No Dogs for Laporte

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You signed the petition, No Dogs for LaPorte! Sauvons Les Petits!, on Feb 13, 2008. The petition received 14666 signatures. The petition author, Daniella Slon, has now closed the petition and posted the results:

Message from the petition author, Daniella Slon:

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Thank you so much for signing the petition "No Dogs for LaPorte! Sauvons Les Petits!"
Good news! Today, May 6, 2008 - final judgement was given at the courthouse in St. Jerome.

To read or hear the French reports click here:
Petition Results
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Petition Results 2

Laporte got $1,000 for each count & 200 hours community service. Plus, three years probation during which he is not allowed to own a dog. After that, he will be monitored so that he will not start breeding again.

Best of All! The red collar dogs are safe. He will not get the dogs back & if he even tries to contact the foster families, he will be arrested.

ALL the media were there. Keep checking Canadian press for updates.

Thank you for your support - Merci Beaucoup! The petition really made a difference. Hopefully it will impact Canadian Law so that we see an end to cruelty and puppy mills.

Best,
Daniella Slon and Axel Wire Fox Terrier
editordan2002@yahoo.com

Signatures Today: 14,612
Goal: 15,000 signatures!

I received this email today.
I need not say anymore.
Please take a few moments to view...

Subject: [terriersofscotlandrescue] MONTREAL,CANADA: Wire-fox terriers returning to horrific breeder

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This is a dog that was rescued from this man- yes, this is a dog, look closely (BEWARE THAT THESE ARE UPSETTING IMAGES)

Friends-

I have a favor to ask...it will only take a minute. Some of you may remember in December 2006 I forwarded information about 101 wire fox terriers that had been rescued from deplorable conditions just outside Montreal, Canada. Some of those wires were put down because of the condition they were in. Jounalists responding to the story were vomitting at the scene- the house they came from was condemed and knocked down- that says a lot.

The person, Marc Andre LaPorte who was responsible for these dogs was recently tried by Canadian courts and found guilty of animal cruelty- he faces a slap on the hand with a mere $4000 fine and a few days in jail. As hidious as this is- the worse is that he has requested that 18 of those dogs be returned to him, On Feb. 22, 2008 (just a week away) he will be sentenced. At the same hearing, the judge is to decide if Laporte is to get any of his fox terriers back!

These dogs are learning to be real dogs- some of these dogs lost their eyes because they had never seen daylight and now they are learning to be part of families- learning to eat, learning to be touched and learning how to be loved. Now they may be taken from these wonderful new homes and placed back in the house of horrors they were rescued from. Imagine making these dogs go back- imagine being one of the families who have had to rehabilitate a dog only to have it taken from you to be put back to horror.

A remarkable friend of mine has spearheaded a writing campaign to the judge and a petition asking that no dogs be returned to this monster. The goal is 10,000 signatures- we still need just 286 signatures.

PLEASE TAKE JUST A MINUTE TO SIGN THIS PETITION and if you are so inclined, please pass this on to your friends and ask them to join us.

For the petition-

www.thepetitionsite.com

for the You Tube Video-

http://uk.youtube. com/watch? v=82ZaGwsixVI

For more info on the Blainville Wires-

www.spcamontreal.com:80/english/pages/whats_new/news.html

Can you imagine making this dog go BACK??

Thank you to you all.

"I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."

Stephan Grellet