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IN THIS ISSUE
YMCA Taking Children to Cruel Rodeos
SHARK Challenging S.C. Governor Nikki Haley
Pennsylvania and South Carolina Catering to the NRA's Psychopaths
Rodeo Thug and Accused Trafficker of Endangered Rhino Horns
SHARK Investigator Exposes Teacher Bullying Autistic Child
SHARK to YMCA - No More Kids at Cruel Rodeos!!!

Dear Friends,

SHARK was appalled to see the YMCA bringing children to the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo (CFD) last year. Exposing children to these types of events leads them to believe that cruelty to animals is acceptable. See video Here.

SHARK sent the YMCA President and Chief Executive Officer, Neil J. Nicoll a letter - by email, fax and U.S. Mail. SHARK Investigator Janet Enoch has discussed this issue with the assistant to Nicoll and yet they are refusing to address this issue. We have tried to keep this matter private to give them a chance to deal with the local branch about this, but the YMCA has done nothing but stonewall, so we have no choice than to make this public.
YMCA and Children At CFD Rodeo
YMCA and Children At CFD Rodeo
What You Can Do:

Please contact the YMCA and politely let them know what you think about their exposing children to animal cruelty as a form of supposed entertainment.

YMCA of the USA
101 N. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone:  1-800-872-9622  

Emails: 
media@ymca.net; fulfillment@ymca.net
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Is South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley an Ethical Leader?

Is Haley a drone for the extremist leadership of the NRA?

SHARK 's latest video is challenging South Carolina's Governor Nikki Haley to enforce South Carolina humane laws. 

Governor Nikki Haley - Enforce the Law!
Governor Nikki Haley - Enforce the Humane Laws!

When SHARK pointed out to the governor's office that a planned live pigeon shoot violated South Carolina humane laws, Governor Haley's office acted like it didn't understand the English language, repeatedly claiming "that the Department of Natural Resources has no regulations against pigeon shoots," and it doesn't.

It is a South Carolina humane law that are being violated. S.C. Code 47-1-70 states:

"A person may not abandon an animal. Abandonment is defined as deserting, forsaking, or intending to give up absolutely an animal without securing another owner or without providing the necessities of life."

It's time for Governor Haley to stop brown-nosing the worst of the NRA. Enforce the South Carolina humane laws!

What You Can Do
 
Please contact Governor Nikki Haley and politely insist she enforce the South Carolina Humane Laws.

Governor Nikki R. Haley
Office of the Governor
1205 Pendleton Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 734-2100
Fax: (803) 734-5167
Website Link 
Pennsylvania and South Carolina Catering to the NRA's Psychopaths

Psychopaths are described as morally depraved individuals who represent the "monsters" in our society. They are untreatable predators whose violence is planned, purposeful and emotionless. They tend to operate with a grandiose demeanor, an attitude of entitlement, an insatiable appetite, and a tendency toward sadism.   

 

Per The Sociopath by Rebecca Horton in April 1999, "all sociopaths share three common characteristics. They are all very egocentric individuals with no empathy for others, and they are incapable of feeling remorse or guilt." Sounds familiar doesn't it? Like what SHARK has been exposing at all the Pennsylvania pigeon shoots and at the South Carolina pigeon shoot. These shoots continue - thanks to the National Rifle Association. 

 

Our video below further proves this:

Dogs Maul Pigeons at Cowardly Pennsylvania Slaughters
Dogs Maul Pigeons at Cowardly Pennsylvania Slaughters

You're Not Going to Believe What a Coward This Killer Is

In our Operation Bright Light series, SHARK previously introduced you to animal serial killer, Peter Streletz. This coward and his kids trap, shoot, and kill hundreds of innocent animals, making one wonder if they exceeded the bag limits of their victims.  SHARK even established a new website based on this bloodthirsty killer, DontSkinMe.com

While trying to portray himself to be a big, brave man, the real truth was exposed thanks to a terrified pigeon trying to escape a pigeon shoot.  You're not going to believe this video:

Meet the Duck
Peter Streletz A.K.A. "The Duck"

Rodeo Thug and Accused Trafficker of Endangered Rhino Horns
Wade Steffen's federal mug shot. Steffen double downed on cruelty by being a rodeo cowboy and then an alleged trafficker in endangered Rhino horns
SHARK has obtained the mug shot of rodeo cowboy and alleged rhino horn trafficker Wade Steffen.

