Dog Breeder Sentenced To 11 Years For Animal Cruelty
A New Mexico dog breeder has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after being charged with 111 counts of animal cruelty.
Mike Kassabji was convicted of caging 21 dogs without adequate water or food. Officers also said the animals were covered in their own urine and feces.
The judge gave Kassabji a 21-year prison sentence, but suspended ten years of the sentence. Kassabji must also pay a $1,000 fine.
He previously had been convicted to 90 days in jail for animal neglect charges after 13 dogs were seized from him.
The governor of Texas also wants Kassabji to be extradited to Texas to face animal cruelty charges there.
Source: KOB.com
October 15th, 2007 at 11:09 am
I hope this guy gets what’s coming to him. Sounds like the “system” is working in this case. (Don’t understand the small fine, but like the prison time.) Hope the poor animals were able to be saved. What a dreadful excuse for a human being.
October 15th, 2007 at 11:10 am
Good, but could be out in 5 1/2 years. Lets what Texas does to him. Now that’s how to protect animals.
October 15th, 2007 at 11:57 am
Yeah, especially proud to be a New Mexican today!
Apparently the dogs went to the ASPCA in Amarillo where they went up for adoption.
http://www.abqjournal.com/news.....-08-06.htm
October 15th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
I wish when someone was convicted on such charges he/she would never be allowed to own animals again.
October 15th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Thank God there are judges out there who KNOW what to do and have the intregity to do it! What a scumbag this guy is.
October 15th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Protecting small-scale food projects from the ground up:
http://www.commondreams.org/ar.....0/15/4550/ brief excerpt:
Stories such as these have been repeated hundreds of times across the United States. In each case, they have required committed citizens, knowledgeable non-profit organizations and - first and foremost - funding from the USDA’s Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Programs.
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First authorized by Congress in the 1996 Farm Bill, this program has provided grants to help cities, towns and rural counties to do something simple and uniquely American: develop their own solutions to local food, nutrition and agricultural problems.
But there’s a problem: In its rush to pass a new and exceedingly complex farm bill, the House did not provide any funding for the community food projects, which receives a mere $5 million annually. Should the program also be neglected by the Senate, which is working on its version of the farm bill, it would mean the end of a program that is based on an up-by-the-bootstraps approach to community problem-solving.
October 15th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
What does the last post about the farm bill have to do with this? Did I miss something here?
October 15th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
Hope the conviction and sentence convinces other bad breeders find another way to make a ‘living.’
October 15th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Oh, good! Extradite him to the State of Texas and let them have a field day with this worthless excuse for a human. Maybe then he’ll spend the rest of his life in jail.
October 16th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Q: What does the last post about the farm bill have to do with this? Did I miss something here?
A: Not sure where to put it. Take what you like and leave the rest.
March 20th, 2008 at 6:43 am
I’ve just recently read that the legislation in UK on the issue is improving and real punishment would be possible in similar cases unlike the slap on the wrist that the courts used to give dog breeder there.
go here for more details.
http://www.sosanimalslaunge.co.....rs-30.html