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Dogfighting — or even attending a dogfight — and killing an animal are felonies. But because suspects charged with animal abuse are usually arrested for additional crimes — gang activity, gun possession, drug dealing — the dog mistreatment often becomes an afterthought for prosecutors, said Cynthia Bathurst, executive director and co-founder of Safe Humane.
By , Chicago Animal Care and Control was holding dogs associated with pending court cases. The dogs averaged days in kennels without ever seeing the outdoors. When volunteers at the center watched a dog named Francis, a German shepherd mix, sit in a kennel for more than a year before the court granted the city ownership, he became the cautionary tale of dogs forgotten by the court system. Handlers watched the once-sweet and gentle dog evolve into what they call "cage crazy" from lack of socialization, exercise and enrichment.
By the time Francis was finally released from his status as evidence, he was so dangerous he had to be euthanized almost immediately, Bathurst said. Court advocates — who also are part of the city's community policing program — show up wearing badges in courtrooms in Chicago, Cook County suburbs and occasionally in the collar counties.
Armed with file folders of easy-to-follow outlines, the court advocates educate assistant state's attorneys of the motions and petitions available that would allow evidence dogs to continue getting walks, participate in training programs or be allowed to be put up for adoption as soon as possible. Once the dogs are brought to Chicago Animal Care and Control, Safe Humane volunteers assess the animals to determine if they are safe enough for the program.
About 70 percent of the dogs have the blocky heads, toothy smiles and beefy bodies associated with pit bulls. The other 30 percent are shepherd mixes, husky mixes and other breeds, Bathurst said.
Safe Humane works under the philosophy that all dogs must be evaluated individually — and not judged by their appearance or breed reputation. Advocates also contend that dogs exposed to violence or abuse are capable of overcoming their past with proper training.
The dogs are evaluated by trained handlers, who take note of how the animals guard toys, seek or avoid people's attention and protect their thresholds, among other criteria. They are then observed in interactions with other dogs — both one-on-one and in group play settings — to see how they get along.
The answer is yes. Is every dog like that? Something special and wonderful about the Chicago Court Case dogs is that once they are accepted into the program, the dogs receive free behavioral support for their life wherever they may go.
Bathurst explained that the dogs form the heart of the program at Chicago Animal Care and Control and outside in the community. Safe Humane Chicago is a community group that focuses on dogs by getting volunteers to work with the dogs. They work with kids in youth centers, and incarcerated people who work in the shelter give up their breaks to work with the dogs. The dogs become ambassadors in the community. We can exercise dogs.
We work with at-risk youth, veterans who have PTSD, youth leaders who talk about being safe. Seventeen police department officers including a SWAT officer, animal crimes officers, a beat officer, and others who work in gang investigations are being honored. One of the cases involved domestic violence and the aggravated torture of a cat, and others involved dog fighting.
One special case dealt with Robert, a veteran who volunteered with the Safe Humane program VALOR veterans advancing lives of rescues , and had adopted Apollo, a court case dog. Apollo was his emotional support dog. Robert had received an award from Safe Humane Chicago. When he was murdered, the responding officers saw the award and called Bathurst — who immediately was able to take Apollo.
The police pursued that case and finally apprehended the murderer in Minnesota. We are not going to forget what they did for Robert.
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