Suki
08-24-2006, 11:28 PM
This is kind of a spin off, off of this thread:
http://www.game-dog.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14009&highlight=floyd+boudreaux
I realized I'd yet to write a letter, so I decided to stop what I was doing, and just do as I said I would. I didn't expect the reply I received. I have been E-Mailing Cherie, back and forth, and I asked her if I could have her permission to post the e-mail she sent to me. She said ok.
Here is her permission:
Please do. I wish that I had time to join your forum, but I'm buried up to my eyeballs in the fight against BSL & M S/N.
I'm fighting on so many fronts that I feel like a spinning top.
Cherie
Here is her first reply:
Su,
I want to thank you for writing. Yours is the first letter that I have received for Mr. Boudreaux. I am honestly astonished that there have been no other letters of support, as Mr. Boudreaux is an icon amongst dog breeders, whose dogs are the best of the best. I truly believed that dog people would come out in support of one of their own. I am heartened somewhat by the receipt of your letter, but very saddened that yours is the only one that I've gotten. I am proud to have you with me in your support of Mr. Boudreaux, and if we are the only two, then so be it. We now know, that if the same thing happens to us, where we can count upon support.
God Bless you for speaking up.
Cherie Graves
:( :( :(
I, too, was saddened to know that mine was the only letter.
Hence, the purpose of this thread.
I HOPE more people will rally in support of Mr. Boudreaux. It's horrible that that "raid" occurred and a man's life's worth of work was taken away from him and destroyed the way it was. I don't understand people sometimes...
I hope people will write, and show their support.
This is all I can ask for...
Thank you in advance:)
For those unfamilar with Mr. Boudreaux, here is some info:
Laura Maloney, Executive Director of the Louisiana Humane Society, along with HSUS,
confiscated, and annihilated 58 dogs belonging to Floyd Boudreaux.
Mr. Boudreaux hasn’t been charged with any crime.
Laura Maloney committed genocide on the Boudreaux line of
American Pit Bull Terriers, an irreplaceable gene pool.
Mr. Boudreaux's yard was immaculate, and his dogs were in peak health condition.
The dogs were hand loaded into un-airconditioned trucks without being crated,
in the most inhumane way,and hauled over three hours from their home.
We will never know how many of the dogs died of heat prostration.
Many dog breeders believe that this raid was made to
discourage other successful dog breeders from continuing their programs.
Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Louisiana Humane Society building.
Laura Maloney stated that it was "...the most stressful" thing in her life.
Killing fifty eight dogs in one go, destroying a man's life work, his reputation,
a son's reputation, and a grandson's beloved pet, must not be stressful at all.
Thanks again for any help. I'm sure F.B. will appreciate it!:)
http://www.game-dog.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14009&highlight=floyd+boudreaux
I realized I'd yet to write a letter, so I decided to stop what I was doing, and just do as I said I would. I didn't expect the reply I received. I have been E-Mailing Cherie, back and forth, and I asked her if I could have her permission to post the e-mail she sent to me. She said ok.
Here is her permission:
Please do. I wish that I had time to join your forum, but I'm buried up to my eyeballs in the fight against BSL & M S/N.
I'm fighting on so many fronts that I feel like a spinning top.
Cherie
Here is her first reply:
Su,
I want to thank you for writing. Yours is the first letter that I have received for Mr. Boudreaux. I am honestly astonished that there have been no other letters of support, as Mr. Boudreaux is an icon amongst dog breeders, whose dogs are the best of the best. I truly believed that dog people would come out in support of one of their own. I am heartened somewhat by the receipt of your letter, but very saddened that yours is the only one that I've gotten. I am proud to have you with me in your support of Mr. Boudreaux, and if we are the only two, then so be it. We now know, that if the same thing happens to us, where we can count upon support.
God Bless you for speaking up.
Cherie Graves
:( :( :(
I, too, was saddened to know that mine was the only letter.
Hence, the purpose of this thread.
I HOPE more people will rally in support of Mr. Boudreaux. It's horrible that that "raid" occurred and a man's life's worth of work was taken away from him and destroyed the way it was. I don't understand people sometimes...
I hope people will write, and show their support.
This is all I can ask for...
Thank you in advance:)
For those unfamilar with Mr. Boudreaux, here is some info:
Laura Maloney, Executive Director of the Louisiana Humane Society, along with HSUS,
confiscated, and annihilated 58 dogs belonging to Floyd Boudreaux.
Mr. Boudreaux hasn’t been charged with any crime.
Laura Maloney committed genocide on the Boudreaux line of
American Pit Bull Terriers, an irreplaceable gene pool.
Mr. Boudreaux's yard was immaculate, and his dogs were in peak health condition.
The dogs were hand loaded into un-airconditioned trucks without being crated,
in the most inhumane way,and hauled over three hours from their home.
We will never know how many of the dogs died of heat prostration.
Many dog breeders believe that this raid was made to
discourage other successful dog breeders from continuing their programs.
Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Louisiana Humane Society building.
Laura Maloney stated that it was "...the most stressful" thing in her life.
Killing fifty eight dogs in one go, destroying a man's life work, his reputation,
a son's reputation, and a grandson's beloved pet, must not be stressful at all.
Thanks again for any help. I'm sure F.B. will appreciate it!:)