Abandoned Puppy Near Death Is Rescued & Sent To Prison The Reason Might Surprise You! Rescuers' DNA3/26/2017
Hope for dogs comes in many forms for this abandoned puppy near death. In this instance, a volunteer and the folks behind Animal Cops Detroit, the Michigan Humane Society. American Strays canine survey volunteer spotter Cathy Gray of Refurbished Pets of Southern Michigan (in prison canine rehabilitation program) discovers a terrified and visibly hurt young dog while counting strays in the field as a citizen scientist compiling meaningful stray dog data in the city of Detroit. Cathy calls for help from the Michigan Humane Society who dispatch Humane Officer Chris Oewerkerk to pick up the stricken pup. This is the story of Penny - the pup who went to prison. Subscribe to the official WA2S Films YouTube Channel for updates and new rescue videos: http://www.youtube.com/WA2Sorg WA2S Films is: Deanna Vollano & Tom McPhee shot on Sony and GoPro cameras c. 2011 - 2017 All Rights Reserved Hiring WA2S Films for Your Next Branded Shoot Supports the World Animal Awareness Society http://www.WA2S.org/WA2S-Films 818.561.5109 Los Angeles Narration courtesy of Vocal artist Mark Rider: http://ridervo.com Watch Dog Rescues Save Lives & Support Dog Rescuers!
Brother Rescues Dogs While Other Brother Fights Dogs & Goes To Jail! Ep #16 The Rescuers' DNA3/23/2017
Watch the moment Detroit Pit Crew's Terri Sumpter discovers gruesome remains of dog fighting in Detroit's Den of Death. Headline from the Detroit Free Press: Tipster turns out to be behind Detroit ‘house of horrors’ story: As the head of a dog rescue group, Theresa Sumpter is familiar with disturbing scenes. But in December, when she got a call to check a vacant house on Laing Street on Detroit’s east side, she was horrified by what she found. “The smell of blood just hit us in the face,” she said. In the basement, a dead dog was decomposing alongside nearly countless pieces of other dogs. There were legs, tails, paws, and other flesh, all strewn across the floor. Even the walls were covered with fresh blood. “Of course, I was in shock,” Sumpter said. “We investigate dogfighting, but this isn’t something that dogfighters usually do.” Half a year later, someone confessed to brutal crimes in the home. But the culprit was surprising: a boy, only 14 at the time of the discovery, who had alerted Sumpter to the home in the first place. At first, the teen denied he was involved. But on July 28, he was convicted of animal fighting, animal killing/torture, and abandoning/cruelty to two or three animals, said Maria Miller, a spokeswoman for the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office. He is serving time in a juvenile facility. The sentence is not exactly fixed — he will face a review hearing in November to determine whether his treatment should be modified, Miller said. But whenever the teen is released, he will need much more prolonged and serious help, Sumpter said. “This kid has been hurting many animals for God only knows how long,” she added. “The level of cruelty he’s capable of is incomprehensible, really.” The teen’s mother, who did not want to be identified, rejected how her son has been portrayed. She says her son has always been kind to animals and just got mixed up with the wrong crowd. “It’s turning our life upside-down,” she said of her son’s convictions. “He only showed compassion. He only showed love to (animals). He never showed no harm.” A positive meeting The teen, whose name is not being published because he is a minor, lives with his mother and five siblings. His father was murdered in a robbery in 2002, and his mother said she has been juggling temporary jobs until a recent leg surgery. To Sumpter, the head of Detroit Pit Crew, the teen was not exactly a stranger. She had seen him around the neighborhood quite frequently while she was picking up strays. She met him and his family when they had wanted to turn over a stray dog they had found nearby. The family has been especially helpful with reporting other dogs: they have called in at least 30 in the last year or so, Sumpter said. The teen even drove around with Sumpter in Detroit Pit Crew’s vehicle, because he wanted to volunteer in the effort to pick up dogs. She said it seemed like a positive thing to get him involved. But according to the teen’s 21-year-old neighbor, Jeremiah Moore, the teen was also known to fight dogs, an accusation later affirmed by court records. Moore said he used to think the teen was all right — but then when he heard about the dogfighting, he told his nephews to stop hanging out with him. The “house of horrors,” as Sumpter calls it, came in December. That was when the teen told her about the vacant property on Laing Street, because he knew it was a dogfighting house — but he wouldn’t say how he knew that. Then Sumpter discovered the carnage. The house in question sits near the corner of a grassy, tree-lined street on the city’s east side. Tim Johnson, 26, lives next door and was there when the police arrived. He remembers at least four cars showing up and that detectives asked residents whether they had heard anything strange. Johnson said he hadn’t, and was disturbed by what happened. “That was gross,” he said. “That was cruel. That’s not right at all. That’s sick.” Sumpter didn’t suspect the teen at first. But in the days and weeks afterward, she began to think he knew more than he was saying. One early sign was when a neighbor reported him for dogfighting. That neighbor flagged her down in her rescue car and told her about several kids fighting dogs, but didn’t know the teen was sitting out of eyesight in the van’s backseat. Subscribe to the official WA2S Films YouTube Channel for updates and new rescue videos: http://www.youtube.com/WA2Sorg WA2S Films is: Deanna Vollano & Tom McPhee shot on Sony cameras c. 2015 - 2017 All Rights Reserved Hiring WA2S Films for Your Next Branded Shoot Supports the World Animal Awareness Society http://www.WA2S.org/WA2S-Films 818.561.5109 Los Angeles Watch These Dog Rescue Videos & Support Dog Rescues!
Detroit's infamous - ruinous Packard Motor Car Plant - famous now for Raves and being the backdrop and present day visual icon - along with Detroit's Central Rail Station - for the city's ruin porn scene - is the setting for this contemporary tale of man saves dog and dog saves man. Bruce Giffin is a Detroit Kresge Arts grant recipient and dog lover. He's been taking students on expedition of Detroit's Packard Plant for years with his stray dogs. Alan Hill is the keeper of the Packard Plant and also an animal lover. This video is part of The Rescuers's DNA series - Episode #15 Produced by WA2S Films: http://www.wa2s.org/film--tv HIRE WA2S FILMS FOR YOUR NEXT BRANDED SHOOT AND HELP US HELP MORE DOGS! Subscribe to the official WA2S Films YouTube Channel for updates and new rescue videos: http://www.youtube.com/WA2Sorg c. 2011 - 2017 All Rights Reserved Hiring WA2S Films for Your Next Branded Shoot Supports the World Animal Awareness Society http://www.WA2S.org/WA2S-Films 818.561.5109 Los Angeles Watch Dog Rescues Save Lives & Support Dog Rescuers!
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