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Animal crematory worker sentenced for dumping animals on the side of road PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Friday, 28 April 2006
An employee of a now closed Knoxville animal crematory will spend one year in jail for dumping 137 animal carcasses on the side of a Scott County, Virginia road in March, 2005. Michael Badgett also received three years probation. He must also pay more than $10,000 in restitution.

Badgett worked for Ross Ann Services, a now closed animal crematory that was the focus of several investigations. A former owner, Mikel Bradley, currently has an arrest warrant out for him in Knox County after Bradley failed to appear in court of theft of services charges.

Several local veterinarians say they took animal remains to Ross Ann Services for cremation, but never received anything back.

"They're my family members. They're my kids," Dr. Kris Novinger of the Oak Ridge Veterinary Hospital said.

"There was a chance that we had a lot of client pets on the side of a road in Virginia," Dr. Raina Jones added.

The animal hospital was one of many that worked with Ross Ann Services. To this day, both receive questions about the disposal of animals because of publicity surrounding the Badgett and Bradley cases. Both Dr. Novinger and Dr. Jones even had personal pets cremated at Ross Ann, now wondering if the remains they have are of the animals they loved.

"Wow. That's it," Dr. Jones said of the Badgett sentencing. "I'm amazed. It's not right."

Dr. Novinger said when she first heard of the allegations, she hoped lawmakers would step up to close loopholes surrounding animal crematories, hoping any similar action would have stiffer consequences. Right now, there is no proposed legislation in Tennessee or Virginia about animal crematories.

"They (pets) are considered property by law, but that's not how I feel about them," Dr. Novinger said.

Both say those legislative efforts will soon be resumed, hoping their pain will create action to prevent further suffering down the road.

"You've got to value life," Dr. Novinger said. "Whether it's a dog, cat, or person."

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=33788
 
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taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

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From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

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