Taking on Animal Cruelty » Fabian Henderson sentencing

Where You Been, What You Been Doing?

Cher — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:53:17 +0000

I know it has been a fair while since I wrote anything here but that’s not to say I haven’t had my thumb on the pulse of the animal welfare world. Quite the opposite actually. I’ve been out there getting my hands dirty trying to educate myself further in the world of animal advocacy. I’ve learned a lot, made contact with lots of good resources and like minded people and have some fairly concrete goals in mind for myself and how I will fit into the fight against animal cruelty.

Everyday I would encounter something or other that I thought I should probably write about here but then one thing came up and then another and before long I had too much to write about and no time to write it. Trying to keep tabs on my resources for articles was another issue because as each day goes by, the story grows colder and the trail to the resources does as well.

There are some stories that won’t grow cold for awhile. For instance, today I heard that the sentencing date for Fabian Henderson, the turd that threw Oreo off the 6 storey building and was ultimately responsible for her death will be December 15th. As far as I know, he will be sentenced in absentia since I haven’t heard that he has been arrested since he failed to appear at his court date December 1. With any luck they will arrest him soon and his day in court will be his very last day of freedom for a long, long time.

Then there is the story out of Toronto about the President and some of the Board of the Toronto Humane Society being arrested for animal cruelty and obstruction of justice. I’ll cover that story under it’s own heading. It’s pretty friggin’ scary though when those we trust to protect our 4 legged friends are those who abuse them instead.

I spend a lot of time on Facebook these days watching the hundreds of alerts for the rescue of dogs who are in imminent danger of being put down due mostly to overcrowding in our shelters. The frustration over not being able to save them all is almost show stopping. Sometimes I just have an urge to throw up my hands in surrender and crawl under my bed with my eyes and ears covered so I can no longer hear or see those poor dogs and cats being killed because nobody cared enough to prevent the litter, nobody cared enough to make sure that a life time commitment to an animal didn’t actually mean a temporary convenience, nobody cared enough to research the shelter they handed their family member over to in order to ensure that hours later, the family member they abandoned because of having to move or whatever stupid and completely unacceptable excuse they gave, is dead from gas, heartstick or just a plain old shot in the leg. Dead..just like that…within hours of being turned into the shelter. Not given even a chance at finding someone more worthwhile to share their lives with. The whole animal shelter system in North America sucks and it does everything BUT shelter, protect and provide for our companion animals. My faith in organizations like the HSUS, PETA and ASPCA is completely shot to hell. They only do what they do to keep donations high so that spas, ocean front condos and rented limousines can be added to the expense tab. I will no longer support any national or government sponsored shelter until major reform is carried out throughout the entire system.

Did you know that PETA kills over 90% of the animals they take in every year?

I have watched a video of how animals are gassed. I swear to you, as God is my witness, that to my own dying day, I will never forget the sound of those poor dying dogs. And the more heartbreaking sound of there suddenly being no sound. I cried for hours after watching that video, couldn’t sleep. It is simply awful and I am now determined to find a way to put an end to, first of all, gas chambers for use in killing animals in shelters, and secondly, put an end once and for all to kill shelters. I plan on starting locally at first and then taking it national once I get a good number of supporters.

Enough is enough of this senseless killing of companion animals. There are more then enough available adoptive homes to ensure a safe and loving environment for all homeless animals. The only reason they are killed on a daily basis is because bureaucrats and administrators don’t care enough to research and implement policy that works to end shelter kills and homeless animals. It can and has been done before and it can and will be done here. Or I will die trying.

I took my very first step in this direction by signing on to volunteer at a local rescue shelter here in Surrey to help with transporting their residents to the doctor’s office and to PetSmart where they are featured in adoption events. I feel sure this is the best way to get to know the rescue situation here in the Lower Mainland as well as establish some solid contacts for pushing through new policy on animal welfare locally.

I always told myself that my activities online on behalf of the animals was valuable and important but lately it has become less so. I need to get my hands dirty and dig into this cause in order to change the status quo.

Stay tuned…More later…

In peace

Cher

Where You Been, What You Been Doing? is a post from: Taking on Animal Cruelty

Hey Fabian! You Can Run but You Can’t Hide!

Cher — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:45:43 +0000

Fabian Henderson, the moron who threw Oreo off the 6 storey building last June and who is ultimately responsible for her death last month when the ASPCA decided she was too aggressive to warrant saving, failed to show up in court today for sentencing after having pled guilty to animal cruelty.

It’s not the least bit surprising that this cowardly little man who could harm a beautiful creature like Oreo would be too scared to show up in court and take his licks like a real man. And it’s not necessarily bad news that he didn’t show up for sentencing. Failure to appear is a very serious offense and I daresay, taken much more seriously by the courts then the original offense in this case. A warrant has been issued for his arrest and when they find him, and they will find him because he’s too stupid to hide himself well enough, he will definitely be thrown in jail for what could be 4 years or more.

It’s not enough, in my opinion, as I believe this “boy” is a sociopath with definite anger issues and small penis paranoia. He will hurt or murder again as soon as he encounters somebody he believes is weaker then himself and cannot fight back. So 4 years in jail PLUS a lifetime ban from being around animals or children PLUS a long time in therapy under the supervision of the courts is the only way to prevent this loser from hurting again.

Wanted: Dead or Alive – Fabian Henderson 19 years old. Probably in the Brooklyn area hiding out where the rats hang out. Wanted for murder in the case of 1 year old Oreo (pictured below).

Full report here.

Hey Fabian! You Can Run but You Can’t Hide! is a post from: Taking on Animal Cruelty

Oreo: Call to Action

Cher — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:23:31 +0000

On December 1, 2009, Fabian Henderson, the creep (nicest name I could come up with barring the use of profanity) who threw Oreo off the 6 storey building last summer appears in court for sentencing. He has pled guilty to an E Felony Aggravated Cruelty to Animals.

I read the other day that the best guess for sentencing would probably be 5 years probation and a 5 year ban on owning animals. Is this enough for what he did? I think not!

Advocates, I implore you to type your letters and/or make the telephone calls to the contacts I’ve listed below to encourage both the judge and the district attorney in this case to pursue the most severe sentencing provided for under this charge. (I will work on getting fax numbers/emails and update this post if I can find them. If anybody comes up with them before I do, please be kind and add them to the comments section?)

We all know that Oreo was beaten more then once in her life and that in all probability, she probably didn’t go a day without being smacked or kicked or abused in some way. This asshole (sorry I just can’t help myself) needs to pay for what he did to this beautiful creature who never hurt a soul and whose life on this planet was so short and so ugly.

Please band together with me and let’s make sure justice is swift and harsh for this criminal. Nothing less then significant jail time and a lifetime ban on owning or being responsible for animals is the least that we expect.

Here then is the list of contact information:

Case# – 06995-2009,

Judge:
Honorable Cassandra M. Mullen
Kings County Supreme Court
320 Jay Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(347) 296-1436

District Attorney:
Donald J. Berk
350 Jay Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201-2900
(718) 250-2000

Until next time…

Oreo: Call to Action is a post from: Taking on Animal Cruelty