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Standing Against Animal Cruelty

By: Kristin Gumper | 10/24/2007

Standing Partnership encourages its team members to get involved in boards and organizations for which they are passionate.

As a St. Louis dog lover, rescuer and foster parent, I'm passionate about helping animals, and I am very proud to be an active foster parent for Stray Rescue of St. Louis and the Humane Society of Missouri.

My journey, captured at http://kgump.wordpress.com/, has been extremely rewarding, and has made me even more driven to help these animals who have been abandoned, abused, and altogether left alone to fend for their lives or else die on the city streets.

But today, as I read the news from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the dog fighting ring bust, tears threatened my eyes and anger entered my heart.

This hits home. Missouri has a problem. We are one of the leading culprits of puppy mills, and we obviously have a dog fighting issue. St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay comments on the issue in his blog, From the Mayor's Desk.

According to the Humane Society, national legislation is pending to toughen penalties against animal cruelty. Here's hoping we don't hear about another bust for quite some time.

What's your story? Have you adopted a rescued animal? Fostered? Or stumbled upon a puppy mill or dog fighting ring?

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