Louisiana: Michael Tarver sicced his Pit Bull on a small pig while he recorded the attack, say police

LOUISIANA -- A Baton Rouge man is behind bars after reportedly allowing his pit bull to attack a small pig.

Officials say on November 2 around 9 a.m., officers were called out to a home on Hollywood Street in reference to a man fighting dogs at the home.

Michael Tarver, 22, is the owner of a pit bull which he keeps in a kennel in the backyard of the home.

A witness claims that Tarver released the pit bull from the kennel and allowed it to attack a small pig that was in the yard. The witness also claims Tarver recorded the whole incident on his phone.

The officer reported finding the pig in a neighbor's yard bleeding heavily from the side of its head and ear.

Tarver was arrested and read his rights, then reportedly told the officer he did allow his dog out of the kennel to go after the pig.

The officer watched another video, recorded earlier, of the pig on Tarver's phone where the pig could be seen eating in the yard and did not appear to be in any distress.

Tarver was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and is charged with aggravated cruelty to animals.

(WAFB - Nov 2, 2017)

Texas: Police capture escaped pigs using Doritos, Cheetos

TEXAS -- Police in Cedar Park, Texas, had to get creative when a family of pigs escaped from a local barn.

A female pig made a run for it Friday morning with her piglets in tow, CBS affiliate KEYE-TV reports.

The family made it about a mile before being spotted in a backyard, rummaging around in the mud.

Animal control officers arrived on the scene in a neighborhood about 15 miles north of downtown Austin.

 

 

KEYE reports the officers lacked the equipment needed to move the mother pig, so they lured her out into the open using bags of Cheetos and Doritos.

The owner of the pigs showed up shortly after and escorted the mama pig home. Animal control officers gave the piglets a lift back in their vehicle.

And this one went wee, wee, wee all the way home... 🐷

(CBS News - July 1, 2017)

North Dakota: Pigs reportedly stolen from Cando farm, videotaped being tortured and abused to death by teenagers at party

NORTH DAKOTA -- Disturbing rumors flying in a small North Dakota town that high schoolers are involved in stealing and killing pigs from a swine barn.

Now authorities anticipate charges coming.

"There was party going on three miles east of the Coolin nursery and someone had got into the barn." Said J.R. Gibbens.

J.R. Gibbens and his cousin run a number of businesses in Cando, including what he says is the largest swine farm in the state; it has over 18,000 pigs.

"Poor judgement on their part." Said Gibbens.

His office also is looking into whether the stolen livestock were abused at a party the same evening, including claims some of the animals were tortured and burned.

Gibbens says posts about the party on social media lead to them calling the Towner County Sheriffs. They say last week an investigation started at a party site near the Coolin Nursery.

"We found some pigs running around outside and it looked like the lock had been jimmied open." Said Gibbens.

The pigs found outside had to be euthanized. Gibbens says police also found the carcass of another pig. 

Rumors have been swirling that pigs were tortured at the party location. Police wouldn't confirm citing an on-going investigation.

There are three swine barns at the site and each one can hold up to around 6000 pigs. The pigs are in bio-secure locations in order to help prevent the spread of disease (and never see the light of day). Which is one of the reasons it's so concerning someone broke in and stole them.

"We go through a shower-in, shower-out protocol, disinfect the barns in between lots. Just to minimize the chance of any disease outbreaks," said Gibbens.

Now blood tests are needed and 6000 pigs are at risk because someone broke in.

"We don't dare put anymore pigs in there or take anymore out until we're pretty sure they're clean. Said Gibbens.

Towner County Sheriffs say they anticipate charges will be filed in the future.

The Sheriffs say they're in the process of interviewing people that know what happened at the party and say it might take some time because not everyone is from the Cando area.

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(ValleyNewsLive - May 23, 2017)

Washington: Seth Snook, owner of Snook Brook Farms who sells cheese under the name Pleasant Valley Dairy, starved dozens of animals to death, say police

WASHINGTON -- A Whatcom County dairy farmer neglected more than 20 cattle and pigs for six months, so long that some needed to be euthanized, according to the Whatcom Humane Society.

Seth Daniel Snook, 34, owner of Snook Brook Farms near Ferndale, faces five counts of first-degree animal cruelty, according to charges filed Friday in Whatcom County Superior Court.

Humane society investigators earlier this month seized all of Snook’s living animals – 23 cows – said Executive Director Laura Clark. Five were euthanized because of their conditions. The others are being given emergency treatment.

Snook, according to the charges, said he couldn’t afford to feed the animals. When reached by phone Friday evening, he declined to comment on the charges, saying he hadn’t yet seen them.

