To: David Michaelson, Branch Chief (the boss of Dov and Todd Leung)

I am a former Commissioner on the Board of LA Animal Services of the city of Los Angeles, and am currently sitting on the city’s Spay/Neuter Ordinance Advisory Committee, as a District-11 appointee.

Animal Services Dept. wants to kill an owned dog in an obvious miscarriage of justice that is playing out before our eyes. The owner’s due process rights at the administrative hearing and at the administrative Appeal were stymied in multiple ways. 1) Expert evidence supporting the dog was kept out at the hearing level, 2) a city Commissioner hearing the Appeal engaged in ex parte communications with the appellant, formed a personal bias, and pushed the others toward her personal bias formed in that ex parte communication. Evidence that in the four intervening years the dog has had no problems has also been kept out.

The Commissioner engaging in the ex parte communications is gone. A majority of the current Commissioners, having heard the due process accusations, and one of the Commissioners being personally aware of the due process accusations, want to drop the case. However, their efforts have been obstructed. A State Court decision that will let LAAS kill the dog, “Stu” is imminent. But after two separate Commissioners formally requested that an agenda item for a vote to drop the case, the item was kept off the agenda. Their last scheduled meeting for June 8, 2009 would have been their last chance to vote before the State Court decision that will likely kill Stu. That meeting was abruptly canceled for no reason. The public has consistently spoken to save Stu and they have been summarily ignored. The owner has done this mostly without a lawyer, having spent all his money trying to keep his beloved dog alive.

This case goes far beyond the one dog. This case demonstrates the abuse of process which has taken place and the due process violations now being tolerated by the city. As a result of the city not taking responsibility for the past violations, city’s time and monetary resources are being spent to continue its prosecution even after the city’s due process violations came to light.

Even murderers are allowed to go free when their due process rights are violated. In this case, there are so many due process violations I lose count. More detail is in an article at this link:
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-1779-LA-Pet-Rescue-Examiner~y2009m6d17-Playing-political-games-with-a-dogs-life

I’ve been fighting for this dog’s life and fighting for the city’s integrity since I was on the Commission. Stu has been kept behind bars for 4 years already. He’s old now, and probably has only another year or two to live his natural life unless cut short by this travesty.

In my letter of resignation from the Commission on the Board of Animal Services Dept. to Mayor Villaraigosa almost two years ago (http://marie310.blogspot.com/2007/09/resigning-from-laas-commission_03.html), I wrote the following, and it was referring to Stu’s case:
“Recently, the Commission discovered its serious procedural problems with a past appeal. I was not involved with this particular appeal, however, I felt it was the Commission’s sworn duty to right its wrongs, and restore its integrity, when the process was violated, with unfairness and prejudice appearing high and harmful.
“Unfortunately I have learned that certain members of your administration, this department and the Commission are incapable of acknowledging errors, therein misleading the public. Such actions (or inactions) are resulting in the needless suffering and death of many animals, mistreatment of the public, and wasting of financial and human capital.”
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bubMhSLA3sU)

It is significant that, in the lower State Court case regarding the owner’s other dog, the Judge ruled in favor of the owner on the same issues of due process.

Meanwhile, this case has been an ongoing battle for four years! For four years, it has been draining city human and financial resources, to pursue a case with due process violations by the city. I’m really astonished with the wasteful and negative behavior of Mr. Todd Leung, the city attorney, along with others who perpetuate this inhumane condition for Stu. I wholeheartedly understand his owner’s frustration, and the growing public anger as the city tolerates this failure of justice.

Since Stu’s owner is not a lawyer, he may not have done a good job framing the due process violations for the Court, but the Commission is aware of them, and so am I. Attached please find my Declaration in the case.

If we are to believe the Mayor’s statements that the city has a budget crisis, shouldn’t we see the City Attorney’s resources better directed than wasted on so many years of litigation over a now 10-year old dog when the initial hearing was tainted with due process violations!?

This is 1) sheer animal cruelty 2) a total waste of our tax-dollars. The city attorney’s office should not be accepting due process violations against any constituent.

