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Home > Media Center > News Releases > PETA DEMANDS JAIL TIME, PSYCHIATRIC INTERVENTION IF ALLEGED PARIS DOG ABUSER IS CONVICTED
For Immediate Release: Contact: Paris, Ky.--- This morning, PETA sent an urgent plea to Bourbon County Attorney John Brady, urging him to vigorously prosecute Deborah Robinson of Paris. Robinson faces charges stemming from authorities’ reported June 15 discovery of 32 dogs and two cats languishing amid “mountains” of their own feces and an infestation of rats inside her house. The flea-covered animals, some of whom had lost their hair, were rescued from the house, which was on the verge of being condemned, according to reports. “People who demonstrate such blatant disregard for life and desensitization to suffering can pose a serious risk to the people and animals with whom they come into contact,” says PETA Cruelty Caseworker Daniel Paden. “Mental-health professionals and top law-enforcement officials consider cruelty to animals to be a red flag.” PETA is asking that For more information, please visit HelpingAnimals.com. PETA’s letter to County Attorney John Brady follows. June 28, 2005 The Honorable John Brady Dear Mr. Brady: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is the world’s largest animal rights organization, with more than 850,000 members and supporters dedicated to animal protection. This letter concerns a recent case of cruelty to animals that your office is handling, involving Deborah Robinson, age unreported, of Paris. Robinson faces charges stemming from authorities’ reported June 15 discovery of 32 parasite-ridden dogs and two cats languishing amid piles of feces inside her Russell Cave Road rental property. According to news sources, the rescued animals included 17 puppies younger than 8 weeks of age. The whereabouts of some 36 additional dogs, said to have been seen at the house a day earlier, alarmingly remain unknown. Mental-health professionals and top law-enforcement officials consider the blatant disregard for life and desensitization to suffering evidenced by all forms of cruelty to be a red flag. In fact, the American Psychiatric Association identifies cruelty to animals as one of the diagnostic criteria for conduct disorders, and the FBI uses reports of these crimes in analyzing the threat potential of suspected and known criminals. Experts agree that it is the severity of the behavior, not the species of the victim, that matters. On behalf of our thousands of members and supporters in Kentucky, we respectfully ask that, upon conviction and in addition to a period of incarceration, Deborah Robinson be required to undergo a thorough psychological evaluation followed by mandatory counseling at personal expense—the safety of the community may depend on it. Because repeat crimes are the rule rather than the exception among animal abusers and given Robinson’s apparent prolonged and utter disregard for the lives and suffering of animals in her custody, we implore your office to take every measure necessary to ensure that she is barred from all future personal and professional contact with animals and to immediately find and seize the animals who are believed to remain in her charge. Thank you for your diligence in this matter and for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Daniel Paden, Cruelty Caseworker
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