A Tragic Loss In These Dogs

OHHH NO!!! This is just horrible, haven't gotten over here for a few days and I cannot believe this has not been posted in any of my dog rescue forums!!!!
Is there anything I can do??????????? I am crossposting the article now, is there any info anyone would like me to forward to any of my pittie rescues?
I know it's not ideal for them, but maybe they can be held somewhere safe long enough for another suitable kennel to make room? I am so so sad for the family!!!! How terrible...the family shouldn't suffer by losing the dogs this man loved so much!! I hope they get those awful people.

 

Yeah, Tab get back to us and let us know if we can do anything to help. This is a horrible scene. These things should not happen to anyone. Thank God the rest of the family was left unharmed! Just think of that...

 

how many dogs are involved? i am sorry for their loss. that is just horrible

 

The world we live in today is sickening. Not only do we have to worry about the govt taking our pit bulls away, but also having these jerk-offs coming into our homes, or killing one another on the streets. What happened to you friend is awful, you have my condolences.

 

My condolences to this family. I will pray for them. Please can anyone close to the family give some info about the dogs? What will happen to them? Is there anyway we can help?

 

Truly sorry. My condolences to his family. It's always hard to lose a true dogman. Especially to such a cowardly act.

 

I'm not trying to be the heartless one on this thread but his murder doesn't come as a shock to me. I hate and refuse to just give out personal and classified info such as names of dogs and people especially in these situations but there is a story behind this.

Now from my knowledge there was a major incident that involved the theft of dogs. WPK was said to have been the theives who committed this crime on owner of a kennel with initials of W.R. On his website it was clearly noted that the situation happened before W.R.'s website was cancelled. Ironically the ped of a dog for sale involving W.R.'s dog bred to WPK's does not show up when clicked on the ped link of another website.

Now I'm not saying his murder was linked to the incident but it definitely should be considered.

Have a good one and let's try to keep this game as clean as possible, even though it's evidently corrupted.

 

I hear what you are saying. Although this situation is purely evil and may these villians recieve their just desert, these things are inevidible when dealing in a certain crowd. I don't know anything about anyone involved in this story but I learned that unpleasentries are just waiting to happen when you deal with the wrong people. This is why I moved from NM, you have to be very careful who you keep company with. It's far worse when an entire family is involved. These things should never happen, but sometimes you can see them coming a mile away and if you don't get out, you can guess something bad will eventually transpire.

The past is the past, all that matters now is helping this family to move on and I think there are plenty of people willing to help. I hope all goes well with them.

 

YOU DONT HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. WPK DID NOT STEAL ANYTHING FROM ANYONE. THAT INCIDENT WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING THAT WAS TWISTED ON THE INTERNET. WHEN ARE PEOPLE GOING TO STOP BELEIVING EVERYTHING THEY READ ON PEDS ONLINE. FOR YOU TO POINT THE FINGER AT SOMEONE YOU DO NOT KNOW IS WRONG. YOU DID NOT KNOW EITHER PARTY INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT. THIS IS A SERIOUS MATTER AND NOT ANYTHING TO JOKE ABOUT. A MAN LOST HIS LIFE, KIDS LOST THEIR FATHER, AND A WIFE LOST HER HUSBAND. THEIR IS NO NEED FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS NO CLUE AS TO WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT TO COME ON HERE AND POINT FINGERS. THIS MATTER IS VERY SERIOUS TO ME. I KNOW BOTH WR AND WPK, AND IT SERIOUSLY BOTHERS ME THAT SOMEONE WHO DONT HAVE THE SLIGHTEST IDEA AS TO WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IS SPEWING BULLSHIT ON HERE.

 

Very very sad, RIP to him

 

I apologize TabDogs and I am very sorry for Tom, his family, friends, and you as it really hits you hard. I did not post this to affend anyone or start any rumors about Tom's death. Since my story is evidently wrong on all levels I will for now on post only facts instead of clues found by me. However, I will say this; on WR's website, what I stated was seen on his page. That is where I jumped to conclusion on having some idea of what could of possibly been linked to his death. I apologize once again and hope you and everyone else who have read my post forgive me for my mistake. If there is anything else we can discuss, whether on this matter or anything about dogs and etc. feel free to PM me and hopefully we can clear things up. I'm so sorry once again and hopefully you can forgive me. God Bless to all and take care.

 

My condolences to the family.

 

It gets worse

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou060807_ac_pitbullbust.107b44c8.html



More than 250 pit bulls seized in Liberty County



[size=-1]12:23 PM CDT on Monday, August 7, 2006

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[size=-1]From 11 News Staff reports[/size]


Raw video from the scene


A murder mystery led authorities to one of the biggest pit bull breeding operations they've ever seen.

More than 250 pit bulls allegedly bred for fighting were seized in Liberty County on Monday morning.

KHOU-TV

The dog farm is in Liberty County.


It was expected to take hours for Houston Humane Society workers and Precinct 6 deputies to get the dogs under control and into crates.

According to officials, Liberty County officials discovered the operation while allegedly investigating a home invasion in the 2200 block of CR 2252.

The dogs' owner, 27-year-old Thomas Weigner was found murdered in his home.

It's believed Weigner bred the dogs for fighting and shipped them across the country.

The dogs will be brought back to the Humane Society in Houston.

Officials estimated the entire operation would take six to eight hours.

 

A truly horrifying tragedy. My heart goes out to the family left behind, especially the children.

 

that video is so damn sad its sad because i think i know whats gonna happen to those dogs when the humane society gets em

 

WTF??

Ok, first, the dogs might be "lying in their own filth" due to the fact that no one may be scooping up after them as it's hard for a wife to just go merrily scoop dog poop after watching her husband get shot to death in front of their children.

And 2, just more media bullshit. It's a shame that being a responsible dog owner making sure your dogs dont' run loose nor fight with each other is a sign of "fighting dogs".

 

Updated news: Authorities are seizing about 300 pit bull terriers from a suspected dogfighting ring based at a Liberty County residence where a fatal home invasion occurred last week.

Liberty County sheriff's deputies, Harris County Pct. 6 deputy constables and Houston Humane Society officials are at the site now at 2218 County Road 2252 in Cleveland.

The dogs, some left in outdoor kennels, are believed to have been bred for illegal dogfighting.

In the incident last week, Thomas Weigner, 27, bled to death after being shot in the leg, said Liberty County Sheriff Greg Arthur.

Weigner's wife, father-in-law and three children were tied up during the incident, but were not harmed, Arthur said.

"At this time, we don't believe it was a random home invasion," Arthur said. "We do believe there's a connection (to the dog ring)."

A Humane Society official said the seizure is a huge operation.

The dogs will have to be placed in individual crates for transportation because of the danger that they could attack each other if transported together, she said.

They will be brought to the organization's facility on Almeda Road on Houston's south side, she said.

rosanna.ruiz@chron.com

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4099422.html

 

Houston Humane Society will not adopt out pit bulls. :mad: Not that they would these dogs anyway, they will meet the same fate as many before them.

 

I wonder if they'll just shoot 'em on scene & bag 'em in front of the kids & family like they did here in Louisiana. That's always a nice end. Gotta love the humane societies..............

 

I have not known what to say since this happened but I am going to try. Tom unfortunately I did not get the pleasure to meet you.....but you have made a impact on the dog community that will never be forgotten. This is a serious blow to humanity and the dog community. We need to organize something in Tom's name such as a nation wide march for him, and his dogs. HSPCA does not adopt pitbulls....I am in disgust as to what I believe will happen to these dogs. Is there anything we as the dog community to stop the slaughter of his dogs?