“I honestly don’t think it would be in my best interest to comment on anything,” Snook said.

An animal control sergeant with the humane society began investigating Snook’s farm in late March after the U.S. Department of Agriculture expressed concern about the animals in a report, charges say.

During a trip to the farm, the officer and a Department of Agriculture veterinarian found all of the animals were starving to death, and had been neglected for at least six months.

Snook, according to the charges, said he knew the cows were “a couple hundred pounds underweight,” and that he was responsible. Investigators also found carcasses and skeletons of dead cows at the farm, charges say.

NEIGHBORS, DISGUSTED AT THE SUFFERING OF HIS ANIMALS TRIED TO HELP HIM -- HE REFUSED THEIR HELP AND CHOSE TO LET THE ANIMALS CONTINUE TO SUFFER AND DIE, ONE BY ONE

Snook had agreed to sell his cows and local dairy producers had offered to help feed and transport them, according to the charges, but he didn’t do so.

The five animal cruelty charges Snook faces are for these animals, according to the charges:

▪ A tan-and-white Guernsey breed calf that appeared lethargic and kept laying down

▪ A Jersey breed cow that also was lethargic and could not stay standing for long periods

▪ A Holstein breed heifer, or young cow, that looked “skeletal and sickly”

▪ A Jersey breed cow named Trixie, which had to be euthanized

▪ A dead cream-colored pig, which appeared to have starved to death after eating garbage and other dead animals

 

“The Whatcom Humane Society will continue to advocate for these animals and will do whatever we can to hold Mr. Snook responsible for his horrific crimes against these defenseless animals,” Clark said in an email.

The organization Dairy Farmers of Washington, in a statement Friday, condemned the farm’s conditions, saying they “in no way reflect the animal care practices of the hundreds of hard working dairy farm families throughout Washington or across our nation.”

Snook was not arrested, but a summons has been filed for him to appear in court in May.

(Bellingham Herald - April 28, 2017)

Update:

• Washington: Seth Snook, who sells "artisan cheese" under the name Pleasant Valley Dairy, starved dozens of livestock animals to death. He was given a deal that will wipe his animal cruelty charges off his record; was also given his surviving livestock back so he can finish starving them to death
• Washington: Ferndale cow cruelty case against Seth Snook doomed by animal control missteps; farmer sues county

Virginia: Moronic Albemarle County jury finds Lee Oakes Jr. and Jerelyn Sutter guilty of aggravated animal cruelty after they chased pet pig around, stabbing it 31 times, killing it - then orders NO jail time.

VIRGINIA -- In a two-day trial that ran into the early-morning hours on April 22, a 12-person jury convicted a Fishersville duo of animal cruelty and maliciously killing a pig by stabbing it in the neck at least 31 times.

Aymarie Sutter, 27, was employed as a veterinary assistant at the Charlottesville Albemarle SPCA on July 3 of last year when two Albemarle County patrol officers dropped off a pig they had received several calls about and eventually found wandering near Proffit Road.

The SPCA does not take livestock, so as employees worried about what they would do with the swine, Sutter testified that she offered to take it to the home she shared with her fiance, Lee Oakes, 33, house it in their dog run overnight and take it to a butcher in the morning.

In a tearful testimony, Sutter told the jury that when Oakes arrived at the SPCA that evening, his intention was to hogtie the animal and haul it home on a tarp in the trunk of his car.

“Things didn’t go as he had planned,” said Bonnie Lepold, Oakes’ attorney, during her opening statement. The jury reviewed an SPCA surveillance video, which showed Oakes struggling to walk the pig in a dog harness outside the facility.

There, he and Sutter forced the animal to the ground and tried binding all four of its legs with dog leashes while the pig thrashed and eventually bit Oakes through the boot. He then instructed Sutter to get his hunting knife out of his car, and he slaughtered the pig himself—just out of the video’s frame.

When the act was over and the pig was finally still, Sutter testified, “Lee closed his eyes and bowed his head, like I see him do over any animal life he takes.”

His own attorney called him a “terrible butcher,” but said when her client realized he would not be able to get the pig in the car alive, he killed it as quickly and humanely as he could. As a skilled deer and turkey hunter, she said he was not prepared for the thickness of the pig’s skin.

Prosecutor Amanda Galloway showed the jury pictures of the maimed animal lying lifeless with several gashes and cuts along its neckline. About 15 animal-lovers and animal sanctuary owners showed up in pig shirts, leggings and carrying pig purses—though they were forced to check the latter at the door.

During the trial they audibly gasping for breath and sniffled when the bloodied images were shown. Some left the room.

