Horrible Situation...Please read and refer

Hi all, I haven't been to talkative here lately so I feel bad bringing bad news today but....I saw this on another board and thought I would crosspost it. I don't know if some of you have already heard this or not. The wierdest thing is I think I recognize his name...Does anyone else. Anyways the rescue foundation who saw this has there info on the bottom. Feel free to contact them if you want more info.
Thx

This is an absolutely urgent plea for help to close down a "rescue" in
Nashville, TN. - KEVIN SPEARS- This "rescuer" is contacting Pit
rescues to "help them" with taking Pits into his home, while every dog in his
care is emaciated, in horrible condition, breeding, several fighting,
and literally living ON trash. He also asks for little dogs,
particularly Pekigneses, but any little dogs he'll take. Everything that is
about to be written is FACT, not hearsay, gossip, or exaggerated (I
witnessed every bit of this myself WITH two witnesses): in fact, I cannot
thoroughly describe HOW bad this situation was, but can only try through
e-mail. PLEASE read this entire e-mail/post so that something can be
done about this "rescuer". This needs to be crossposted and FWDed to
ANYONE who works with Pit Bulls, or small dogs- especially in the TN and
other southern areas. If anyone has contact information for this areas
local animal control PLEASE let me know- this guy needs to be shut down
NOW.

I was contacted the week of October 25 by a "gentleman" (term used
loosely) who offered to help my rescue by taking in some Pit Bulls, as he
had room. He talked with me for over an hour, telling me how he did
rescue and wanted to help- after speaking with multiple Pit rescues he
found they were all full, and since he had some room [for five dogs] he
wanted to help by taking in Pits that were in danger of being euthanized.
He went into great detail about his "setup", home, current rescues, and
experience with the breed, and sounded like a saint. I checked his vet
reference, who gave him an outstanding reference- so we were optimistic
that we had a new contact to help the breed. I didn't have any dogs
that NEEDED to go to a foster home, so I contacted people who had
e-mailed requesting help with dogs they could not keep - I was able to locate
four dogs that needed to get into this foster spot, and we arranged to
take them up to this guy's home to do a thorough home check. Four dogs
were gathered up (this guy told me he had room for five) and an
adoptive mom [of mine], her daughter, and I travelled the 5 hour drive to his
Nashville home to check this guy out and hopefully get some Pitties
saved. I was told this was a brand new house with a kennel setup, and each
dog would have their own "room" so they could be separated when eating.
I was also told there were two people living there- this man and his
girlfriend/fiance to do dog rotations.

When we arrived to this guy's home, we were horrified with what we saw-
the house was NOT as described, it was a house with approx. 4 rooms, in
a HORRIBLE area of town. There was no kennel setup, anywhere, and
BARELY a yard....I have kennels bigger than this "yard" to exercise and
"potty" these dogs. There was no room for the dogs there, let alone more,
and the conditions of this home/yard were NOT pleasing. There were
four HORRIBLY emaciated Pit Bulls in his fenced area, which was barely 20
x 30 ft and holding four adult Pits- two unneutered males and two
unspayed females- we also saw that they were rushing to hide two other dogs,
and the two females outside were nursing pups (full of milk and
scratches on their teats showing current nursing) but we saw no pups. The
dogs were living on trash, literally: there was no grass where they
"lived" they were walking and living on trash, glass included, cutting their
paws open as they walked across. Two of the dogs got into a fight as
we were there, and the entire household (five people) rushed to "watch"-
no one made an effort to break this fight up at all. It was obvious
that two of the people there were on drugs (specific details CAN be
provided, if requested, as to how we know drugs were involved- but it was
OBVIOUS), and I wouldn't be surprised if the other three were as well.
The dogs they had, the two males, were obviously fighters- I've seen my
share of Pits that have gotten into scuffles or minor fights, and these
were NOT that type of wounds- these dogs had fresh, open, bloody,
infected faces from recent fights, as well as old scars- they [the two
males] were scarred up on their faces, chests, necks, and front legs, and
all four of the dogs had horrible skin conditions. These dogs were NOT
taken care of, and especially to have been with a "rescue".

