Bull-Dog Abuse in Florida Garners More Publicity than Starving Haitian Children on Haitian/Dominican Border---February 2016
Anse-a-Pitres Refugee Camp(Photo by John Carroll–September 15, 2015
Experts tell us that of Haiti’s 10 million people over 3 million of them do not have enough to eat. They are “food insecure”.
Even though Haiti has two rainy seasons, there has been prolonged drought in 2014 and 2015. One of the locals in the Anse-a-Pitres region in southeastern Haiti told me that it only rained five times last year.
Many of the children whom I recently examined in the refugee camps near Anse showed signs of malnutrition. Their food supply is spotty and consists mainly of white rice.
These camps are located on the Haitian/Dominican border and are composed of tens of thousands of people of Haitian descent. These refugees have lived and worked for years in the Dominican Republic. Many were born in the Dominican. However, due to a new Dominican ruling, they have been “forced” to leave their homes in the Dominican and are now living in shacks on the border. Neither Dominican nor Haitian governments want these people and they have no civil rights.
Most Americans know nothing of these camps or their inhabitants. But millions of people know about a bulldog who was abused in the Tampa area due to an extensive news report this morning. Graphic photos depicting evidence of his maltreatment were shown as well as his subsequent recovery. A lot of money, time, and effort was used to save this dog from euthanasia.
It is a sad state of affairs when a Florida bulldog is higher on the “feeding chain” than are thousands of Haitian children living two and one-half hours (by air) from Tampa.
John A. Carroll, MD
www.haitianhearts.org
4 replies on “Bull-Dog Abuse in Florida Garners More Publicity than Starving Haitian Children on Haitian/Dominican Border”
February 12, 2016 at 11:53 am • Edit
Neither liberals nor conservatives will like this post because comparing a Florida bulldog’s care to Haitian child care seems so repulsive. No one wants to go there. But we have to if we want to facilitate ANY honesty regarding the horrid conditions in the refugee camps on the Haitian/Dominican border.
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Anonymous
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February 12, 2016 at 2:47 pm • Edit
What cause someone chooses to support is a freedom of choice, some people choose to support children, some animals… No one’s right to judge of force their opinions on others.
David Volk
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February 12, 2016 at 6:25 pm • Edit
There is a misplaced priority on pets in our society, witnessed by the amount of money spent on them. This by someone who has a dog, and a sister who is a vet. No one is forcing anyone to stop spending their money the way they wish, but acknowledge our society is warped. We KILL one million unborn children a year, not to mention the multitudes we allow to exist in subhuman conditions.
master
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February 14, 2016 at 5:46 am • Edit
THE HAITIAN CONSTITUTION RECOGNIZES THEM.
ARTICLE 11:
Any person born of a Haitian father or Haitian mother who are themselves native-born Haitians and have never renounced their nationality possesses Haitian nationality at the time of birth.
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