Lepold and Alicia Milligan, who represented Sutter, argued that the pig was feral, “a nuisance animal” with “no real value” and belonging to no one.

Jose Zamora, a farmer on Mine Creek Trail, testified that he had bought a black pig at the Tractor Supply Company, and when the seller delivered it to him, a white pig also escaped out of the seller’s cage and ran into the woods on his property. The seller told Zamora to keep the white pig for free, though Zamora testified that he never wanted it. He would leave food out for the pig and saw it every day for more than four weeks until it went missing, he said. He identified the white pig as the one with 31 stab wounds to the neck.

Dr. Jaime Weisman, an expert in veterinary forensics training and a diagnostician at the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in Warrenton, conducted a necropsy—or an animal autopsy—on the pig and concluded that it bled out. She testified the pig probably suffered for 10 minutes before it died.

“It never even crossed my mind to call it anything other than domestic,” she said, noting that the pig she examined had thin hair and short tusks while feral pigs have thicker hair and longer tusks. A feral pig would never allow someone to get near it or pet it and it certainly wouldn’t walk on a leash like a dog, she said.

After the killing, Sutter testified that she and her fiance delivered the animal to Jim Vines, a meat processor and owner of Rolling Knoll Farm, who later took the stand and said he only agreed to receive the dead animal because he thought it was feral—its hair was rough, its teeth were rounded from chewing rocks and its nose was rough from rooting. He called it a “wilder pig” and said it takes virtually no time for a domesticated pig to transition to a feral one when out in the wild.

Outside of Albemarle County Circuit Court, Lorelei Pulliam, the executive director of Gallastar Equine Center in Afton, which has an animal sanctuary called Ranger’s Refuge, said “[The defense] is trying to characterize him as a nuisance species. He was a treasure.”

When the pig was captured by police, they testified that it was exhausted, hungry and frothing at the mouth. In Pulliam’s opinion, it was lost and looking for help.

“Instead of getting that help, he was brutally butchered,” she said.

And reacting to an SPCA’s sobbing testimony—the only person present during the slaughter other than Oakes and Sutter—Pulliam noted the pig’s “horrible gurgling sounds at the end, as he took his last breath.”

She called the testimony “one of the worst things I’ve ever heard in my life.”

It wasn’t until 1am Saturday that the jury indicated it had made a decision. The jury found them not guilty of stealing the pig, but convicted them of one felony count of killing livestock and a misdemeanor count of animal cruelty, each charge carrying a $500 fine and court costs—and no jail time.

When you kill someone's animal you are depriving them of their property. Ergo, they are guilty of THEFT. Idiots.

Pulliam, who dubbed the pig Profit, commended the commonwealth’s attorney for prosecuting the case, and says the moniker only comes, in part, because the animal was found near Proffit Road. She also likes the name “because he has a lot to teach people and people have a lot to learn.”

(C-VILLE Weekly - April 24, 2017)

Earlier:

• Virginia: Lee Oakes Jr., 33, and Jerelyn Sutter, 27, accused of stealing pet pig from shelter and stabbing it 31 times in the neck, killing it

Oregon: Convicted felon George Bainbridge shot his neighbor's rescue pig named DJ then left him to suffer for hours before telling anyone. Now that he's been charged with animal cruelty, he's claiming the pig attacked him.

OREGON -- This guy is a real piece of work. This was not a livestock hog or a feral hog -- it was a pet hog named DJ. He knew the owner - she is the mother of his child - and runs a pig rescue next door to him. 

Because he is a convicted FELON*, he is not allowed to own a gun. Therefore, he has taken to walking the property line with a crossbow, pulling down fencing and trying to entice his ex-partner's rescue pigs onto his property (according to the change.org petition - see "Timeline" below).

*He has a criminal record that includes a 1996 drug conviction and a 2016 felony firearm conviction, court records show. The former was reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor in 2015, according to records.

Bainbridge goes to great length to tell news reporters and now a newspaper that this pig tried to attack and kill him and he had no choice but to shoot it. What he hasn't explained, though, is why - if he was so afraid of being killed and eaten by DJ --

he first paused to take pictures of DJ with his camera phone before shooting DJ in the "SIDE" then chasing this vicious attacking animal and shooting him again. Really???

If this was a legitimate shoot, meaning the animal truly was behaving viciously and he couldn't get to the safety of his house and he just had to shoot the pig -- why wouldn't he have immediately called the sheriff's office to report it? Why did he wait hours - letting DJ suffer and slowly choke to death on his own blood - before finally telling his neighbor that he'd shot DJ because the pig had "dug up" his backyard? He never called the sheriff's office.