I urge you to take immediate measures to correct the procedural and due process violations by withdrawing the city’s opposition to the case. Anything less is supporting constitutional violations. The State Court decision is imminent and this needs to be cleared up right away. I hope you can and will help.

Graciously,
Marie Atake

Ed Boks has an ego but not a soul.
Stu de la Rosa was injured and bit someone. The dog is 11 and has never before or after the single incident been aggressive towards humans. Ed Boks does not care about animals.

This is a travesty. I am just flabbergasted that Jeff de la Rosa's rights have been ignored time and time again and that this animal, Stu, has been living in impound for the last 4 years. This is not how I wish to have my tax dollars spent! Stu needs to be returned to his owner immediately. Enough is enough. I appreciate Marie Atake's informative letter. Let's hope someone has the integrity to step up and right a terrible injustice before it's too late!

This is just unacceptable behavior on the part of the City Attorney Todd Leung, Ed Boks, Linda Barth.

This dog has suffered long enough and in no way, should be put to death because "someone" may have a vendetta against Jeff de la Rosa, Stu, or dogs in general. Perhaps it's egos...you can't live up to the fact that maybe a mistake was made in the first place, so now Stu has to pay, not only by being jailed for 4 years, but now let's kill him so he won't be a constant reminder of our mistake.

To keep this poor dog locked up for 4 years and then KILL him?! That makes no sense whatsoever! What's in it for those involved in wanting to have Stu killed besides self satisfaction of 'winning'?

A life being taken "just because they can"...wow that's compassion at it's finest. Do you people not understand also, the psychological damage you've already caused to Stu's owner, or does that not even matter? It's obvious money isn't an issue for Jeff..but STU's life is and that in itself, shows us HIS character far exceeds any of yours.

Now to demand that Animal Services do your dirty work, when probably most of those people aren't in agreement with killing him either, except for one individual known, is just as cruel. This dog is considered a senior now and should be allowed to live the rest of his days in his home with the people who love him.

Why is it so much to ask for when the facts are clear that Stu has done nothing wrong except to bite out of fear from his own injury. Most people with any basic knowledge of animal behavior knows a dog may bite out of fear when injured. So how does this justify 4 years in hell and then be executed because of someone else's ignorance?

I think it is time this dog and his family get reunited. I feel the dog has done his time just like an inmate in jail and now it's time to release him to go home and be with his loving family.. I think the dog has had enough time being confined in a cell that he should not have been in for 4 years..
LET STU LIVE LET STU GO HOME ~LET HIM GO HOME WITH HIS FAMILY~

My 2 cents

Doreen Turpin
New York NY

The LA Animal Services Commission wants to vote on Stu again and would undoubtedly want to spare him. However the City Attorney's office keeps blocking attempts for the vote to make the agenda.

Nobody knows why the attorneys are being so aggressive about this case. Villaraigosa's philosophy of never admitting he has done anything wrong seems to have permeated city departments.

The City Attorney's office has flipped over the Stu case and it has become much bigger than whether or not Stu should live or die. For some reason best known to the city attorneys so gung-ho to kill Stu, they feel they cannot budge an inch on Stu because it gives the impression that they have lost. Stu's case has become about ego.

The new City Attorney assumes office on July 1st. Pardoning Stu would be a positive statement of intent about what Los Angelenos can expect under his stewardship.

Allowing his staff to get away with this persecution of a dog would just be an indication that he is really no different from predecessor. The last thing we need in LA right now is "meet the new boss; same as the old boss."

Thank you , Steve, for including Stu in your article. Just some fact corrections:

1. Stu was impounded in Sept.2005. Boks came in January 06 (3 months, not a year).

2. Boks swore to me on September 9, 2006 that he would re-open this case because "something doesn't seem right here." That never happened.

3. It is Boks that refused Stu medical treatment for 3 years , including teeth cleaning, which has caused Stu to have suffered gum infections and lost teeth.

4. Boks took on the persecution of me and the continued prosecution of the Stu case from the start. He published lies and my home address on the City website in an attempt to discredit me.

