ACTION NEEDED TODAY Puppies are scheduled to die

Colleges & Universities University of Georgia
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<p>Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Puppies are scheduled to die in Athens, Georgia</p>

<pre><code>The mother dog and babies that are pictured above were liberated in an ALF laboratory raid in January, 2006. In an Athens, Georgia laboratory run by the University of Georgia at Athens, mother dogs and their babies are not that lucky. Matter of fact, dogs are scheduled to be killed on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 unless we do something about it.

Here is what a whistle blower had to say in an e-mail we received late last night:

    URGENTLY NEEDING ALL OF YOUR HELP IN ATHENS, GA AS EARLY AS
    POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 16TH.  “PLEASE” CONTACT AS QUICKLY AS
    POSSIBLE ALL WHO CAN HELP US!

    Common practice of University of GA's College of Veterinary Medicine is to obtain "homeless" dogs off of the street for research.  Cruelly, day-old puppies are stripped, whining from their “searching” mothers to be destroyed despite student protest
    to raise, foster and adopt the un-needed puppies.  The mothers, puppies and students all emotionally suffer tremendously.  There are many better alternatives if only anyone cared and were
    “encouraged” by the public to do something about this terrible practice.

    Pregnant dogs should be avoided, female dogs should be closely examined upon arrival and responsible, educational raising of puppies should be implemented when "infrequent" litters cannot be
    avoided.  Current immoral & emotionally distressing practices should be avoided and better policies implemented.  At a time like now when major fund-raising is on-going for new facilities, bad
    press is the last thing that the college would like.  Your help could make all the difference for these puppies and innocent litters to come.

    Currently two litters are on the premises at the college with both set for extermination early Wednesday morning without the QUICK
    help of outside intervention.  We need help VERY BADLY as none of us can bear these barbaric practices anymore!  Unfortunately, everyone concerned cannot step forward due to repercussions.

    PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD FOR US AND HELP US IN ANYWAY POSSIBLE!  This
    inhumane practice needs to be stopped immediately!  Instead of all of the pain being caused to everyone involved, this could be an educational, bonding opportunity (when needed) instead of so many lives (both human and canine) being hurt in this way.

    PLEASE, PLEASE HELP US!  WE URGENTLY NEED YOU!

TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY

Call or e-mail the following immediately, asking that the puppies be sent to rescue and new policies adopted:

Sheila W. Allen, Dean
The College of Veterinary Medicine
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602-7371
Telephone: 706-542-3461
e-mail: sallen@vet.uga.edu at vet.uga.edu

The public relations officer for the Vet School:

Tracy Giese
The College of Veterinary Medicine
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602-7371
Telephone: 706-583-5485
e-mail: tgiese@uga.edu at uga.edu

You can find numerous additional contacts by visiting this page:

For more info contact Win Animal Rights at: centcom@war-online.org at war-online.org
Call: 646.267.9934 or visit the WAR website at: http://war-online.org
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<p>This is an urban legend, and an old one at that.</p>

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<p>UGA student accused of killing litter of puppies
ajc.com ^ | 10/02/07 | ANDREA JONES</p>

<p>Posted on 10/02/2007 9:33:15 AM PDT by rawhide</p>

<p>A University of Georgia student has been charged with seven felony counts of animal cruelty for allegedly beating a litter of puppies to death.</p>

<p>Athens police said Ashley Council, 20, violently killed the weeks-old puppies and left them in a box behind a convenience store earlier this month.</p>

<p>Council worked as a lab technician at UGA’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Police traced a shipping label on the box back to Council. Animal control officers also found a long pipe alongside the puppies’ beaten bodies.</p>

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<p>What does a UGA student worker arrested for allegedly beating puppies have to do with euthanizing dogs in a lab?</p>

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<p>Update I rec’d today -</p>

<p>This individual is still employed at the Vet School, although they are quick to point out that she does not work directly with animals (she just works in a place that is full of animals). Is it such a stretch to think that people who routinely kill healthy homeless animals would foster an atmosphere where animal cruelty was accepted or excused?</p>

<p>Right now, the order has been given to hold off on the killing of the pups until the immediate supervisor of the department gets back from a trip. A meeting will be held on THURSDAY to decide whether to kill the pups or allow them to be adopted. Our intelligence tells us that the supervisor will most likely advocate for killing the pups, which is standard practice and done routinely. Our hope lies with Dean Sheila Allen. It is our hope that she will make the moral and humane choice. Phone calls and e-mails of encouragement will hopefully help sway her in the right and ethical direction.</p>

<p>If the Vet School wishes us to believe that they have a long standing policy of adopting out puppies born at their facility, they need only make their written policies and adoption records available for public scrutiny. Thus far, Dean Allen has been unwilling to answer any of our questions.</p>