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Snapchat Dog Slayers Set to Face Justice

Snapchat Dog Slayers Set to Face Justice

SNAPCHAT DOG SLAYERS SET TO FACE JUSTICE

 

CONTACT: Doll Stanley, doll@idausa.org, 662-809-4483

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Bastrop, Louisiana – In Defense of Animals, the international animal protection organization that runs the Justice for Animals campaign in Mississippi, is calling on members of the public to ensure that the full force of the law is delivered to two men facing trial for the hideous “Snapchat Slaying” of a dog, named Justice by animal activists after his death. In August, a video was posted to Snapchat that shows the men reveling in a particularly sadistic killing of the sweet-natured dog. On Monday this week, Boots Stanley and Steven Saddler were ordered to attend a hearing on April 12, 2017, and a “priority” trial on June 12, 2017.

“The atrocious nature of this crime stains a place, and it should not be allowed to fade away,” said Doll Stanley, who spearheads In Defense of Animals’ Justice for Animals campaign. “This macabre crime must be punished to the fullest. We are calling on animal advocates and members of the public to raise their voices loud and clear for Justice, and let it be known that we have zero tolerance for cruelty in a civilized culture. We seek justice to be done through the strictest sentence possible, and psychiatric rehabilitation.”

On, or about August 25, 2016, Stephen Sadler and Boots Stanley, both of Arkansas, played a twisted and ultimately lethal game with a gentle pit bull dog. The vile crime took place at a “kill barn” where horses are sold for slaughter in Mexico, a practice that is banned in the U.S. First, Steven Sadler put a rope around the dog’s neck, placed the dog on the back of a horse who was ridden over piled timbers in what appeared to be an attempt to cause the dog to fall and hang. The dog held their grip, thwarting the hanging. Next, Sadler pet the dog while saying how gentle the dog was, then turned to straddle the dog, hold the dog’s collar and noose, and pulled his knife out raking it across the victim’s throat. When the knife didn’t cut, Boots Stanley cold-heartedly instructed Sadler to cut deeper until the lifeblood of the dog began to spurt from the dog’s neck. The gentle dog never resisted Sadler until their blood began to flow.

The men filmed and then posted their macabre dog-slaying game on Snapchat. Hanna Gospin intercepted the video and shared it widely on Facebook leading to the arrest of the culprits.

Sadler and Stanley were arrested by authorities on August 25 with the cooperation of the Ashley County Sheriff’s Department, Morehouse Parish Sheriff’s Department and the Hamburg Police Department. The pair was charged with Class B Felony, a count for aggravated cruelty to an animal and a count for conspiracy to commit a crime.

In Defense of Animals joined forces with Voices for Justice of Louisiana and Animal Advocacy Initiative of Mississippi to hold a courthouse vigil on September 20 at the Bastrop Louisiana courthouse that reflected public outrage at the slaying of Justice the dog.

In Defense of Animals’ Justice for Animals campaign is working tirelessly to advance the cause for justice and show state legislators that the people of Mississippi are united against senseless and horrific animal abuse and in this case to publicize the fact that Louisiana, Arkansas and surrounding states have a first offense felony statute for aggravated cruelty, a crime which in Mississippi is a misdemeanor for a first offense.

Campaign members are aligning with judges, prosecuting attorneys, law enforcement officials, legislators, animal advocates and concerned citizens to pass meaningful regional ordinances that will protect animals when state statutes fail. In Defense of Animals has served in the Deep South for 24 years, aiding victims and law enforcement with hundreds of cruelty reports.

For more information, please visit www.idausa.org

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In Defense of Animals’ Justice for Animals campaign is actively working with officials in communities, building a groundswell of support for establishing and amending city and county ordinances as part of its campaign to show state lawmakers that Mississippians will not tolerate animal cruelty.

In Defense of Animals is an international animal protection organization with over 250,000 supporters and a 30-year history of protecting animals’ rights, welfare and habitats through education, campaigns and hands on rescue facilities in India, Africa, and rural Mississippi.

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