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Date Posted: Saturday, June 14, 10:15:11am
Author: Nancy
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Please read and write!!!!

PLEASE DON'T LET THIS MAN GET AWAY WITH WHAT HE DID TO THIS DOG. YOUR LETTER CAN
COUNT A LOT !!!!

From: chad

Greetings. We hope that this e-lert finds you and yours well. James Curtis
Sanders obviously didn't read the recent story about George Jaworowsky, and
what he faces after dragging his two pit bulls in Palm Harbor, Florida. Mr.
Sanders took it upon himself to punish, for some unknown reason, a 7 month
old vizsla named Ruby. He too thought it appropriate to drag a dog down the
street using his car. The full story follows the signature below.

Mr. Sanders needs to realize that cruelty and violence are not appropriate
in this, or any other situation, and that it won't be tolerated. Please help
enlighten him by urging for his prosecution and requesting a stiff sentence.

WHAT YOU CAN DO.

Please write a letter to the State Attorney's office that will be
prosecuting this case (Case Number 03-02311). A judge has not yet been
assigned.

State Attorney Bernie McCabe
P.O. Box 5028
Clearwater, FL 33758
(727) 464-6221

VOCAL is requesting that:
**Mr. Sanders be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and sentenced
accordingly;
**Mr. Sanders undergo a psychiatric evaluation;
**Any animals currently in Mr. Sanders care be checked by a qualified vet
for any abuse, and if any abuse is found, that he be charged for that as
well;
**The automobile Mr. Sanders used should be seized as having been used in
the commission of a felony;
**Mr. Sanders complete a course or class in anger management.
Letters to The St. Petersburg Times (who ran the original story) can be
addressed to letters@sptimes.com.

This alert will be posted to our website at
www.forthevoiceless.org/james_sanders.html

Thank you once again for everything you've done for the animals today.

Regards,

Chad Brown
Co-Founder, VOCAL
Voice Of Compassion for Animal Life, Inc.
P.O. Box 15532
Tampa, FL 33614
www.forthevoiceless.org

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http://www.sptimes.com/2003/06/07/Pasco/Pup_hurt_after_haul_b.shtml

Pup hurt after haul behind Chevy
By JAMIE JONES, Times Staff Writer
� St. Petersburg Times
published June 7, 2003

HUDSON - Ruby is gentle, friendly, unabashed in soliciting pats and
affection, quietly whimpering if no one will take her outside to play.
Ruby likely was pleased on Thursday afternoon when a man walked over to her
family's yard on Cornell Court. Ruby was outside alone, chained to a rock,
as her family ate pork chops inside.
The puppy's owners did not hear their neighbor pick up Ruby's chain and lead
her across the street. They did not hear Ruby bark. They believe she
probably followed along eagerly, wagging her tail.
Sheriff's deputies said James Curtis Sanders, 49, of 12614 Cornell Court,
hooked Ruby's chain to his 1982 Chevrolet Chevette and then dragged Ruby
through the neighborhood until two teenagers jumped in front of his car and
ordered Sanders to stop.
The teens took Ruby home, her paws bloody, and contacted the puppy's owner
after looking at her tag.
"I don't know how you could do it," Ruby's owner, Christopher Nelson, said
on Friday. "There's no excuse."
According to neighbors and sheriff's deputies, here's what happened:
Sonya Berry, who also lives on Cornell Court, was outside watching her five
baby kittens wobble through the yard when she saw Sanders crouch down in his
driveway with Ruby, a 7-month-old red vizsla.
Berry thought nothing of it until she saw Sanders attach Ruby's chain to his
car.Sanders backed out of his driveway, almost ran over Ruby, then punched
his gas, Berry said.
"His car started zooming real fast, like he put his foot all the way down on
the pedal," she said. "The dog was running at top speed."
Around the corner, Berry's niece caught sight of Ruby and the Chevette. "She
said the dog was flying in the air, landing down and trying to run with the
car," Berry said.
Sanders continued driving, heading west on Country Club Road toward U.S. 19
at 5:20 p.m., an arrest report states.
Ruby had stopped running by the time 17-year-old A.J. Colwell caught sight
of her on Country Club Road. Colwell noticed that the dog's chain was
attached to the car, appearing to be shut in the driver's door.
As the Chevette neared, traveling about 30 mph, Colwell jumped in front of
it. He asked Sanders why he was dragging the dog.
"It's not my f------ dog," Sanders replied, according to the arrest
report.Colwell and his friends ordered Sanders to let the dog go, and he
did, the report states.
Ruby lay in the road for a moment and then rose on shaky paws, Colwell said.

She followed the teens home, leaving bloody footprints along the road.
When her owner got the telephone call, he raced over in his pickup
truck."She was happy to see me," Nelson said.
He lifted Ruby into his truck, took her home and called the Sheriff's
Office.
Sanders returned shortly after, walking inside his house with a six pack of
beer, Nelson said.
Deputies arrived and arrested Sanders on a felony charge of animal
cruelty.He remained in the Land O'Lakes jail Friday, held on $2,500 bond.On
Friday, Ruby sat on a couch in her family's living room, resting, wagging
her tail. She stayed home all day with Tommie and Elvis, the family cats.
Ruby got a puppy painkiller from the veterinarian, Nelson said. She lost
about 85 percent of the padding on her paws, but doctors think it will grow
back, Nelson said.
He said he hardly knows his neighbor and does not understand why he wanted
to hurt Ruby."She's like a kid," he said. "She's sweet-tempered. She doesn't
hurt anyone.It's like chaining a kid to a car and dragging them down the
road."Colwell, and other teens in the neighborhood, were glad to hear that
Rubywas doing fine."That's one tough little pup," Colwell said.

- Jamie Jones covers crime in Pasco County. She can be reached in west Pasco
at 869-6245 or toll-free at 1-800-333-7505, ext. 6245. Her e-mail address is
jjones@sptimes.com
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