The prosecutor's office quickly filed charges against him. However, Bainbridge clearly thinks he can garner support by running his mouth to anyone who'll listen. This is his attempt - a letter to the editor of the Chronicle:

Dear editor, I recently had to kill a 900lb feral hog in my back yard. The owner has been cited by Columbia county animal control in the past for not containing her pigs. If a pig is roaming free on private land it can be considered feral.

According to ODFW the animal's spread disease to humans and wildlife as well as destroy habitat. Feral swine are also considered a predatory animal. Just like coyotes. I have been emailing Roger Kadell for over two years about the swine problem. I will gladly provide copies of the emails if anyone wants to hear the truth. The owner never paid the fines and was turned into collections.

Roger told me in one email he was going to ask the DA to go criminal on the issue and that there was no sense writing another ticket if the courts never make her pay. Personally it think that is the most ignorant thing I have ever heard come out of the mouth of a deputy.

The neighbor says I tore down fence to cause trouble. She's been claiming that for years. She is a liar! The swine was killed due to her negligence and disregard for public safety as well as private property. The ignorance in the sheriff's office to not bother to read the law or even know it is astonishing. Teach the ones involved to read.

What happened to the right to defend ones self from being attacked by a 900lb hog in one's own back yard? I must say I'm disappointed that our law enforcement officials involved don't bother to read the laws we are all supposed to live by. I'm sure if they would actually investigate I would not be the one with their picture in the paper.

When will they enforce the laws that protect citizens from attacks of this nature. At this rate if they actually protect and serve they will be jailing all citizens and letting swine roam free. What next pigs with driver's licenses?

George Bainbridge
St. Helens

Of course, there's two sides to every story and DJ's owner, Michelle Fudge, who runs the Baxter Potbelly Pig and Farm Animal Rescue will tell you that Bainbridge is crazy:

“I think he has a strong dislike for me. I think he’s a psychopath. I think with everything he’s done to us this is normal,” Fudge-Snow said. “I don’t think he’s all there.”

TIMELINE

FEB 6, 2017 -- It happened Monday morning at the Baxter Potbelly Pig and Farm Animal Rescue when the pig named “DJ” got onto George Bainbridge’s property.

He tells Fox 12 he acted in self-defense when he shot a neighbor’s 900-pound rescue pig with two arrows, killing it.

Michelle Fudge-Snow, says she’s devastated.

“I come home and he says, ‘Well your pigs dug up my backyard again,’ and I’m like, ‘Oh no, which one?’ and he’s like, ‘It’s the one with two arrows in it,’” Fudge-Snow said.

She found DJ badly wounded but still alive - HOURS AFTER BEING SHOT BY BAINBRIDGE WHO NEVER CALLED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO REPORT HIS ALLEGATION THAT THIS VICIOUS PIG BELONGING TO HIS NEIGHBOR THAT HE'S SUPPOSEDLY COMPLAINED ON SEERAL TIMES HAD TRIED TO KILL HIM -- back on her property. She says he lived for a few hours, but there was nothing the veterinarian could do.

“He was shaking, he was in so much pain,” she said. “His life should have mattered and to take his life that easily, it’s just not right. He meant the world to us.”

PETITION LINK: "Justice for D.J."

FEB 16, 2017 — The police just raided Mr. Bainbridge's home in force as Michelle was in the process of laying D.J. to rest. They arrested him on two counts of first degree animal cruelty and one count of criminal mischief. Great news!!! But only the beginning now the important part where Michelle Fudge really needs your voices to be heard.

Earlier this year Mr. Bainbridge was caught red handed and arrested by the ATF on possessing firearms as a convicted felon. That is a felon charge within itself and carries a mandatory sentence....supposedly. 

This DA, Steve Atchison and the U.S. Attorney General in Portland plea bargained that sentence down to self supervised probation which led to where we are today.

Please continue your voice to the DA insisting on no plea bargain this time but rather "Justice for D.J.". his email is steve.atchison@co.columbia.or.us. It is your voices that got Mr. Bainbridge arrested, please use your voice to get him convicted and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law...

FEB 20, 2017 — Tomorrow at 8:30 pacific time is the preliminary hearing for Mr. Bainbridge for the brutal murder of DJ. The hearing will be in front of Judge Cathleen Callahan. Please continue to call for Justice for DJ by sending your loud voice to the DA prosecuting the case steve.atchison@co.columbia.or.us and if you're in the Saint Helens, Oregon area please join in the movement there to attend the hearing in peaceful support of DJ. Thank each of your for your support !

