Jeffery Paul Jones was an Animal Lover and a Responsible Pet Owner

One week ago, Jeffery Jones was sentenced to 6 years in prison for
defending his property and the lives of his PETS from an animal with a
known history of violence against both humans and other animals. I have
known Mr. Jones for over 40 years. He has always been an animal lover
and has owned MANY dogs over the years. His dogs, as with all of his
pets, have always been exceptionally well-cared for and properly
restrained to prevent them from causing harm or damage to people, property or
other animals. The dog that Mr. Jones killed was a Pit Bull - in 2002,
this very same Pit Bull charged a Macon postal carrier from behind and
bit him. According to Georgia’s laws regarding dangerous dogs, this
dog should have been “put to sleep” back in 2002 - had it been my
dog, or yours, it would have been. Not this dog - it was quarantined for
7 days, and then it was immediately back on the street chasing
pedestrians and this same postal carrier. Why was this dog spared? Being the
son of the famous Otis Redding apparently has its benefits. Macon
does have leash laws, yet this dog and the other two that Mr. Jones
caught in his yard chewing on the dead bodies of 36 of his PETS were
allowed to run free despite numerous contacts with Animal Control. Otis III
and the other dog owners should have been ticketed and made to pay
restitution - yet no citations were ever issued. The fact that the dog
was even in Mr. Jones’s yard was a violation of the law - so why was Mr.
Redding not punished? He should have an equal share in the sentence
of Mr. Jones. His irresponsibility and neglect are equally to blame,
yet nothing was done to him. Celebrity favoritism prevailed. The
coroner estimated the dog lived no more than 30 second - a quick and decisive
blow. Some people may think this too extreme, but it is MUCH quicker
and more humane than the gas chamber methods used by the animal shelter
and PETA.
Don’t forget that Mr. Jones lost 36 of his PETS to this vicious dog
- 36 PETS killed vs. 1 PET killed. Mr. Jones loved his birds - I have
heard him call them all by different names and discuss, in detail, the
distinct personality traits of each individual bird. He loved his
birds - at the very least as much as Mr. Redding loved his dog. Why
should one person’s pet preference be deemed more worthy or valuable than
another’s? What if this Pit Bull had killed 36 other dogs? Or 36
cats? Or 36 horses? Mr. Jones took the only course of action he felt that
he had left to defend his PETS after talking to the neighbors and
calling Animal Control failed. How many PETS should a person allow to be
killed before they do something to stop the slaughter? What has to
happen before the favoritism shown the Redding family stops? Everybody
needs to ask themselves - next time it might be you. Jeffery Paul Jones
is NOT a horrible person - he is a hard-working intelligent honest human
being who acted to protect his property and the lives of his animals
from a vicious beast that had attacked and killed before. 6 years is
too much for the life of a dog, especially one proven to be violent and
dangerous. Whatever the sentence, Otis Redding III and the City of
Macon Animal Control office should be sentenced equally for their neglect -
they are equally to blame and should be held equally accountable.