Target: Crosby Parker, District Attorney of Hancock County, Kentucky
Goal: Prosecute and enforce the maximum legal penalty against individuals who allegedly tortured and left injured dog to die in a ditch.
A stray dog was reportedly discovered clinging to life in a ditch, so grievously injured that veterinary professionals decided euthanasia was the only merciful option. According to animal welfare workers, the dog—nicknamed “Whisper”—sustained unimaginable suffering before being found. Shortly thereafter, two young adults were arrested and charged with torturing this defenseless animal.
Authorities indicate that both suspects posted bond shortly after their arrest, raising concerns among advocates who believe more must be done to prevent acts of apparent cruelty from going unpunished. Many worry that, without meaningful accountability, other animals could face a similarly horrific fate. Observers have called for decisive legal action to send a clear message that deliberate torture of any sentient being will not be tolerated.
Increasingly, communities around the nation are coming together to insist on harsher punishments for those found guilty of severe cruelty. These reforms can help deter future offenses and safeguard innocent lives. In this instance, the dog’s extreme injuries and subsequent euthanasia underscore the urgency of enforcing the strongest legal consequences. The demand here is simple: ensure that those allegedly responsible for ending Whisper’s life through violence face the fullest extent of the law.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear District Attorney Parker,
We write to express serious alarm regarding a gravely injured dog that was reportedly found in a ditch and ultimately euthanized due to the severity of her injuries. According to reports, law enforcement has charged two individuals with torturing this defenseless animal, but they have been released.
When acts of cruelty result in such extreme suffering and a life tragically cut short, a robust legal response becomes essential. Allowing crimes of this nature to go unpunished or insufficiently punished risks emboldening future offenders and undermines our commitment to protect the most vulnerable among us.
We respectfully urge your office to pursue and, if substantiated by the evidence, impose the maximum legal penalties upon those allegedly involved. Enforcing strong consequences in this case will send a clear message that our community will not tolerate any form of animal cruelty or neglect.
Sincerely,
Your Name Here
Photo credit: Faith Goble
How could the judge presiding allow these individuals post bond after this horrific act of animal cruelty and simply walk out of without , perhaps no remorse, and not being held accountable for their heinous actions? What is the reason they did not serve any prison time. You need to send a message LOUD and CLEAR! Animal abuse hasn’t any place in society. These two young adults are most likely laughing at the thought they got away with is. What happens next time, because there will be a next time, what then?
Will their actions be ignored or will there be a strong lesson imposed?
Very disappointed
Lilypearl
Most judges are trash who cater to the scum of society. These judges are worse than the abusers.
How can anyone trusts a judge who lacks empathy and compassion, that does not uphold the law when a serious crime like animal cruelty is commited, knowing that they have the power to do so to make the world a safer place for these voiceless sentient beings??!!!
It’s truly disheartening to witness such a profound absence of empathy and compassion.
They were RELEASED on a $1,500 bail???
This is pathetic allowing them to bond out teaches them absolutely nothing what’s going to force them to appear in court? These horrific acts of cruelty must not be taken lightly the sickening pain and suffering that poor dog endured is wrong on every level and must be met with the full force of the law its been proven once torture and cruelty have been initiated it does not stop resulting in children being harmed next enough is enough every day this happens do your job enforce the laws or make them stronger no animal should ever have to suffer painful torture like this never its wrong and you shouldn’t have to be reminded of that either!
Yes – this judge or judges do not understand the psyche of scumbags – next victims will be children or an adult
This is how it starts – in Australia we had a group who did exactly that to a young woman. They started with torturing animals and moved on to other victims – who knows next victim could be someone the judges know. Grow some balls and hand out a decent sentence.
NO animal deserves to be a victim of DEHUMANIZED, DESENSITIZED and MENTALLY-DERANGED SADISTIC PSYCHOPATHS!!
NO animal-abuser should get away with such a horrific crime.
LAWMAKERS, stop these crimes by establishing harsh punishments for animal abuse! It’s your duty as humans.