FEB 22, 2017 — Revelations from Mr. Bainbridge's court appearance include that as he was being viciously attacked by DJ and in fear for his life, because "Pigs eat people," he first paused to take pictures of DJ with his camera phone before shooting DJ in the "SIDE" then chasing this vicious attacking animal and shooting him again. Really???

The more that is revealed the more disgusting this case is and the more it becomes clear it was premediated. Please continue to hound the DA and the Courts of Columbia County Saint Helens, Oregon for full prosecution and maximum sentencing in this case. I'm told the next court appearance for Mr. Bainbridge is next Monday February 27th at 11:15 a.m. in front of Judge Callahan in room 351 of the Saint Helens courthouse. Please continue to inundate the DA at steve.atchison@co.columbia.or.us demanding "Justice for DJ"

FEB 23, 2017 — Grand Jury for DJ. Michelle Fudge just relayed that she will be testifying tomorrow morning at 9:45 a.m. Pacific time in front of a Grand Jury convened in the investigation of the heinous murder of DJ as the Grand Jury decides on whether Justice for DJ is pursued.

Your loud voices have convinced the DA to take this fight to the Grand Jury and I thank you!!! Now may your loud prayers and continued voices bring about Justice for DJ through the overwhelming conviction of each of the seven members of the Grand Jury to fully prosecute as the felony this crime is and not allow the pain and suffering Mr. Bainbridge so gleefully inflicted on DJ to go unpunished.

Please keep DJ, Michelle Fudge and the Baxter Potbellied Pig and Farm Animal rescue in your prayers and thoughts so that justice is pursued by the Grand Jury and obtained...

FEB 24, 2017 — This is what a misdemeanor looks like to a grand jury in Oregon. An animal that was shot twice with bow and arrows and left to suffer and bleed out for five hours is a justifiable killing according to a Saint Helen's Oregon Grand Jury!!!

Justice for DJ is drowning in the pool of DJs blood you see in this picture and to which the grand jury said,"Eh, no big deal. No animal cruelty here."

FEB 26, 2017 — DID JUSTICE OR GROSS INCOMPETENCE BY DA SET BAINBRIDGE FREE???

Over the weekend as I have become informed how this Grand Jury appearance was handled by the DA's office I feel compelled to post their actions to get the public's opinion. Please take a few minutes to read this and if you share my shock, my dismay, my disbelief, my anger, then please speak your mind. Not only on here but to the media in the Portland/Saint Helens, Oregon area and to the DA who supposedly handled this case steve.atchison@co.columbia.or.us
Keeping in mind it is the prosecution who is supposed to present evidence proving a crime has been committed and the defense who is supposed to present reasonable doubt as to whether a crime has been committed, draw your conclusions to what you are about to read.

(1) The DA's office, the police, the court system and animal control all state they have never had as many phone calls, emails and other contact about any case in Columbia county as they did about this case. One would think that having received so much contact and public outrage DA Steve Atchison would be handling all phases of this case personally to insure the fullest possibility of justice and to assure the public he was on it and fully capable of doing his job. Here's what happened......

With the DA's office knowing they were going before a Grand Jury on Thursday morning at approximately 10:00 a.m. they had John Berg from their office call Michelle at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, the night before, to notify her of the proceeding.

The voicemail which he left and I have personally heard several times stated, "Michelle this is John Berg with the DA office, we are taking the case to the Grand Jury tomorrow morning and I REALIZED I need to have you testify..." REALLY???!!! Am I the only one dumbfounded by this statement? Mere hours before a Grand Jury convenes you "realize" you need to have a key witness who is also the victim testify?

Not only do you realize this at the last minute but you are asking a witness to testify that you've never even spoken to let alone met!!! What competent attorney, be it for the prosecution or the defense does such a thing? Would not even an attorney fresh out of law school want to know what evidence this witness has so he can present it in an organized and convincing manner. What attorney would not want to know if this witness was a friendly or hostile witness to their case. Why would you not want to first interview the key witness and victim of a case who has full knowledge of the events before putting them in front of a Judge, a Jury or especially a Grand Jury???

What attorney would not want to know all the facts of a case before presenting it? What attorney would not want to discuss the presentation to be made with their witness, to inform the witness of how the procedure proceeds? The apparent answer to those questions is DA Steve Atchison, his office and his staff...

Wait for it, it gets even more dumbfounding. Upon arriving at the courthouse Michelle discovered it was John Berg presenting the case to the Grand Jury, not Mr. Atchison himself. The first thing Mr. Berg said upon meeting with his witness for the first time was "We have to hurry and be quick, we don't have much time." You sir are presenting a case to a Grand Jury over the cruel and drawn out taking of a life and you are in a hurry and don't have much time to present it? Did the Grand Jury have an important tee time they had to make. Did you have a movie you had to get to? What? If there was not time to fully present a case, which in all actuality you knew very little about, then why present it at all???

