Tara wrote: >The very BEST thing we can do is send letter after letter---phone message >after phone message to Judge Michael Allphin > >Again Fax to 1-801-447-3880 >Voice mail: 1-801-447-3850 >His secretary: 1-801-447-3801 >Case number: 011601083 >PLEASE do not loose that case number! We do not have a fax machine. Could someone send that judge (and maybe that reporter -- of better, the editor) an informative note about animal hoarding and animal abuse that can be found at these sites: http://www.tufts.edu/vet/cfa/hoarding.html, and http://www.tufts.edu/vet/cfa/MunicipaLawyer.pdf and http://www.legis.state.il.us/publicacts/pubact92/acts/92-0454.html and http://www.mhsource.com/pt/p000425.html (hoarding and how it hurts animals) If I recall right at least some of these have permission to copy and distribute attached to them, and it is always possible ask for permission when such notes are not readily apparent, plus URLs can be given along with a description of the source's expertise. Getting such professional data should help inform without alienating, and that could mean that the next time the book will be thrown at the person. I heard from a very nice person in the mental health profession that these were appreciated; it's an area too few people know anything about and is NOT well enough covered in laws almost anywhere or in health approaches -- YET. Get this info out there: to judges, to legislators, to public health professionals, and to mental health professionals! If we each distribute it some then the progress will spiral upward. [Posted in FML issue 3757]