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Month: September 2013
KY Pound Oops-Kills Nursing Mama Dog Upon Impound
The Jessamine Co pound in KY, like many pet killing facilities, considers all owner surrenders for fast-track killing. Although common practice, it is cruel, violent and lazy on the part of the director. Every shelter pet has the right to live and is deserving of individual consideration. On Tuesday, the Jessamine Co pound picked up … Continue reading KY Pound Oops-Kills Nursing Mama Dog Upon Impound
Brevard Co Oops-Kills Microchipped Pet
Scanning shelter pets for microchips after the staff has killed them is one of the worst ideas in the modern history of animal sheltering. The excuse that the animal was too aggressive to be scanned while alive is unacceptable. Likewise, scanning after a pre-kill sedative has been administered may be useless if the pet has … Continue reading Brevard Co Oops-Kills Microchipped Pet
An Estimated 1000 Pets Have Been Taken to L.A. Pound by BFAS
I have an update to the Best Friends post from Monday but decided to post it on its own in the interest of transparency, in order to make it as visible as possible to anyone interested. Jon Dunn from BFAS answered the questions I had previously sent to 3 different BFAS e-mail addresses on 2 … Continue reading An Estimated 1000 Pets Have Been Taken to L.A. Pound by BFAS
Police Investigate Director of St. George Pound
The St. George pound in Utah is a division of the police department. In response to complaints from pet advocates regarding David Vane, the director of the pound, the police department decided to investigate itself. Deputy Chief Richard Farnsworth conducted the investigation and wrote a report. Below are a number of snippets from that report. … Continue reading Police Investigate Director of St. George Pound
Discussion: Is Best Friends Doing “The Very Best” It Can in L.A.?
In 2011, the city of Los Angeles gave the $19 million Mission Hills animal shelter to Best Friends Animal Society without allowing any other non-profit group the chance to bid on operating the facility. Best Friends launched an initiative aimed at making Los Angeles a no kill city by 2017. Critics have cried foul from … Continue reading Discussion: Is Best Friends Doing “The Very Best” It Can in L.A.?
UPDATED: NC Kittens Need Foster Home
Update: September 8, 2013 - The kittens have found a foster. Thank you everyone. Reader Dot rescued this orphaned litter of 3 week old kittens from the landfill - which is where they'll be sent if she takes them to her local pound. Dot has a full house of canine fosters and is unable to … Continue reading UPDATED: NC Kittens Need Foster Home
Mama Dog in Memphis Out of the Frying Pan
WREG reports that last week, Memphis police arrested dog owner Migel Martinez and charged him with aggravated animal cruelty. Mr. Martinez allegedly neglected his pregnant female dog to the point where she became emaciated and was unable to produce milk for her 11 puppies after they were born. The newborn puppies starved to death and … Continue reading Mama Dog in Memphis Out of the Frying Pan
Former Rabun Co Shelter Director Indicted
Lowanda "Peanut" Kilby, the former director of the Boggs Mountain shelter in Rabun Co, GA has been indicted on 60 felony counts for her part in scamming the public by using the no kill moniker: Charges filed against Kilby include theft by taking, theft by deception, computer theft and racketeering. [...] The indictment accuses Kilby … Continue reading Former Rabun Co Shelter Director Indicted
TX ACO Gasses Pets to Death, Cries When Activists Demand Change
The Mathis Animal Shelter in TX appears to be a catch and kill facility that is not open to the public for adoptions. The police department oversees operations at the pound and Chief Byron Smith told an area TV news station that the kill rate is 99%. The solitary ACO for Mathis, Jesse Lerma, has … Continue reading TX ACO Gasses Pets to Death, Cries When Activists Demand Change
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