Here's how he "allegedly" (so I can be PC correct) presented the case. Keep in mind whose job it is to present evidence supporting a conviction and whose job it is to present reasonable doubt.

He presented a picture of the fence line that once was buried in blackberry brush, and consisted of wire fencing secured by fence posts. The picture "allegedly" showed only fence posts remaining.

It is reasonable to expect a prosecution presentation of this picture might be, "Miss Fudge, is this the remains of the fence line that Mr. Bainbridge tore down?" To which the reply would be yes. This would place in the jury's mind there was once a fence, that it had been torn by Mr. Bainbridge and that there was confirmation of it.

It is reasonable to expect the defense, to place reasonable doubt in the juries mind would present the picture in this manner, "This is a picture of the fence line once covered in blackberry, I know goats eat blackberry brush do pigs..." This would place in the jury's mind that if a 50 pound goat eats away at blackberry brush, certainly a 900 pound pig could as well. A brilliant defense strategy. But alas, the defense didn't use this strategy, Mr. Berg did!!!

Part of Mr. Bainbridge's defense was Pigs eat people. guess who implanted in the minds of the grand jury that pigs eat people. Was it the defense? No. it was Mr. Berg by stating something to the effect of , "Miss Fudge I understand pigs eat people..." do you think the jury heard the rest of the question or the answer to the question?

I wondered why Mr. Bainbridge hadn't hired an attorney to represent him in this case. I tried to figure out what he had up his sleeve. Now the answer is clear. He knew from years of past experience he couldn't get a better attorney working for him than the DA!

The voicemail that the DA's office left for Michelle telling of the Grand Jury's verdict, which I have also listened to several times, included the lady leaving the message stating, "I hope that when he is released you pay special attention to your surroundings and if you feel endangered contact...."

Well no shit!!! You bungled yet another case and all you can say is watch your back????

You tell me, is this justice or incompetence? If you believe it to be the latter I implore you to remember two things said by people much wiser than I. (1) What it takes for evil to prevail is for good people to simply do nothing. (2) Lawlessness does not need to be fought for, it occurs naturally. It is law, order and justice that must be valiantly fought for and defended.

If you believe these statements to be true, then do something, continue to fight and contact the media and the DA, share this wherever you can.

Fight for and demand "Justice for DJ!" In doing so you are fighting for all the future victims of this style of brutal torture and killing for I promise you, this case, if left as is, sets a precedence for all future Bainbridge's to have free reign in committing these crimes without fear of punishment or consequence. We must not, as a civilized people allow this to happen...

Mr. Bainbridge is supposedly to appear in court concerning this case Monday morning at 11:15 a.m. in front of Judge Callahan, please let your voices be heard before then...

I think the reason he was charged was because he did not kill the pig in a humane manner. He shot it once, chased it down, shot it again and then simply walked away - leaving it to suffer horribly - for hours. 

(Chronicle Online - March 9, 2017)

Earlier:

• Oregon: George Bainbridge claims self-defense after shooting, killing rescue pig with two arrows
• Oregon: George Bainbridge, 54, charged with animal cruelty after shooting his neighbor's pet pig and then leaving him to suffer and die

Oregon: George Bainbridge, 54, charged with animal cruelty after shooting his neighbor's pet pig and then leaving him to suffer and die

OREGON -- Deputies arrested a man for animal abuse after he killed his neighbors rescue pig in St. Helens Monday morning.

Columbia County Sheriff's Office said George Bainbridge, 54, was arrested two days after he shot his neighbor's rescue pig with two arrows. The pig later died.

Bainbridge told FOX 12 on Tuesday the 900-pound pig named "DJ" got onto his property and when he saw the pig he feared for his safety and shot it with two arrows.

 

However, he never told the owner that the pig tried to attack him. Instead what he told her was that it had "dug up" his backyard:

“I come home and he says, ‘Well your pigs dug up my backyard again,’ and I’m like, ‘Oh no, which one?’ and he’s like, ‘It’s the one with two arrows in it,’” Fudge-Snow said.

Michelle Fudge-Snow, DJ's owner, said she found the pig badly wounded - FIVE HOURS AFTER BEING SHOT - but still alive on her property. She said he lived for a few hours, but there was nothing the veterinarian could do.

 

Fudge-Snow says Bainbridge has a history of erratic behavior toward her and her family and has killed other animals from her rescue farm in the past.

“I think he has a strong dislike for me. I think he’s a psychopath. I think with everything he’s done to us this is normal,” Fudge-Snow said. “I don’t think he’s all there.”