5. Boks sent 2 animal control trucks to raid my home on Dec.
8, 2006. I had rescued to dogs who were fostered on my street. When 1 got out, he sent the SWAT team, surrounded my home and lit it up like Dodger stadium.

6. In June, 2007 Boks send an officer to my home to threaten me with a search warrant for having "illegal" dogs. I didn't have them. The officer was instructed to threaten me with seizure of my 14 year-old blind and deaf Cocker Spaniel. Why is this relevant. This "visit" happened only 2 hours after I called the Mayor's office to complain about the Boks web postings.

7.RE: dismissed lawsuits. EVERY case which settles out of court is dismissed with prejudiced by the court. If Boks did nothing wrong, they would have gone to trial and risked a 6 figure jury award. For him to say that the "charges" were dismissed is pure Boksian misinformation. You fell for it. Many do.

8. Boks blocked the Board of Animal Services Commissioners from addressing the overly long and inhumane impound of my dog, Stu for 3 months. Finally, public outcry forced him to let the item on the agenda.

The real story here, Steve, which still goes on under Linda Barth, is that the Board of Commissioners is , by law, the Head of the Department of Animals Services. Boks, and now Linda Barth work with "others" to block the Board from meeting when a controversial item is up (See June 8, 2009 meeting) and if the Board does meet, they are told what they may discuss and what they may take action on. Imagine if the Mayor canceled City Council meetings. This is no different.

The wake of death and destruction of people and animals which Ed Boks has left is wide and deep. This is a feature Weekly story which nobody has had the balls to publish. I'm available, as are many others, to assist. Please talk to your editor. Boks can never work in any job involving animals ( or people) again and we need to make that happen. Lead on.

Can Jeff sue Boks or the county for the violations of due process? If so, I hope he does!

Ed Boks should personally foot the bill for all of this. I bet if he were personally paying the bills for the attorneys, the impound, the, albeit lacking, veterinary care, etc Stu would have been home years ago.

Ed Boks is a disgrace to everything he claims to stand for and a poor excuse for a human being. He may also be a criminal and should be investigated and the matter placed before a grand jury to consider a felony indictment.

Stu the dog should be returned to Jef de la Rosa at once, with apologies and compensation.

To whom it may really concern,
Please let Stu go back home with his family, Killing him will not make things better, he needs to go back home he has well over served his time like an inmate would, dont be cruel to this animal anymore, have him go back home where he deserves to be.

Sadly, many people don't understand this: there is NO such thing as a no kill shelter. It works like this, one place claims to be a no kill shelter, and then after a period of time, if the animal is not adopted, they ship it off to a different shelter to do the deed ... just because it's not done at that particular shelter does not make it a no kill shelter. They're still in the business of killing more animals than they adopt out. I hope Stu can go back to his home and that his owner will keep him on a shorter leash to avoid another biting incident. So sad.

Stu should be returned to his owners. This is a travesty - EVERY day another dog lost his life due to "space" because of these egotistical politicians and attorneys. Our tax dollars are being wasted - STU NEEDS TO GO HOME!!!!

Its time for Stu to go home. I am appalled that your city leaders are threatened by of all things a dog and that so much money has been wasted over the last 4 years keeping this dog away from his family. Shame on you to everyone who had the chance to make things right. A life is a life, no matter whether it walks on 2 legs or 4 paws.

LET STU GO HOME

It is way past time for Stu to go home. It matters not who made the mistakes in this travesty of justice; the only important thing is that Stu be sent home healthy and happy to live out whatever remaining hears he may have with Jeff and his family. I cannot believe that the Governor and the Mayor does not step in and makes this happen! Please let Stu go home now!

Thank you for exposing this absurd situation which has gone on way too long, for reasons of ego and apparently personal vendetta. Killing a dog because you don't like their owner is something domestic abusers and serial killers do - not our city Animal "Services" department.

Let Stu go home to Jeff and live out the rest of his years with his family.

