Show Your Support For Tiger Ranch - Hearing 4/28 & 29

COME OUT AND SUPPORT LIN MARIE AND THE TIGER RANCH CAT SANCTUARY AT PRELIMINARY HEARING!

Monday, April 28th & Tuesday, April 29th - 9:00 AM
Allegheny County Courthouse
436 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Note: Tiger Ranch is chartering a bus to help get supporters to the courthouse. If you are interested in riding the bus (which is free) please be at Tiger Ranch at 7:00 AM The bus will leave at 7:30 AM., and return after the hearing. The hearing is expected to last all day. Please make arrangements to eat. The bus will return between 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM.

LCA is standing beside Lin Marie, owner of Tiger Ranch Animal Sanctuary. Tiger Ranch was raided by the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PSPCA) on March 11, 2008. On April 3rd, all 14 charges of malicious animal neglect were dropped against Lin Marie because of insufficient information. The prosecutors have now re-filed charges and the preliminary hearing is April 28th and 29th.

LCA cares first and foremost about the welfare of the cats. Our official role is clear: to protect the interest of animals and those who live to defend and protect them. Lin Marie is one of these people.

The PSPCA claimed to have found hundreds of cats' bodies in freezers and graves - what else is done with bodies at a no-kill sanctuary? The PSPCA complained about the cats' conditions in the sick ward. However, Tiger Ranch was deemed exemplary by the Butler County Humane Society in 2006 and 2007. Tiger Ranch has also had many inspections, surprise inspections, and in over 14 years of operations, none of the humane inspectors reported one issue.

The manner in which the PSPCA stepped in to raid and overtake Tiger Ranch is unethical, unconscionable, and unjust. Instead, the PSPCA should establish a system in which they educate, assist, and guide sanctuaries. The PSPCA should not condemn and demonize those who try to ease their very same mission: to save animal lives. It is LCA's opinion that left unchecked, otherwise well-meaning organizations, like the PSPCA, may recklessly and without regard for the great damage done, target other sanctuaries or rescue facilities.

Please support Lin Marie, Tiger Ranch, and the good she has done for many years. Join her at the preliminary hearing this Monday and Tuesday, April 28th and April 29th.