From Animal People,
April 2012:

"Rhino horn trafficking and rodeo intersected in February 2012 with the arrest of 2010 All-American ProRodeo Finals steer wrestling co-champion Wade Steffen, 32, in Hico,  Texas, along with alleged California co-conspirators Jimmy Kha, 49, Mai Nguyen, 41, Kha's son Felix,  26, and Jin Zhao Feng, a Chinese citizen who allegedly arranged the transport of the horns to China.

"Steffen, the Khas, and Nguyen were charged with rhino horn trafficking in violation of the Endangered Species Act and the Lacey Act. The Lacey Act prohibits interstate traffic in protected species."

For more information on Wade Steffen and his previous animal cruelty charges in 2001, click HERE. 

  SHARK Investigator Stu Chaifetz Exposes New Jersey Teacher

Bullying 10-Year-Old Boy With Autism
    

Stuart Chaifetz, a SHARK Investigator and father of Akian, a 10-year-old boy with autism, reveals shocking audio that shows how his son was bullied by his teacher and aide. See the video on YouTube Here

 

"For the first six months of this school year, my son was exhibiting negative behaviors that no one could explain," states Chaifetz. "I was distraught and knew I had to do something to find out what was happening in his classroom. On February 17, 2012, I put a wire on my son and sent him to school. That night, when I heard the audio, my life was forever changed, because I heard my son being bullied by his teacher and aide."

 

The six and a half hours of audio, recorded at Horace Mann Elementary in Cherry Hill, NJ, shows not only Akian's teacher and aide berating and making fun of him to the point of bringing him to tears, including calling him a "bastard," but how staff in this self-contained autism class engaged in a series of unbelievably inappropriate conversations. These conversations included:

 

* That the aide who was running the class was under the influence of alcohol

* Complaining about parents, in front of their children (multiple times)

* Complaining that they and their husbands wanted each other to be sterilized

* Lying to parents

 

The entire audio was given to the Cherry Hill School District and to their credit they took immediate action and fired one aide. For some reason, however, the teacher and other aide were not fired, but instead moved to other schools. And even though one aide was fired, no one was told what had actually happened. The truth was being kept quiet.

 

"That my son's teacher was not fired and still works in the school district is an outrage I am not willing to allow to pass in silence," states Chaifetz. "She betrayed my son and caused him great pain. If some union rule or HR regulation has allowed her to keep her job, then the law needs to be changed so that the next time a teacher bullies a child, especially one with Special Needs, they will be immediately fired."

 

Chaifetz is also calling for all the school staff who were present in that classroom to come forward and publicly apologize to Akian for what they did.  

 

"I am going public with this audio to expose a great wrong and to reclaim the dignity that these shameful people tried to steal from my son," states Chaifetz. "For me to do nothing would mean I was treating my son with as much disrespect as they had. Every person is worthy of justice and to not seek it for them is an offense as bad as the original transgression..."

 

More audio, along with a full statement detailing what happened can be found on this page. A Facebook page has been set-up. 

  

What You Can Do

 

If you are outraged about this abuse, you can sign a petition to go to New Jersey legislators to pass legislation to fire teachers who bully children.

 

Kindest Regards,  

Steve Hindi and Your SHARK Team

 
"Kindness and compassion towards all living beings is a mark of a civilized society.   Racism, economic deprival, dog fighting and cock fighting, bullfighting and rodeos are all cut from the same fabric: violence.   Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well ourselves."   - Cesar Chavez, civil rights and labor leader, founder of the United Farm Workers