How the city of Los Angeles became involved in this, I just don't understand.
#1 Stu had just been the victim of a bite and was injured and the person who was in charge of the care of these two dogs knew it (ASSUMED RISK).
#2 This person was "working", paid or volunteer, working with animals. (VETERINARIAN'S RULE)
#3 This person attempted to place a restraint "collar, leash" over a just bitten ear or (side of head) very sore / untouchable without sedation. (PROVOKED)
Return this man his property. I am a taxpaying Angeleno and I do not want one more of my taxpayer dollars spent dealing with this. Not to house the dog. Not to execute the dog. Not to have the city attorney's time spent dealing with this. Or any other city employee PERIOD Enough is ENOUGH!

Gregory Pollock
Taxpayer, Registered Voter, Property Owner
10542 Pinewood Ave.

Seriously, you're keeping a dog for four years in an effort to kill him for no good reason....spending tax dollars on a legal fight while you let this dog languish, sans veterinary care, in a lonely and cold environment which in turn means another animal dies because Stu has held a spot for four years? Unbelievable. California can't afford anything right now and you hold a dog without due process. How embarrassing for LA. Do you know how you look to the rest of the United States?

For God's sake, let Stu go home...you couldn't look anymore ridiculous if you tried. I see many egos at play here and not one heart. Shame on you, Los Angeles.

Chris Whitson
St. Louis, Missouri

I have read all the posts regarding Stu and I agree with most everything people say. I was one of the animal behaviorists who examined Stu, and I can tell you that this dog is not vicious or dangerous, and incident in question happened because the dog was in pain and the person bitten provoke the dog by her actions. Mr. Ed Boks, fortunately has now left, and I can tell you that Boks acted inappropriately to me on several occasions. The whole situation is absolutely ridiculous, the dog should be return to its owner, and the perseverance of his owner to save Stu over the course of the last four years is truly, truly remarkable!

This man's handling or should I say mishandling of Stu is a terrible miscarriage of justice and will not be forgotten by many people who feel the pain of the dog and his owner. I beg anyone who can spare this poor dogs life to do it...PLEASE. We need a hero right now and hopefully someone will fill that slot. Mr. Ed Boks could not.

This is one of the cruelest situations I have ever read and makes me wonder how a state that is broke can waste money on this and not do the right thing...return Stu who should never have been taken away anyway to his owner. We kill millions of unwanted dogs every year but this is unbelievabe. Why break the heart of a pet owner? How can we ever trust Animal Control again? Seems like this should be a lawsuit and I rarely believe in them. PLEASE LET STU GO.

On behalf of the American Legal Foundation of Florida I would like to enter our protest against this treatment of animals and citizens by the City of L.A.
Federal Law: 42 U.S.C 1983 is a recourse in Federal Court for violations of Civil Rights by a state, county, or city government official acting under color of law. The 5th and 14th amendments to the Constitution of the United States does guarantee "Due Process" to all citizens. That statute does also grant that if the Court Rules in the favor of the owner of "Stu" that the City of L.A. will also be liable for triple legal fees for the attorney representing Stu and his owner. In a similar case of "Due Process" the Federal Court ordered the public auction of East St. Louis City Owned Property to satisfy the judgment awarded by the jury.

The City of L.A. needs to wise up, killing the dog will not make the lawsuit for violation of civil rights go away. As long as Stu's Owner files action in Federal Court within two years the City of L.A. and it's officials may be paying legal costs for many years to come. Question: Can L.A. Afford this Fight which will be brought in Federal Court?

Dwayne L. Gillispie
American Legal Foundation of Florida
http://alf.law.officelive.com

For goodness sakes LA, get it together. It's all about saving the lifes of animals.

Why does it seem that Stu's incarceration is being used as a way for Mr Boks to boost his ego? Keeping Stu as a prisoner for 4 yrs is a travesty. Stu should have been released after the rabies' hold. How much money has been spent on this case? The money spent could have been used much more wisely by saving other pets'lives, spaying/neutering and educating people so the pet over population problem can be brought under control. Why has Stu been kept prisoner for 4 yrs only to euthanize him on July 23rd?
Please release Stu, please do not kill him as he has paid with enough of his life. If Stu can not be released to his former owner (for whatever reason) perhaps he can be released to a rescue or an agency who can find him a new loving home, where Stu can live out his days in freedom and happiness.
Thank-you!