Bainbridge used the "it tried to attack me" defense saying, “The thing scared the [expletive] out of me. I stand in my backyard and I shoot archery as a hobby and there it was, okay, about 40 feet from me, and I shot it. That’s why. People get eaten by hogs, okay? I know a 74-year-old farmer that got eaten by his beloved hogs, okay?”

On Wednesday, deputies obtained a search warrant for Bainbridge's home in the 61300 Robinette Road. Deputies seized evidence connected in the case and interviewed Bainbridge.

Bainbridge was later arrested and has been charged with two counts of animal abuse in the first degree and one count of criminal mischief in the second degree. He was taken to the Columbia County Jail on $36,250 bail.

Arrest Information
Full Name: George Elvin Bainbridge
Gender: Male
Height: 6'00"
Weight: 225 lbs
Hair Color: BRO
Eye Color: BRO
Date:02/15/2017
Arresting Agency: Columbia County
Total Bond: $31,698
Charges
#1 ANIMAL ABUSE 1ST DEG - 1
NOTES: OPEN

#2 ANIMAL ABUSE 1ST DEG - 1
NOTES: OPEN

#3 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 2ND DEG
NOTES: OPEN

A petition titled "Justice for D.J." got more than 7,000 signatures asking prosecutors to charge George Bainbridge with animal cruelty.  

I am writing this to urge all of you to take a moment of your time to call the Saint Helens, Oregon Police department at 503-366-4611 and demand they take action against George Bainbridge for one of the most senseless acts of animal cruelty I have ever heard of.

He lives next door to the Baxter Potbelly Pig and Farm Animal rescue on Robinette Road and for months has been tearing down the fence between the properties trying to entice an animal onto his property and threatening to shoot it while patrolling the fence line with his compound bow. Today he succeeded.

He coaxed D.J. a wouldn't hurt a fly farm pig to cross the property line and then shot him in the neck.

As D.J. ran for his life, Mr. Bainbridge, as he proudly told animal control, "I chased him down and shot him again figuring I could use the meat." 

He then shot D.J. a second time after he re-crossed the property line running for his shelter. D.J. passed from his wounds after surgery to try to save him.

Mr. Bainbridge is a two time convicted felon who the local authorities have taken a "Well that's just George" point of view on.

I pray you inundate the police with calls until they are forced to take action. Do not let the murder of D.J. go unnoticed or unpunished....

(KPTV - Feb 16, 2017)

Earlier:

• Oregon: George Bainbridge claims self-defense after shooting, killing rescue pig with two arrows

Oregon: George Bainbridge claims self-defense after shooting, killing rescue pig with two arrows

OREGON -- A St. Helens man tells Fox 12 he acted in self-defense when he shot a neighbor’s 900-pound rescue pig with two arrows, killing it.

It happened Monday morning at the Baxter Potbelly Pig and Farm Animal Rescue when the pig named “DJ” got onto George Bainbridge’s property.

Bainbridge tells Fox 12 he is an amputee who doesn’t move very quickly and he feared for his safety when he saw the pig.

“The thing scared the [expletive] out of me. I stand in my backyard and I shoot archery as a hobby and there it was, okay, about 40 feet from me, and I shot it. That’s why,” Bainbridge said. “People get eaten by hogs, okay? I know a 74-year-old farmer that got eaten by his beloved hogs, okay?”

PROOF THAT BAINBRIDGE IS A LIAR
He said he shot DJ as the pig was coming at him,
trying to attack him. This arrow shows that he
shot DJ while DJ wasn't even looking at him,
certainly not charging towards him

The owner of the animal rescue, Michelle Fudge-Snow, says she’s devastated.

“I come home and he says, ‘Well your pigs dug up my backyard again,’ and I’m like, ‘Oh no, which one?’ and he’s like, ‘It’s the one with two arrows in it,’” Fudge-Snow said.

She found DJ badly wounded but still alive back on her property. She says he lived for a few hours, but there was nothing the veterinarian could do.

“He was shaking, he was in so much pain,” she said. “His life should have mattered and to take his life that easily, it’s just not right. He meant the world to us.”

Bainbridge and Fudge-Snow share a daughter together and both admit they have a history of disputes going back several years.

Bainbridge claims Fudge-Snow’s animals have damaged his property before and she neglects to maintain a fence between their two properties.

“This whole thing is about an animal owner not containing her animals, not abiding by the law like everyone needs to,” Bainbridge said. “She’s never once tried to repair the damage that her animals do and I’ve never taken her to court but this time I’m going to.”