This situation was horrific- trash was piled up 3-4ft on the [all four]
sides of the house, and several inches high all across the yard (fron,
back, and both sides). They live directly in front of some type of
junkyard/auto shop (didn't get close enough to see what type of building
it was) and I believe there were more dogs there, though only having two
women, a child, and a truck full of Pits, we were not going to
investigate further, nor would we attempt to go in the house. The individuals
in this house were LESS than worthy to have a pet mouse, let alone Pit
Bulls- they continued to try and gather around our vehicle to see the
Pits, asking us to take them all out for them to meet, and introduce to
their [dog aggressive] Pits. We politely declined for the moment-
trying to determine the best way to get out safely, as we were truly
concerned for our safety, and the safety of the dogs with us. The man I had
spoken with told me he had someone, already, who wanted one of the
dogs- we were appalled that a "rescue" would want to adopt a dog out the
day they received them, and asked him information about the person (to
"grill" him)- he stumbled for words [not expecting us to ask] and told us
he gave them a Pekignese application to fill out to adopt this Pit
Bull. After seeing enough of the trash and horrible conditions, and
getting all the information we needed on this man and his "rescue", we made
it clear to them that we were NOT leaving any of the dogs there, and we
would be bringing them all back to GA with us. They tried to gather
around the vehicle, intimidating us, and didn't understand why we were
not "pleased" with their home/setup. Anyone in their right mind would
have known that this was HORRIBLE conditions for dogs, especially after
we explained WHY we did not like this place- they tried to make excuses,
and continued to ask us to get the dogs out of their crates and bring
them out, even though we told them we were NOT leaving dogs with them.

I have seen horrible situations in my life- but this is one of the
worst I have seen. There were at least six dogs there, and I'm guessing a
LOT more than what we saw- the man told me he had a red-red nose Pit,
but we didn't see one, which proves to me that there were more dogs than
what he showed us. There were five people living in the house, when we
were told two, and we were lied to about everything about this man, his
"rescue", his house, his dogs, etc.

This man is Kevin Spears, 112 Douglas Street, Nashville, TN. (off I 65-
I do have specific directions to his home, if needed by anyone who can
help) (615)506-4120 He works for a locksmith company, previously did
Pekignese rescue, and now does "Pit" rescue. Is there ANYONE in this
area that can help me shut him down, and get those dogs out of those
horrible conditions? PLEASE do not release dogs to this man- he may now
offer to pick dogs up now that he has seen that we were so appalled with
his home....so PLEASE spread the word about this man so no one releases
Pits to him unknowingly. Thank God we travelled to him and saw for
ourselves so that we could bring the dogs back, safely, with us....God
knows what would happen to them had they been there with Kevin Spears.
PLEASE crosspost to ALL rescue/Pit Bull boards, shelter groups, etc. and
make it known that this man does NOT need Pit Bulls- he needs to be
shut down, and I need help doing it. Is there ANYONE in this are athat
might could get pictures, or get animal control's information (I don't
know what county this is in) so that I can file a complaint? PLEASE help
me shut him down. Contact me directly with ANY information/leads to
have this man brought down, and the dogs taken from his cruel care.



Amanda Conrad
President, Pit Prints Pit Bull Rescue/Rehabilitation
www.PitPrintsRescue.com
www.PitPrintsRescue.petfinder.org
www.pbrc.net/dogpages/south/pppbrrS3040_1.html

Promote Responsible Ownership...NOT Breed Prejudice.

 

Just wanted to add I don't personally speak with this woman but we both belong to the same board, so I am taking this as the truth.

 

I have spoken with Amanda Conrad on a couple of occations. Her and her husband have their own PitBull rescue funded mostly by their own money. Very nice people and very passionate about PitBulls. So I doubt if what she saw is an exageration.

 

That is so said, I wish I know the phone numbers of my neighbors back in VA, they did Pit Bull rescue. But they only would keep 2 fosters at a time because they didn't have much space, they were trying to find a bigger home just as I moved away, so I doubt if I could even write them

 

One way to have this guy shut down is to complain to the Metropolitan Nashville Animal Services.

Anyone can do it based on the information posted here. All complaints are anonymous. You can call, snail mail, or email to place the complaint.

Send complaint to:

Metropolitan Nashville Animal Services
5125 Harding Place
Nashville, TN 37211

Phone (615)862-7928

email: WebMaster.health@nashville.gov


The complaint is against:

Keven Spears
112 Douglas St.
Nashville, TN


The more commplaints submitted, the more A.S. will act upon it.

 

Did everyone send in complaints? Any update on this situation?

 

i did

I sent in a complaint. I also forwarded on to PETA and was informed by them that they will do there best to look into it. If you cant fight him for the pits you can always call the health administrator. If the conditions are that horrible for a dog it cant be any better for people. they would have him shut down just for having bodily waist visible in an area where humans inhabbit or frequent since it is a health issue.