Poor little Stu had only lightly bitten Jeff's assistant due to the pain from his injured ear when she put a harness on him.
Something that could have happened to Anyone, a very natural reaction indeed! They had it all worked out until the assistant reported the incident a month later to sue! Then Stu was stolen and locked up when his owner Jeff was away from the home and he has been languishing ever since!

The Real Victim in this case is Stu who has been held 4 years for No Good Reason and subjected to what amounts to extreme cruelty & injustice! Stu has been denied a fair trial and it seems that there were many due process violations - a murderer would have gone free in similar circumstances!

Stu has much support on many levels, placing him on the agenda of the next commission meeting could save him if they act before July 23rd! Stu needs us to demand a special board meeting ASAP with favorable support and votes to help set him free before he is executed on July 23!

Stu needs to go home to his owner Jeff At Once so he can live out his last couple of years in peace with a loving Dad - Jeff!

Stu has many friends who are pulling for him by making calls, sending e-mails, & tweeting for him and we will not stop until he is set free. If anyone dares to murder the poor guy they will have many to answer to!

Stu's Twitter Friend,
Lisa A Freeman

Poor little Stu had only lightly bitten Jeff's assistant due to the pain from his injured ear when she put a harness on him.
Something that could have happened to Anyone, a very natural reaction indeed! They had it all worked out until the assistant reported the incident a month later to sue! Then Stu was stolen and locked up when his owner Jeff was away from the home and he has been languishing ever since!

The Real Victim in this case is Stu who has been held 4 years for No Good Reason and subjected to what amounts to extreme cruelty & injustice! Stu has been denied a fair trial and it seems that there were many due process violations - a murderer would have gone free in similar circumstances!

Stu has much support on many levels, placing him on the agenda of the next commission meeting could save him if they act before July 23rd! Stu needs us to demand a special board meeting ASAP with favorable support and votes to help set him free before he is executed on July 23!

Stu needs to go home to his owner Jeff At Once so he can live out his last couple of years in peace with a loving Dad - Jeff!

Stu has many friends who are pulling for him by making calls, sending e-mails, & tweeting for him and we will not stop until he is set free. If anyone dares to murder the poor guy they will have many to answer to!

Stu's Twitter Friend,
Lisa A Freeman

Are you kidding me with this? Please please PLEASE let Stu go back to his loving owner. FOUR YEARS!? And now he is facing the ultimate penalty? SEND STU HOME!

This is nothing but animal cruelty, pure and simple. It's hard to believe that such an inhumane situation could be allowed to go on for FOUR years, over essentially, nothing. The cruelty of humans never ceases to amaze me. I'm not sure how anyone involved in this animal's imprisonment sleeps at night. It's time to step up and do the right thing. Let this poor animal go back home. He has done nothing wrong.

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its' animals are treated”. Mahatma Gandhi

What a shame and an embarrassment !! This whole situation breaks my heart.

kathy wilson
Danville, VA

Its hard to believe the city would spend 4 years and countless dollars trying to kill a dog that has a home, when those resources could be spend trying to find homes for the 500 dogs the city shelters kill a day.

Stu doesnt have to be a victim. Someone in power at the city just needs to stand up and say that mistakes were made, lets send Stu home.

So please, send Stu home.

Tim Youd
www.margosbark.com

LET STU GO HOME!

PLEASE LET STU GO HOME,SOMEONE LOVES HIM AND IS WILLING TO TAKE CARE OF HIM,PLEASE LET HIM GO HOME,FOR GOD SAKE HAVE A HEART.

Enough is enough. Let Stu go home!

It it reprehensible that Stu has been locked up and deprived of veternarian care for this long.
I always thought that the west coast folks were 'trend-setters', and ahead of everyone else...
Turns out they are more 'backwoods-minded' than any of us in the southeast...

