For those of you who’ve seen the cruelty inflicted upon “Zelda” (the poor Sacramento dog drowned in the American River tied to bowling ball) and who may or may not already be aware of the MASSIVE “Passive Cruelty” (i.e. ‘cruelty by omission’) of shelters all across the country – see http://standupfordogs.tumblr.com/post/131903018891/massive-passive-cruelty-by-municipal-animal ), PLEASE READ, SIGN AND BROADLY SHARE the following petition that describes extremely abusive and cruel actions by Los Angeles County and also Los Angeles City animal control personnel. We’re urging SUFD’s supporters all over the U.S. and 60-plus countries abroad to vigorously support this petition: https://www.change.org/p/jlacey-da-lacounty-gov-tell-prosecutors-to-prosecute-animal-control-employees-for-animal-cruelty-and-neglect The above petition was initiated by Maria Tauscher, a Los Angeles-based attorney who practices animal law and who maintains that animal control personnel should be held to a higher standard, and not protected from prosecution within their city and county animal control agencies. THANKS EVERYONE…THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT ANTI-CRUELTY PETITION! (Please also know that our new participative National Shelter Reform web portal is rapidly nearing completion with the help of our shelter reform partner, ‘All About the Animals’. We’ll keep you closely posted.) Stand Up for Dogs www.standupfordogs.com https://www.facebook.com/standupfordogs Please follow our blogs at: www.standupfordogs.tumblr.com Contact: sufd_info@yahoo.com