His is not the only one to be decided on that date. The other case involves Cain (pictured), a grey and white pit bull belonging to a homeless person now in jail. Friends collected the $500 bond required by MCAS to permit the appeal to move forward on Cain’s behalf. Since February 09, 2016, now 531 days at a cost of $7965, Cain has been held in conditions of isolation and deprivation similar to those experienced by Chucky, again despite available alternative solutions. His impoundment and MCAS’s demand for owner surrender followed a February 09, 2016 incident when Cain got loose from temporary housing, that proved inadequate and bit someone. Cain’s circumstances are not of his making. He did not choose this. All that was and is needed was a good fence, or an alternate foster home something that could have been provided at a far smaller cost. But he is paying the price imposed by MCAS on poverty and homelessness. Those who have known him report that he is a loving dog left behind in circumstances he did not create. Some of the notes of his incarceration follow. They reflect the effects of incarceration but also document his overwhelming need for company and his efforts to solicit it in the rare times someone enters the security area. October 24, 2016 “ gave Cain a sponge bath as he was very smelly and dirty ( he has been spreading his feces all over the walls outside- he enjoy it…” February 09, 2017 “ Cain’s nose and muzzle has increasingly become dark pink to red…On the top of his nose it appears there is a small piece of skin missing. I visit him daily….” Veterinary note, March 01,2017 “ when I entered the security kennel and was looking at a different dog, Cain barked a lot and pawed at the door of the kennel. But when I sat in front of his kennel and gave him treats, , he settled down , stopped barking and pawing, and took treats readily…” Veterinary note, July 5, 2017 “ Calm in kennel stands at front wagging his tail.” (Cain is being treated for anxiety with trazodone, 300 mg twice a day) There are 2 systems of justice at MCAS: one for the well off and the other for the poor and minorities. Vulnerable populations simply cannot afford the fines imposed by MCASor build the secure concrete based kennel often required of even the homeless. Instead of helping find resources to prevent incidents, MCAS leverages these fines, often hundreds of dollars accompanied by unachievable requirements if one is poor, to extort surrender and ultimately death. It teaches the poor a “lesson”. It isn’t about solutions preventing recurrence. It is about retribution. Animals become the sacrifice.