Target Gail P. Hardy, State’s Attorney for Hartford County, Connecticut
Goal: Applaud the pursuit of justice for slain calf.
The macabre case of a young calf allegedly slaughtered in a public parking lot drew swift condemnation, including the calls for justice voiced in this ForceChange petition. These calls were answered in part with the cruelty to animals charge leveled against the accused slaughterer, butcher shop employee Badr Musaed. Now, continued public pressure has helped expose the full scope of the alleged atrocity and bettered the odds that an innocent animal will receive true justice.
This disgusting incident happened in July. A scared calf had apparently escaped a butcher shop, with a few of the shop’s employees in pursuit. One of the employees even seemingly endangered potential bystanders by firing an arrow at the calf. Once this attempt at slaughter proved unsuccessful, authorities on the scene described how “three of the employees grabbed onto the cow … one employee … pulled out a knife and proceeded to cut the cow’s throat.”
Initially, it appeared that this slaughter would go unpunished. Despite the eyewitness account and the employees’ demonstrated lack of remorse, the involved parties merely received a ticket for “creating a public disturbance.” Vigils at the scene of the crime and public outcry kept investigators on the case, however, and the man allegedly brandishing the deadly knife was charged with animal cruelty. The man who allegedly used the bow and arrow also faced charges.
Moreover, the consistent public pressure compelled investigations into the butcher shop itself. Following an inspection of the facility, authorities added new charges of animal cruelty against another employee, Bilal Musid, including an accusation of cruelty to poultry. Most importantly, this alleged shop of horrors will not soon be able to harm another living being. The Connecticut Department of Agriculture issued a cease-and-desist order, effectively closing down the shop for now. A guilty verdict could make this closure permanent.
Sign this petition to thank the professionals who stayed with this case and helped give vulnerable animals a fighting chance.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Ms. Hardy,
The Home Depot calf slaughter case could have fallen by the wayside and fallen victim to indifference and inaction. Your office’s vigilance in ensuring this case stays alive is commendable. Gross abuse and deadly violence inflicted on another living being should never become routine or tolerable.
The animal cruelty charges brought against the accused for the reported slaughter of a calf sent a strong message against unchecked animal cruelty. More beneficial still, this case brought needed attention to a business engaged in questionable conduct that likely enabled even more egregious abuse. Prevention is just as vital as punishment in ending these injustices once and for all.
Please keep up the vigilant work and help ensure justice is fully served for all the fallen victims of animal cruelty.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Jim Rosie
Good! This was a cruel and horrible thing to do and all those involved need to be punished severely, especially the idiot that endangered other lives by shooting the arrow. What a bunch of cruel idiots.
A big thanks goes to the people that persisted in this case and made sure justice was served all while highlighting this horrible shop and the cruelty surrounding this sad incident. Good job! If only more people and officials cared as much.
Very cruel act. However, maybe people will think again before consuming meat. We often don’t think about the process that goes into getting meat to the grocery store. This unfortunately shows the sad reality of humans consuming meat.
OMG,,,,,,,,,,,,,,there is always a right and a wrong way to do things and THIS WAS A WRONG WAY! They slaughtered this baby in a parking lot in a horrific and cruel,vile and sadistic way. ANYONE WHO WAS THERE IN THE PARKING LOT WAS TRAUMATIZED BY THESE DISGUSTING AND SADISTIC ACTIONS OF THESE MONSTERS. LUCKY NO HUMANS WERE KILLED AFTER ALL THESE IDIOTS.
RIP POOR CALF AND WE THE PUBLIC DEMAND JUSTICE FOR YOUR CRUEL AND HORRIFIC SLAUGHTER.
Just curious to know what would have been the ‘right’ way for this calf to be butchered. Behind closed doors, perhaps? Some place where us humans won’t be upset or offended by the reality of a beautiful creature having its life brutally ended – just so we can enjoy a burger? Wash the blood from your own hands by going vegan.
Connecticut,USA? (not China, ect)? This idiot probably grew up seeing this done all the time were he was from or his stupid parents raised him to hate animals like they are throw away trash! I wonder why people are so worked up about this horrific everyday slaughtering occurrence of innocent animals? Do you eat meat? Do you wear slaughtered animals, ect ? 160 Billion animals are slaughtered every year by human scum. Its time to shut down these f***ing factory farms and slaughter houses! Its time to punish animals abusers/educate oblivious idiots all over the world!
Gail P. Hardy, State’s Attorney for Hartford County, Connecticut
Applaud the pursuit of justice for the precious and innocent slain calf.
The macabre case of a young calf allegedly slaughtered in a public parking lot drew swift condemnation, including the calls for justice voiced in this ForceChange petition. These calls were answered in part with the cruelty to animals charge leveled against the accused slaughterer, butcher shop employee Badr Musaed.This vile and evil lowlife Badr Musaed must be brought to Justice and jailed for life better still butcher this animal torturing murdering monster bastard.My heart aches for the thousands of innocent and helpless animals that this monster bastard Badr Musaed tortured to death. The death penalty to this vile and evil lowlife pos. Eradication from our planet is a must.
RIP little Calf.
And all the other vile and evil animal torturing murdering lowlife monster bastards must be eradicated from our planet earth. Kill them all.
I wanna know WTF a ‘butcher’s shop employee’ was even doing having a ‘bow and arrow?’ This makes me suspicious. Was the goon shooting animals with it as some kind of warped bloodlust, ie., making animals suffer unnecessarily? THAT needs to be brought into court and the psycho charged for having that in the slaughterhouse.
All those involved should be killed the same way.
GREAT NEWS — GO VEGAN — GO VEGAN — These KILLERS are MONSTERS — THANK YOU to All who held these PSYCHOS accountable — WHO do they think they are! — The more new evil exposed each & every day regarding cruelty to Animals, the more I KNOW we must rally and force the IDIOTS to stop — better yet, GO VEGAN — GO VEGAN.
To jail with all of them!
Thank you to those who stood vigil to bring attention to this case of insensitivity and cruelty. Thank you also to those in government and otherwise who pursue the ending of these common and usually hidden cruelties. May you always have support in your efforts by keeping in mind the following quotes from important people in our history: “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Mahatma Gandhi
“If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.” Albert Einstein
“Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character; and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.” Authur Schopenhauer
These are sick and disgusting people that do not deserve to exist. I wish we could just butcher these scumbags.