STU NEEDS TO GO HOME!!! PLEASE ALLOW HIM TO LIVE!!!

Please let Stu go home!! He's suffered enough.
He shouldn't have to pay for one mistake he
Made while he was injured. That's just wrong!!

City of L.A. holds a dog named Stu for four years and now wants to kill him. I'm thinking that Stu should also be checked to see how much abuse he has been put through during these four long years,purhaps the City of L.A. is hiding more than we all know. Stu has people that want to take him home,he is not a throw away. why take the life of this dog Stu?
Just let the people that want to give Stu a life,take him home rather than take his life.

City of L.A. if you aren't hiding something about why you want to kill a Dog you locked up for four years,let an outside vet check him and then let him go home.
Brandy Robinson

The woman that filed the charge just looking to sue should be ashamed of herself. Stu was INJURED when he reacted and accidentally bit her. This is unreal what this dog has been through, send him home to his family. I would be heart broken if this happened with our dog, enough is enough. Send Stu home to his family!

Remember the golden rule: Treat others the way you want to be treated ... let Stu go home! Stop the cruelty, 4 years is more than enough!!!

What sense does it make to keep a dog alive four years just to kill it now?

Humans let pets overpopulate, and our only solution is to kill them? They are not livestock, they are companion animals and worth more to us than we think. Please please reconsider euthanizing Stu. It would be such a tragedy and a waste.

No kill is the way to go. How else could we possibly treat our companions, other than to let them have the same chance at life that we do. Please don't do this.

It is not the dog's fault! Do not kill him for this man's silliness!

Thank you Ms Marie Atake.

As a society we are judged on how we treat our weakest and most vulnerable beings. I count animals among these. This dog has already been subject to abuse and inhumane treatment due to ignorance and ego. To kill him would be the ultimate injustice.

I can't believe I'm hearing that you want to kill the dog. How would you like it if someone killed your family pet because you didn't train it right? He's a police dog. He's been trained to be rough. You don't know what happened to provoke it. DO NOT KILL THAT DOG.

I can't believe I'm hearing that you want to kill the dog. How would you like it if someone killed your family pet because you didn't train it right? He's a police dog. He's been trained to be rough. You don't know what happened to provoke it. DO NOT KILL THAT DOG.

With all the animals that have no one to care for them, it's ridiculous to hold an animal at the city's expense when there is someone who does want to care for him. Clearly there is no safety issue still on the table; that should have been resolved a long time ago. This is not serving anyone, certainly not the taxpayers, not city residents, not the animal, not animal owners. It must also have passed the point where it's serving politicians; it's so clearly an issue that has little to do with the mission of LA Animal Care & Control. Likewise it serves no one to kill the dog. To do so would be a grave offense and morally wrong. Let Stu go home.

With all the animals that have no one to care for them, it's ridiculous to hold an animal at the city's expense when there is someone who does want to care for him. Clearly there is no safety issue still on the table; that should have been resolved a long time ago. This is not serving anyone, certainly not the taxpayers, not city residents, not the animal, not animal owners. It must also have passed the point where it's serving politicians; it's so clearly an issue that has little to do with the mission of LA Animal Care & Control. Likewise it serves no one to kill the dog. To do so would be a grave offense and morally wrong. Let Stu go home.

FOR DOG'S SAKE PEOPLE... LET STU GO HOME!

Not only should Stu be allowed to go home to the family that loves him, the agency that was responsible for his incarceration for that last 4 years should be required to pay any and ALL training and rehabilitation costs his family will certainly occur helping their beloved pet adjust to life outside an obviously horrendous prison/kennel facility.

The years Stu has spent in this shelter certainly impacted how he will interact with humans and other animals on the outside. Letting him out without providing this poot soul with the training and rehabilitation he will require is only setting Stu up for failure again and possibly putting him right back into the same hell he is currently wallowing in.

L.A. BE THE HUMANE SOCIETY YOU ASPIRE TO BECOME AND START WITH STU!!!

What a horrifying travesty of justice. It's long past time to set Stu free to spend his golden years with his obviously loving family.