Tormenting, neglecting and killing animals has a brutalizing effect on our society and mankind as a whole.
These pathological monsters must be severely punished. They must also be forbidden from coming near animals ever again.
SET a PRECEDENT, and punish to the full extent of the law!
MAX JAIL or DEATH PENALTY for these devilish scumbags!
Those who are convicted of cruelty should never be allowed to own animals.
People who are inclined to abuse animals know they can continue their evil ways since the punishment is almost nothing. I can’t imagine the horrible suffering this poor dog endured and it’s doubtful that any meaningful justice will happen. Prosecutors and judges must stop with light sentences and give abusers a punishment they’ll never forget!!
Scum
Horrendous
OUT ON BOND??? WHAT A ASSHOLE FUCKING JUDGE!! IF THAT WAS MY KID, THE LITTLE FUCKING BASTARD WOULD BE DEAD. NO PROBLEM WITH THE ASSHOLE LAWS WE HAVE OR SHOULD I SAY DO NOT HAVE TO HELP OUR INNOCENT ANIMALS. BECAUSE WE HAVE FUCKING ASSHOLES FOR LAWMAKERS THAT DO NOT HAVE THE BALLS TO PASS STRICT LAWS FOR OUR PETS. I WOULD BE SURE THAT THESE 2 LITTLE EVIL FUCKERS WOULD PAY THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR TORTURING THIS DOG. THEY WOULD BE SCREAMING FOR THEIR FUCKING PARENTS THAT DID NOT RAISE THEM RIGHT OR THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE DONE THIS HORRIFIC ACT. I DO HOPE THEY SUFFER TREMENDOUSLY, LITTLE EVIL ORICKS CRYING FOR THEIR PARENTS, BUT DIE AND DO NOT GET A SECOND CHANCE LIKE THE DOG THEY TORTURED AND THREW IN A DITCH. HOPE YOU BURN IN HELL EVIL FUCKERS!!
I wish we could euthanize all the sick individuals who torture animals.
Euthanasia would be too kind. They need to suffer like the animals they tortured.
The courts keep forgetting that every murderer has trained and fueled his/her psychosis torturing and killing animals. So even if, sadly, too many judges and people in general don’t care about other animals, watch out! You may be the next victim. Heartbreaking what that unfortunate Dog endured.
That’s crazy
Put these scumbags behind bars! They will torture more animals and kill a woman next.
These hill billy states create monsters and that goes for the lawyers and judges who are clearly involved in this kind of evil and deranged debauchery themselves. Most of them will be perverts and corrupt deviants. As for the parents of these abominations, I imagine they will be related to each other resulting in these inbred freaks being born personally I would annihilate all of them.
What was this incompetent judge thinking letting these 2 evil fuckers walk out of court with not even a slap on the wrist? They deserve the same done to them, and I’m sure there would be no shortage of volunteers! Aren’t they brave, two grown people attacking a small defenceless dog. I hope you both suffer a painful death and then rot in hell. Scumbags.
James Maggard and Madison Smith are the white trash garbage who tortured this animal.
Make them famous!
Spread the word!
Post and repost!
James Maggard and Madison Smith are sick and evil.
Any vigil antes feeling up to the task?
I hope they inflict the same injuries on these two POS!!!
That dog died from his injuries. There needs to be more Punishment!!!
This is unacceptable. What kind of message is being sent here. That these two individuals tortured a dog so severely and walked away is unbelievable. Please reconsider and give them a punishment to fit the crime before they do it again. There is obviously something very wrong with them and they need to pay for what they did to this innocent dog.
If the judges just let abusers go with a slap on their hand, what do we expect. Animals are treated so poorly by so many humans. Our justice system needs to have respect for all life including animals. Those who hurt others need to pay……..I would even say with their own lifes.
Now, this is euthanasia, helping this poor dog die a peaceful and caring death. As for the dreck who put Whisper in this deplorable condition. What is done in shelters that is called ‘euthanasia’ is really killing. The two should be killed, better yet, dropped into a desert with their kneecaps shot so they can not walk but left to die.