoke with Kennel Supervisor Sheryl Perez the very next day. There were some threats regarding his job as well as his car allegedly being vandalized because he came forward. He was eventually transferred to East Valley Shelter.

Commander Dave Diliberto was apparently told about the incident the next day (even though he is now trying to make people believe he only recently found out about it). Nothing was done for seven weeks, that is until the Stand Foundation brought it to the commission (see testimony by clicking on NEWS at www.firegreenwalt.com ). Since the commission is unfortunately part of the problem, NOT part of the solution and the fact that if we leave this up to the LAAS under Greenwalt, justice will NEVER prevail, we MUST do our part to make sure justice is done.

As it stands right now, Jason Avery was put on FULL PAID "administrative leave" only after the crime was made public at the commission meeting (gee, maybe he'll go on vacation while getting his full pay), and the two witnesses who never came forward and allowed the cat to linger in agony inside her cage, are still working at South Central with full pay . If this is indicative of the other in house investigations, Avery will most likely be getting FULL PAY to sit at home and watch TV and possibly abuse other animals in his neighborhood for quite some time. Perez and Diliberto who were told verbally and in writing about this horrific incident well over two months ago. . . . well, you know the story; the "scum" did nothing.

PLEASE WE BEG OF YOU. . . .
IF YOU DO NOTHING ELSE FOR THE ANIMALS THIS ENTIRE MONTH, PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING ON BEHALF OF OUR " LITTLE TABBY" WHO WAS LEFT ALONE TO SLOWLY DIE IN SLOW AGONY IN HER CAGE AFTER BEING BEATEN. CALL, FAX AND E-MAIL THE FOLLOWING AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE, DAY AND NIGHT , IN ORDER FOR THEM TO KNOW THAT WE DEMAND JUSTICE TO BE DONE. (We have two sample letters below for you to use if you'd like.) The most important thing is that you continuously contact the individuals below until charges are brought against ALL the individuals responsible for the death and cover up of this crime.

PHONE - FAX - EMAIL - WRITE - PROTEST!

District Attorney Steve Cooley
Office Phone(213) 974-3512
Office Fax (213) 974-1484
E-mail lada@co.la.ca.us

Chief Of Police William J. Bratton
Office Phone 213-485-3202
Office Fax213.847.0676 - fax
E-mail brattonw@lapd.lacity.org

Mayor Hahn
Office Phone (213) 978-0600
Office Fax (213) 978-0657
E-mail mayorhahn@mayor.lacity.org or jhahn@mayor.lacity.org

Action Alert quote "It is vital, absolutely vital, as history bears out, that you can't have
all politeness and patience, all potlucks and epistles. Some people will
never budge unless pushed to budge. That was true with slavery, with women's
suffrage, you name it."-Ingrid Newkirk

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