Michael Tracy Long & Michael Tracy Long Jr.
This was the case that created the Crestview Kitty Group. The Longs were accused of maliciously torturing a helpless kitten. You can read more about their actions here:
This was the first story ran by the Northwest Florida News on the Longs.
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/kitten-10907-long-hit.html
This link shows the first rally which was covered by Pat Peterson ofWKRG out of Mobile----this also includes a video of the rally.
http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/alleged_kitten_killers_plead_not_guilty/19772/Oct-07-2008_8-10-pm/
This was smoking guns' take on the Crestrview Kitty Murder---included here are the mugshots of the Father and son scumbags!
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0909081kitten1.html
Pet Abuse.com also picked up the story and our group. We really brought a lot of attention to this case.
http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/14517/FL/US/
Unfortunately, this case resulted in the charges being dismissed. You can read these articles for more information:
We still had hope at this point that justice would be served.
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/crestview-13223-long-animal.html
This was a sad, sad day.
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/mso-14276-kitten-xml.html
This was an article about a new animal abuse case--although we were mentioned.
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/animal-14286-case-dog.html
This was the first story ran by the Northwest Florida News on the Longs.
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/kitten-10907-long-hit.html
This link shows the first rally which was covered by Pat Peterson ofWKRG out of Mobile----this also includes a video of the rally.
http://www.wkrg.com/florida/article/alleged_kitten_killers_plead_not_guilty/19772/Oct-07-2008_8-10-pm/
This was smoking guns' take on the Crestrview Kitty Murder---included here are the mugshots of the Father and son scumbags!
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0909081kitten1.html
Pet Abuse.com also picked up the story and our group. We really brought a lot of attention to this case.
http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/14517/FL/US/
Unfortunately, this case resulted in the charges being dismissed. You can read these articles for more information:
We still had hope at this point that justice would be served.
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/crestview-13223-long-animal.html
This was a sad, sad day.
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/mso-14276-kitten-xml.html
This was an article about a new animal abuse case--although we were mentioned.
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/animal-14286-case-dog.html