4@
4@ KENTUCKY RANKS LAST IN ANIMAL PROTECTION
LAWS...GETTING A FAILING GRADE
FOR NOT HAVING STRONG ENOUGH4@
LAWS...AND
PENALTIES FOR THOSE WHO ABUSE
PETS.4@
PETS.4@
PETS.4@ AND AS WE FOUND, ANIMAL ABUSE
CAN LEAD PEOPLE TO C4@OMMIT OTHR
CRIMES. HERE'S 11 AT 11'S ROBERT
4@
4@ 4@
4@ 4@ BRADFIELD WITH THE CRUEL TRUTH
ABOUT ANIMAL4@
ABUSERS.
ABUSERS.
A
A COURTROOM CONFESSION. IT WAS 2013 WHEN JOSHUA GOUKER ADMITTED
TO BEATING HIS STEP-SON TO DEATH
4@ TWO YEARS BEFORE.
THE BODY OF 14 YEAR- OLD TREY
ZWICKER
WA4@S FOUND IN A DITCH BEHIND
LIBERTY HIGH
SCHOOL.HIS FATHER TERRY
RECOGNIZING HIM BY HIS CLOTHES.@
4@
4@ TERRY
4@ TERRY ZWICKER
TERRY ZWICKER GOUKER WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR TREY'S
MURDER.BUT IT WASN'T THE ONLY
LIFE HE TOOK.
TERRY SAYS GOUKER HAD A HOT
TEMPER AND TREY'S DOG BECAME A
TARGET.HE BELIEVES
GOUKER KILLED THE DOG BEFORE
KILLING TREY.
GOUKER WAS ALSO CONVICTED OF
ANIMAL
ANIMAL TORTURE...A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR INCREASINGLY SEEN BY HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
5:48:31 ZWICKER
4@NATS OF CAR4@
DRIVING BY SHELTER LOUISVILLE'S
CENTER FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES AT
CAPACITY.. 72 BEDS
FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN..VICTIMS
OF
OF
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE..WANTING HELP 4@
FOR NOT ONLY THEMSELVES BUT FOR
4@
THEIR PETS, TOO.
ELIZABETH WESSLES-MARTIN
4@ELIZABETH WESSELS-
MARTIN SAYS SOME DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE
VICTIMS DON'T LEAVE THEIR4@
RELATIONSHIP
RELATIONSHIP 4@4@4@
4@4@4@
4@
4@ OUT
4@ OUT OF
4@ OUT OF FEAR OF LEAVING THEIR
ANIMALS. SO, IN 2016, THE CENTER BEGAN A
'SAFE HAVEN' PROGRAM...A
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY THAT ALLOWS
PEOPLE TO STAY WITH THEIR PETS.
WESSELS-MARTIN
WESSELS-MARTIN THE ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, THE COUNTRY'S
LEADING ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION
FOR ANIMALS.RANKS KENTUCKY LAST
IN ANIMAL PROTECTION LAWS. IT'S
THE 11TH STRAIGHT YEAR THE
COMMONWEALTH RANKED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST FOR NOT
HAVING
FELONY LAWS FOR ANIMAL NEGLECT
OR
ABANDONMENT.
OR ABANDONMENT. THERE'S NO INCREASED PENALTIES
WHEN
ANIMAL ABUSE HAPPENS IN FRONT OF
4@
CHILDREN
4@ CHILDREN AND THERE'S NO STATUTORY4@
AUTHORITY
FOR PROTECTIVE ORDERS TO INCLUDE
ANIMALS.
ANIMALS.
4:53:23
4:53:23 THOMAS WALKER STATE REPRESENTATIVE WALKER THOMAS IS
GAINING SPONSORS TO THIS
PRE-FILED BILL. UNDER HIS PLAN, TORTURE OF A DOG
OR CAT WOULD HAVE A HARSHER
PENALTY.A SENTENCE FROM ONE TO FIVE YEARS...AN INCREASE FROM
CU4@RRENT STATE LAW
WHICH RANGES FROM 90 DAYS TO ONE
YEAR. IT ALSO WOULD REQUIRE A
PERSON CONVICTED OF ANIMAL TORTURE TO NOT HAVE THE SENTENCE
'SUSPENDED, PROBATED,
'SUSPENDED, PROBATED, CONDITIONALLY DISCHARGED OR
4@
4@ SUBJECT TO ANY OTHER FORM OF
EARLY RELEASE' IF THE PERSON ALSO INTENDED TO 'THREATEN,
INTIMIDATE, COERCE, HARASS OR
TERRORIZE A FAMILY MEMBER OR
SOMEONE IN A DATING
RELATIONSHIP.
5:05:54 "TRYING TO STIFFEN THE
PENALTIES A LITTLE BIT WHERE
THEY CAN ACTUALLY SERVE SOME4@
JAIL
JAIL
JAIL 4@4@
4@4@
4@4@ TIME
4@4@ TIME AND THINK ABOUT WHAT4@
THEY'VE BEEN DOING BEFORE THEY HURT AN INDIVIDUAL."
REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS HOPES
LAWMAKERS TAKE UP AND VOTE ON
THE BILL EARLY NEXT YEAR.
FOR TERRY ZWICKER IT WON'T
CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF LOSING HIS
SON. 5:54:16 THOMAS WALKER BUT,
HE HOPES
HE HOPES
HE HOPES TOUGHER ANIMAL ABUSE AND4@ DOMESTIC
DOMESTIC
DOMESTIC 4@4@
4@4@
4@4@ 4@4@
4@4@
4@4@ VIOLENCE LAWS CAN PREVENT OTHER
FAMILIES FROM GETTING A PHONE
CALL LIKE THE ONE HE GOT ON MAY
11, 2011. 5:46:21 ZWICKER
REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS' BILL4@
ISN'T THE
ISN'T THE
ISN'T THE 4@
4@
4@ 4@4@4@
4@4@4@
4@4@4@ ONLY ONE UNDER CONSIDERATION4@
RELATED TO ANIMAL ABUSE. REPRESENTATIVE KEVIN BRATCHER
AND OTHERS
REPRESENTATIVE KEVIN BRATCHER AND OTHERS4@ WANT TO CREATE A STATEWIDE
DATABASE
THAT WOULD TRACK ANIMAL ABUSERS.
AND THIS WEDNESDAY, METRO
COUNCIL'S PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS
CONSIDERING A SIMILAR ORDINANCE@
TERRY ZWICKER....TREY'S
TERRY ZWICKER....TREY'S DEATH....4@
DEATH....4@
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