SAN ANTONIO — A local animal advocate planning a protest Saturday says she's willing to be arrested to bring attention to the incarceration of Buddy the Dog and separation from his 83-year-old owner.
Buddy, whose life remains in a legal limbo after reportedly biting a 9-year-old girl last year, has been quarantined by the city since November.
The Alamo Plaza protest, set for noon Saturday, is organized by Vicki Lynn Jurney-Taylor. It has gained about 200 registered guests on Facebook.
“Trust me, we WILL make the National news once I am arrested in my wheelchair over this travesty of Justice!,” Taylor wrote on the event page.
City attorneys have pushed since December to have Buddy immediately put down, but reached an agreement with the attorneys for Buddy's owner Homer Mejica Friday to not euthanize him while other appeals are sorted out.
Public outcry including an online petition and calls to public officials erupted as Buddy and his owner's case made news.
As the Express-News' Gilbert Garcia reported last week, “Buddy has become a symbol for animal lovers, who often suggest ACS is more obsessed with posting impressive statistics than protecting animals.
Thousands of euthanizations still take place every year, hundreds of thousands of strays roam the streets and dog bites are on the rise, ACS figures show.
In 2012, 13,560 dogs were put to death, ACS figures show, down from 19,646 in 2011.”
kparker@express-news.net
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