Scott Heiser

“15 dogs rescued from Ore. dogfighting ring,” March 22, 2010, The Associated Press

"Dogs they don't want anymore, they'll shoot on the spot."

“Too many animals,” April 19, 2009, Gazette Times, Ore.

"Until recently, as a society, we just used to chalk hoarders up as the endearing, crazy cat lady down the street, totally ignoring that these are people with serious mental health problems, and they are people inflicting suffering on a number of animals at one time."

Scott has been a prosecutor for seventeen years, serving the last eight years as the elected district attorney in Benton County, Oregon. While Scott has prosecuted all types of criminal conduct including capital murder, he has always found animal cruelty cases among the most compelling cases he has handled. His passion for holding animal abusers accountable for their crimes recently lead Scott to join the ALDF, serving as the senior staff attorney in the ALDF’s Criminal Justice Program. Scott received his JD from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College and his undergraduate degree in economics from Oregon State University. In 2006, Scott served as the president of the Oregon District Attorneys Association and as member of the Governor’s Drug and Violent Crime Advisory Committee. Scott is a regular instructor at trainings hosted by the Oregon Department of Justice and he has served on the Board of Directors of his local humane society animal shelter, helping to fund the construction of a new shelter.