You know, I do believe her that people are calling and saying that the comments are all coming from Mikaela. That seems like what people *would* do. I also think that, as I said yesterday, comments directly attacking their town are probably as the reporter said more harm than good. That is certainly not going to win over the locals (although coming from a small town myself, I'm not sure *anything* could). I still think the articles they have done have been *very* skewed towards being sympathetic to the thieves (and that is what they are, every last one of them, including the uncle). The other obvious solution to me in addressing the supposed phone calls the paper is saying they are getting making accusations that this is all one person would be to do an actual New's story about the internet support mounting from people around the country and mention BYC or Facebook, etc... I am not sure why they can't do something like that. It's all so ridiculous. They all just seem to be filled with excuses. One would think the newspaper would do that if only to take some of the pressure off themselves.
I know they are probably now reading this thread too. So to them- This is a LIVING creature we are talking about. This is not the same (in my opinion) as a crime that has already been committed. As far as I am concerned, the crime is still in progress. Put yourself in this young woman's shoes. Imagine how you would feel if someone else was holding your beloved animal for ransom and you had been fighting them for MONTHS. Can you even imagine? Have some compassion for the victim here and stop painting these outlaws (yes, that is what they are, pure and simple, whether you can publish that or not) as the victims. It seems apparent that you are trying to elicit sympathy for THEM, not the victim.
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