Meanwhile, Fudge-Snow says Bainbridge has a history of erratic behavior toward her and her family and has killed other animals from her rescue farm in the past.

“I think he has a strong dislike for me. I think he’s a psychopath. I think with everything he’s done to us this is normal,” Fudge-Snow said. “I don’t think he’s all there.”

Investigators from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office say they will turn the case over to the District Attorney’s office to determine whether animal abuse charges will be filed.

“In animal cases there’s usually a lot of emotions, especially when things get on social media,” animal control investigator and CCSO Deputy Roger Kadell said. “People need to understand we are investigating it, we do take it seriously and we’ll do what we can on this case.”

(KPTV - Feb 12, 2017)

New York: Reward offered in pig stabbing case

NEW YORK -- An animal rights group is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for help in finding whoever stabbed a pig that was found bleeding in a New York neighborhood.

The pig was discovered by a resident in the village of Sloan, near Buffalo, on Jan. 12 and underwent emergency surgery. It survived.

PETA offered the reward Thursday for information leading to the arrest and cruelty to animals conviction of whoever was responsible.

PETA Vice President Colleen O'Brien says the group wants to make sure the attacker is held accountable and doesn't hurt someone or an animal again.

(Times Union - Jan 26, 2017)

Tennessee: Poor pig mauled by neighbor's pit bull, has his ear ripped off. Pig's owner shoots and kills pit bull

TENNESSEE -- Christina Perrin Benoit with Shayne J Benoit posted on Facebook January 8, 2017

My nerves are frazzled right now. Pit bull attack. All I can do is thank God it destroyed my pig and not one of my kids. It's just now hitting me how bad this could have been.

 

Jennie Eakes - I hope that dog is put up or put down .

Jackie Bradley - Oh my goodness! So thankful it wasn't one of you!

Christina Perrin Benoit - The police are involved now. Taking statements and looking at all the damage. This is horrible :(

Jackie Bradley - Yes it is. I'm so sorry. That's really terrifying!

Tracie Hill Prichard - Yikes! I'm sorry

Carol Fontenot - That terrible,bless yall heart.

 

Christina Perrin Benoit - Shayne had to shoot the dog to get it off our pig but it didn't kill the dog just yelped and ran off. Poor pig was screaming in pain. The dog completely ripped her ear off and looks like it broke her leg. Duck has blood all over her too. Animals are scattered and I can't find a couple of them.

UPDATE:
Christina Perrin Benoit posted on Facebook January 13, 2017

I've had several people asking for an update so this is what's happened (leaving out the huge mess this has caused):

I shot and helped butcher my pig because our neighbors pit bull attacked her and maimed her to the point she had to be put down. That pit bull is now dead because Shayne shot it while it was attacking our pig. The same pit bull got out and attacked one of our roosters in our yard the week before all this but luckily our rooster survived that attack. Our last duck died shortly after the pig attack...I saw her only for a moment after the attack and she had blood on her and then a little while later she was dead. We are now down to only chickens, rabbits and our sweet Garçon.

 

Carmen Frye-Hudson - So what actually happened to the dog? I not see where the last duck was dead following the pig being attacked... Sounds like a mess, I JUST heard on the news the other day that if law enforcement attempts to go to a home and a dog so much as barks aggressively, they have the right to shoot the dog.

Christina Perrin Benoit - The dog was in our back yard attacking our pig. I screamed and hollered trying to get it to let loose then told shayne to get the gun. Shayne came out and shot the dog (still attacking the pig). The dog yelped, let go of the pig and ran off. We found out the next day he died.

Carmen Frye-Hudson - Wow, that's terrible y'all had to go through all of this. I'm sorry. I live animals but not aggressive ones, if they'll attack your livestock, what's next... Your children :( you did what you had to do. What I would have done!!!

Donia Amburn - I was attacked by a Great Dane when I was 9 years old and I am still afraid of big dogs. This sounds like a horrifying ordeal. I hope the children did not have to witness any of it. A dog attack can be a very traumatic event. It's a good thing that it wasn't one of your children and I'm glad that Shane was able to stop that dog from hurting anything or anyone else

Note: I know it can be a bit jarring to read that the pig ended up being shot and butchered, but remember this pig was being raised for that very purpose. The owner says the pig couldn't be saved so there must have been a lot more injuries than just a ripped off ear. He was raised on a farm and allowed to roam around and root in the grass like pigs were meant to do -- not locked in a small pen in a building and never allowed to wallow in the mud or enjoy being outside, like the poor pigs that are raised at factory farms. 

Also, the pit bull was shot and killed so it won't be attacking and killing any more animals - and will never have a chance to attack and kill a child.