Buddy's Law

Dear Friends,

So, like anyone else out there, you're probably wondering what's up with Buddy and the petition about him plastered all over Facebook.

On December 30 of 2009, a man named Steven Clay Romero and his sister stole a German Shepherd dog named Buddy out of the back of his family's truck while they were stopped at a grocery store. From there, Buddy was driven into the Colorado mountains and taken to a very rough and icy road. Romero, being the sick individual he is, tied Buddy to the back of his truck and then proceeded to drag him nearly 3 miles to his death.

Tomorrow, a Colorado court is going to arraign Romero for this crime, but the punishment leaves A LOT to be desired. In this state, only a SECOND offense of violent animal cruelty warrants a felony charge. Since this is Romero's first offense, he is only going to receive a maximum of 3 years in prison and a fine of $100,000

Sounds like he got off easy for torture and murder...

Buddy's Law is a petition that has been circling the net on Care2.Com who have graciously hosted it. My husband created the online petition which is seeking 1,000,000 signatures to make it a felony charge in Colorado for even a first offense. We hope, that if enough signatures are added, to take it to the Federal level and see if we can even make it a national law!

We do need help though, and anyone out there with even half a soul should be willing to take the 2 minutes necessary to pause whatever else is on their computer screen, open a new web window, and sign it.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/buddys-law---help-enact-it

This case, and our petition has been recieving a fair amount of attention in Colorado, but unfortunately we do not have the standing that we need yet to be taken seriously.

Please help us and make sure that Buddy did not die in vain. Everyday, people commit more heinous and more evil acts against others, animals, children and continue time and time again to dodge the punishment that they deserve. We need to send a clear message to all those that would murder, kill and maim an innocent of any variety that we simply will not tolerate their existence in our society.

We invite you to sign the petition, show your love for life and follow this blog as that we will be posting articles covering this story and our progress.

From the deepest part of our hearts,

Thank you.