I used to work as associate director of a humane society and if Stu's legal owner is responsible and Stu hasn't been driven out of his mind in the shelter, then LET HIM GO HOME. How many years has this dog been locked up? What is the statute of limitations on violent crimes - aside from murder - in the state of California? Hey, government: be reasonable, just this once, and let the dog go home. You'll make constituents happy and you'll free up a kennel for a dog that is truly homeless.

I also must address the author's comment about "finicky" animal lovers. Sir, do you ever comment on finicky children's or senior's rights advocates? How about fickle rape crisis workers? Wishy-washy teen violence prevention advocates? The people who work in animal welfare do so to help the animals, as do those who enter other human/public service vocations and professions. Until you work in one of these situations, please reserve the use of prejudicial language, as you do not know the toll this work takes on those for whom it is a calling.

I think its time for a prison break.

DON'T KILL STU!

I'm in for the prison Break!!!

Let the dog go home to his owners. Killing him is ridiculous, cruel and vicious. Humans are supposed to be stewards of animals, not executioners. He's served his time, his family has suffered, he has suffered. Do NOT kill the dog.

What is this lunacy. This is a dog, a human life. Not a toy, a puppet.

Stop playing games you people - This is going around the world - what do you think people will be thinking about you and your shallow disgraceful behavious. This is a LIFE!

Please let Stu go home. There is no reason to have him killed, none at all. If you call yourselves humans, then show some humanity and let Stu go where he belongs, back to his owner.

Another case of stupidity and lack of common sense - this is ridiculous and needlessly cruel.

This poor dog has been stuck in the pound for 4 YEARS!? For goodness sakes, let him go home. He's served more than his fair share of time.

It is ridiculous to keep any animal impounded for 4 years and then to kill him! What is the point?

This is not just the question of the life of one dog, this is the question of punishing an animal for the acts of humans. Stu had been neglected and abandoned on the streets of L.A. and when the City's own Animal Control missed a chance to save him he was rescued by a concerned citizen. L.A. Animal Control had previous experience with this citizen and there was a hostile relationship between humans.
The Officials of L.A. have used Stu as a weapon to obtain revenge against that citizen. Obviously if a person is willing to take on the responsibility of rescuing an animal then that person truly loves animals. It is expensive and time consuming to rescue.
If you want to extract revenge against an Animal Lover then what is the best weapon? His animals that he has rescued of course. That is what this is all about, the Officials of L.A. want to extract every ounce of revenge against this citizen who is an animal lover. AND TO DO SO THEY ARE MAKING THIS DOG GIVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE ON BEHALF OF THE MAN THAT RESCUED HIM.
What if this citizen was rescuing children from the streets of L.A. that have run away from abuse at home. If after rescuing a child that child committed a minor infraction of L.A. laws whould the City execute the child to extract revenge for their personal dislike of the rescuer?

I never fail to be amazed at the so-called justice system in this country. I have heard of convicted murderers receiving shorter sentences than this poor dog, with no death penalty!! How is it possible there is ANYONE who doesn't see how completely ridiculous this is???

4 years? Let the dog go home to his family where he belongs.

In Colorado, dog owners have the right to defend their animal just as parents would have the right to defend their child. Worse, the dog has served 4 years of time--half a lifetime sentence for a dog--and now at the end of that long imprisonment you would send him to the executioner. LA needs proof that its authorities care about life and justice--not just the hearsay of a crooked commissioner long-gone. If they do not release him, Stu will become a martyr, and that martyrdom will be far more damaging to their authority than any freedom they might return to him.
Free Stu! Live and let live!

Don't kill a dog for doing one bad thing. Imagine if we were killed the first time we did something wrong. Don't judge Stu by one bad thing he did when he was scared. Judge him by the dog he normally is. SAVE STU!

I am a Chaplain for all Animals. I send Stu and all those near Stu my heartfelt prayers for compassion. I surround Stu with miracles of love and the miracle he needs; the perfect loving family. Rules and regulations can change for the better of society. May compassion be our compass and the rich soil of many awakened miracles of love.

