Andrea Rosebrock 
Update 4/30/09 – Holstein, Second Missing Rowan County Animal Shelter Dog Found!!
Recently two dogs were stolen from the Rowan County Animal Shelter in Morehead, KY. One, an 8-year-old beagle named Jake and the second, an American Bulldog named Holstein. One of the dogs was dragged under the kennel fence leaving behind fur, flesh and blood.
Jake, the beagle, was found about 6 miles from the shelter. He was most like used as a bait dog for a dogfighting ring. He is severely injured and has obvious bite marks.
Holstein, who was about to be adopted by a soldier returning from Afghanistan, is still missing. Shelter and rescue advocates are worried that because the beautiful black and white dog is a bully breed he may be used for dog fighting. They are offering a reward for his return.
Please help to get the word and picture of Holstein out. No dog deserves to suffer such a cruel fate as dogfighting. Can we put some pressure on and hope it’s not too late to save this boy!
I have been receiving updates on this from rescue, and the Shelter is trying to raise monies for security cameras. This is outrageous that people would steal dogs from a shelter, to use them as bait dogs. I wish that the shelter could have security until they can install security cameras. I will search for the link for donations and post it when I find it.
I just pray that someone who knows who is behind this steps forward, for the sake of all the animals at this shelter.
Do the police have a picture of Holstein? I would like to add $100 for the safe return of Holstein so he can be adopted by the soldier that is coming home from Afghanistan. I would also like to neuter (with rusty pinking shears) the person who is causing so much pain to man’s best friend. There surely is a list of suspect fighters, dealers, involved in dog-fighting. Will the police do anything there in KY? If caught, what can we do to assure the courts deal with this in a proper manner? We all care.
NEUTER THEM H***. I’D LIKE TO STICK THE POS SOB”S IN A CAGE WITH THE PITBULLS THEY ARE FIGHTING & LET THE DOG’S RIP THEM TO SHREDDS.
Go Janet, I am with you. Let these dogs they have traind chew him up or them up. For God’s sake this is a shelter. What part of that doesn’t someone understand. Shelter is protection. Anyone that knows of dog fighting needs to come forward. This behavior needs to stop. Let’s start a people fighting ring for all these POS and put them in a ring with each other and see who kills who. Should draw a BIG crowd and all proceeds go to helpless and homeless animals. Maybe this would be better than that island. At least it would raise money in addition to getting rid of the POS.
I hate dogfighters , I always put in commets including violence because this is needed on loosers like this. They are hearless bastards that need to pay , not with jail time because that is what they probably know , how about a bullit in the head , would anybody care?
Not I Terry. A bullet is far cheaper than keeping this trash in our jails, alive and healthy while we pay for them. Poor Jake…how in God’s name does someone come up with ANY dog used in fighting, let alone a BEAGLE for pitty’s sake. This little dog doesn’t have a chance in hell against large dogfighting type dogs. The f..en A-h***’s! Damn them All to hell! I want everyone of these horrible creatures put in a human fighting ring to the death! I, very much agree with Moe. I pray they find Holstein alive and not injured. Damn them! Those poor baby’s. Will Jake be okay? Those freakin monsters need to die a horrible, slow, long painful death.
Its the beagles that they use a lot for vivisection which is the use of LIVE ANIMALS to do painful and cruel testing. What makes these guys any worse than the experimenters that are paid for by US because not enough people know about it. I say put them ALL in the same fighting ring to fight amongst each other and let people bet on THEM!
I forgot to ad that this picture of the beagle looks like the ones that they experiment on. It is known who is doing it to them and nobody does anything to these monsters.
I sent this to numerous friends and family all over the US. Hopefully they will pass this on, and those people will pass this on, and so on and so forth.