Speaking of Judges in the News - Dog-returning Judge Targeted
from the Cincinnati Enquirer
Controversy over a Butler County judge's decision to return a dog to its neglectful owner has generated nearly 600 e-mails to the judge, attention from a national animal-rights group and a protest by activists set to begin at noon Thursday in front of the courthouse on High Street in Oxford, where the decision was made.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has posted on its Web site an "urgent" call for action in the case of a dog named China, whose collar became embedded in her neck because she was left tied outside so long and so tightly.
The Web site urges polite letters of protest to be addressed to Butler County Area I Judge Rob Lyons.
On Aug. 2, Lyons ordered returning the dog to her owner, Otis Clark Jr., 48, of Somerville, in Butler County, with numerous conditions.
Clark was found guilty of animal cruelty and other charges five months after the dog underwent emergency surgery for its injuries and a severe staph infection.
Clark was ordered to pay fines and fees exceeding $2,800.
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Controversy over a Butler County judge's decision to return a dog to its neglectful owner has generated nearly 600 e-mails to the judge, attention from a national animal-rights group and a protest by activists set to begin at noon Thursday in front of the courthouse on High Street in Oxford, where the decision was made.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has posted on its Web site an "urgent" call for action in the case of a dog named China, whose collar became embedded in her neck because she was left tied outside so long and so tightly.
The Web site urges polite letters of protest to be addressed to Butler County Area I Judge Rob Lyons.
On Aug. 2, Lyons ordered returning the dog to her owner, Otis Clark Jr., 48, of Somerville, in Butler County, with numerous conditions.
Clark was found guilty of animal cruelty and other charges five months after the dog underwent emergency surgery for its injuries and a severe staph infection.
Clark was ordered to pay fines and fees exceeding $2,800.
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