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Amber Cammack tried several times to alert authorities about an emaciated, whimpering dog with a telephone cord wrapped around its muzzle on her neighbor’s apartment balcony. She contacted the Harris County District Attorney’s Office to complain multiple times. No one ever responded. After Cammack’s video of the dog went viral, she was arrested by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office for Harassment. After reports of the unjust arrest went viral, Devon Anderson reacted on Facebook informing the public that “no criminal charges would be filed against Cammack.”
Kim Ogg, long time crime victims’ advocate, will appear at a press conference today held by Cammack’s attorney, Randall Kallinan, to ask the DA to fully investigate Ms. Cammack’s original animal abuse report and to ask why she did nothing in response to repeated internet complaints about the cruelty generated off the HCDAO website.
“Since disbanding the Animal Cruelty Unit of the HCDAO, this District Attorney has done nothing to protect animals from senseless cruelty. So few criminal cases have been filed since Anderson took office in 2013, it affirms nothing will be done to stop abusers and leaves the impression that animal cruelty is acceptable.”
“Reports of animal abuse must be responded to immediately. Delayed response kills animals. No response insures that even more abuse will occur. Putting a complaint form on your website and then failing to follow up on the complaints is worse than doing nothing.” said Ogg.
Ogg will also discuss discuss her own platform on the subject and successful prosecution projects in other city’s DA’s Offices.
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