The Dog Lover Page #6

prison, one year for each count.

The United Animal Protection Agency

and New Beginnings Animal Shelter

raided his property last month

after an

anonymously-posted video

showed Holloway

beating a dog to death.

The organization had long

suspected Holloway

of selling sick animals.

Because if I do nothing, I won't

be able to live with myself.

Yes, just enough for the plane

ticket, I promise.

Thank you, Dad.

I love you.

And Dr. Reddick, what did you

find upon examining the dogs

that were seized

at the Holloway property?

They were living

in absolute squalor.

They didn't have

adequate food or water.

Many were lying

in their own feces.

Upon further inspection

at the county fairgrounds,

we found 32 of the dogs

were infested with roundworms.

You don't need my expertise.

You just need common sense.

Five people can't provide

adequate care to 100 dogs.

That's the very definition

of negligence.

Thank you. No further

questions, Your Honor.

Doctor Laughton, aren't you,

Doctor Dale and Doctor Reddick

all members of the UAPA's

board of directors?

Yes. But we're also

veterinarians

with 60 years of

combined experience.

Is it the UAPA's stance

on dog breeding,

even though it's

completely legal,

that it just shouldn't exist?

Yes.

Thank you, nothing further.

[people yelling, jeering]

Please, back off.

Folks, back off.

Look, I know you probably

want nothing to do with me.

Let me help... please!

We're in a "battle of experts."

And judges and juries naturally

tend to side with experts.

These "experts"

are nailing us to the wall.

Okay, so what if we bring in

our own experts?

We have, but they're money, they're

big money and we can't afford that.

We're already having to sell the

back hundred... with the horses.

No choice.

What if I took the stand?

Your involvement with Will

damages your credibility.

Okay, then what do we do to win?

Just one way:

we attack their credibility.

So, it comes down to Prop 12,

the puppy mill reform bill.

Your dad is a target because he's

the opposition's loudest voice.

If they discredit him, they discredit

the opposition and they win.

- Case closed.

- "Puppy mill reform?"

Yeah. Prop 12, it does things

like make it illegal

to keep animals in cages

with wire floors.

It would put the Tanners out

of business, so I don't get why

- your dad wouldn't want that.

- You don't need new laws

to put people like

the Tanners away.

They're in violation of dozens

of existing animal welfare laws.

Proposition 12 puts

breeders like them

and breeders like us

in the same category.

It'll put an end to breeding.

That's what the bill

is designed to do,

and that's why

my father's against it.

Where are we going, by the way?

- To see Jackie.

- Why?

Shelter's out of food.

Can't afford to care

for all the dogs.

What do you mean?

I don't know,

not enough donations.

Donations? I...

All right, you can have these

two and then that's it.

We're closed, you need to go.

No, we still need to see

the Border Collie.

Uh, I don't have time for you

to go back there now.

That's ridiculous, I don't

understand what the big deal is.

Yeah, she's our house dog.

Just let her see her.

[Sara] Jackie,

it'll take a minute.

She's with her foster family.

Wait, what?

You fostered dogs out?

- We had no choice.

- What about her pups?

We're running low on food.

That's impossible,

the UAPA gives you food.

Let me see your inventory list.

You got an inventory list,

don't you?

We're run by part-time volunteers,

people who give us their time.

Vincent and I, we do our best.

Those dogs are evidence

in a trial.

I'm sorry, but you're done here.

- [Sara] What would they have done with them?

- [Will] I don't know.

The shelter, they run these adoption

fairs at local pet stores in town.

Maybe they took them there.

But those dogs are state evidence,

so wouldn't giving them away

be considered obstruction

of justice? Negligence?

We'd, uh...

We'd have to prove it.

Miss McConnell advised us not

to buy a dog from Mr. Holloway.

[prosecutor] Really?

Did she say why?

Mm-hm, said he was

running a puppy mill.

I didn't listen and I bought a dog from Mr.

Holloway anyway.

What then?

Two weeks later the dog

got really sick.

It had loss of appetite,

fatigue, diarrhea,

all symptoms of the Parvo virus.

What happened then?

We took the dog to Miss

McConnell's animal shelter,

where it tested positive

for Parvo.

Were you upset?

Of course. I had just paid

$1,000 for this dog.

It should have

had all of its shots.

Mr. Morton, what happened

to your dog?

We had to euthanize him.

Miss McConnell recommended it.

[prosecutor] Thank you.

When a dog is vaccinated

for the Parvo virus,

it may test positive for the

virus, because of the vaccine.

What about the dog's symptoms?

The dog may have had a type

of common hookworm,

which is treatable and not

life threatening.

That dog should have been tested for

worms before it was euthanized.

Then, why did you

refund Mr. Morton's money?

Because my son wasn't 100

percent certain

that he had finished

the last round of shots.

Without an autopsy, we couldn't be

certain what the dog died from.

Now, of course, we want our

customers to be satisfied.

We take great pride in our work.

Thank you, nothing further.

- Redirect, your Honor?

- Proceed.

So, Mrs. Holloway,

your son admitted

to possible negligence

and took responsibility

for the death of Mr. Morton's

dog? Is that correct?

- Uh, yes, but...

- Mrs. Holloway,

are you a licensed veterinarian?

Due to certain health issues

at home,

I let my certification

lapse, but I...

- Thank you, nothing further.

- Sir, if I may!

We love animals.

I used to work at a shelter.

That's why I became a vet.

Why...

Thank you! Thank you, Mrs.

Holloway, nothing further!

Yeah, we gave away 12.

I'm gonna need those addresses.

Where did you get the dog?

I got him at a shelter.

I'm really sorry,

but he's private property

and we're gonna

have to take him back.

I don't understand, why would

somebody give him to me

if he belonged to somebody else?

Did you adopt a German Wirehair

from the shelter recently?

Yeah, I did.

I'm with UAPA, the dog was

given to you by mistake,

and we're going to need

to take him back.

You're with who?

That makes five.

This is footage of the raid

on the Holloway farm,

shot by the UAPA.

Notice the dogs are clean,

well cared for,

well fed, and not in distress.

Mr. Joiner, if you claim

to be an expert in this field,

how can you rate these

dogs as a "nine,"

in a scale of one to ten,

ten being the worst?

The dogs were skittish...

poorly socialized.

I saw skin infections,

eye infections... parasites.

Come on, Mr. Joiner, out of 100

dogs, only six had minor diseases.

Common ailments that

were already being treated.

Two of which had distemper.

The two dogs with distemper

were quarantined properly

and on their way to a full

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