Wisconsin Needs Stricter Laws Protecting Animals
(In response to a February 29, 2008 post on the Appleton Post Crescent website on the connection between animal and human abuse)
I am still shocked that Wisconsin does not have a division of the ASPCA, nor any segments in the police departments there for animal abuse and rights.
A few years ago I checked into animal/humane law enforcement officers. I truly wanted to go into a career that would allow me to help in that area. But, Wisconsin has nothing. In fact, I even found many articles that mentioned many community PDs do/will not put much emphasis into shutting down puppy mills because they don’t have the manpower to dedicate a person (or persons) to cracking down on them. And, there are no true laws in place to do so, even if they did.
I was absolutely shocked. So much abuse. So much death. All unnecessary. And, all linked to domestic abuse, as well.
As a community, we need to speak up and get our officials to listen.
Julie