God bless you, Stu and God bless all animals.

Chaplain Kathy Mikshenas

Please let Stu live... and let him go home to his guardian.

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the Way its animals are treated."
~~ Mahatma Gandhi ~~

As ~Mahatma Ghandi~ once said: "Be the change you wish to see in the world"

Los Angeles "Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger" please be that change and PARDON Stu, Please spare Stu and his family further heartbreak. Please be compassionate and do the right thing and send him home, to live his final days, peacefully and happily with his owner, Jeff de la Rosa.

THE WORLD IS WATCHING!!
Carol Waterman,
Montreal, Qc. Canada

Please Give Stew back to his owners! The World is watching and if you don't do what is right I hope Jerry Brown gets involved and Hold you Accountable for what you do!! Have A heart Please!!

I can't even believe this is happening. That someone would hold a grudge for this long is childish. To cause a poor dog to suffer so is inhumane. That poor dog should be sent home to his family. They have all paid more than should have. I have always thought that California was one of the leaders in humanity. I guess I was wrong. This should never have been allowed to go on this long. At least do what is right now and send him home.

Stu needs to be back with his owners. No dog should be locked in a pound for 4 years & not given a chance to be back w his family. Free Stu, he promises not to bite.

Thank GOD we're dumb and unsophisticated here in the SOUTH. What's wrong with you people?

Are you trying to tell me that something so simple as losing a dog was beyond all your capabilities???? Tsk, tsk, tsk. Hell, all the Animal Controls I've ever been in lose dogs that were scheduled for euthanasia. If that doesn't work here are 2 other ideas....

A. Get a HUGE crowd together (I'd ask the Mexican family next door- they're a crowd all by themselves) and TAKE the dog by force.
B. Have a friend smuggle the dog out at night and micro-chip him and register him under someone else's name immediately and if someone says something insist it just looks like Stu- change his name to Blue- he won't care. Then force the politicos to waste the tax payers' money trying to get him back - I'm certain that will go well for them- BTW, GUNS come in really handy in cases like this....yee-haw!

And finally, when Stu/Blue gets home- keep him under control- of course, he's a senior now and probably won't be much trouble to anyone anymore.

It's obvious the dogs aren't the only ones trying to pee highest on the tree. Putting poor Stu down is MUCH easier than solving problems like racial strife, poor economy and loss of jobs.

Are you kidding me? Free STU this minute. He has MORE than paid the price for whatever happened all these years ago. Don't kill him. He deserves to go home for his final years.

Anyone who was involved with keeping him incarcerated for this long should be FIRED.

Stu has suffered more than enough already! Enough is enough!This case invloved a power-crazy egomaniacal man & a greedy litigious woman.PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THIS DOG SUFFR ANYMORE! He bit becasue he was injured!This is an outrage that should NEVER have gone this far! DO THE RIGHT THING!Let Stu go home!He has suffered & was punished enough!& with no due process!For what reason?? All because of these horrible people!Shame on the evil people responsible for this misuse of power and those who allowed it to happen. DO NOT KILL STU! I live in L.A.& AM TELLING EVERYONE I KNOW TO WATCH THIS STORY!MANY ANIMALOVERS in this city & across the country!People aren't going to want visist a city that would do such a thing. DO THE RIGHT THING! SAVE STU! -it's easy just use a little common sense...& also have a heart!!YOU KNOW THIS WRONG!End this nonsense NOW! FREE STU!!!!!

SaraDraper
CA voter/taxpayer
animaladvocate
BIG MOUTH on twitter & abt town!

Politics at it's finest! Four years is a long enough sentence for a bite! Stu has served his time! Let him go HOME!!

Send Stu home to his family! Stop the stupid politics. This dog and his family has suffered enough. What happened to common sense and humanity? This case is ridiculous and should never have gone on this long. Go Stu!

Please do the right thing here and send Stu home! This is totally insane and should not have gone on this long, if at all. It's easy to see why Ca. is broke, you really know how to waste time and money. As the last poster said "what happened to common sense and humanity" do you have any?