More violence at the long troubled pound in Columbus Co, NC – this time, reportedly due to an ACO who “accidentally” left a dog’s cage unlocked and “accidentally” left the door to a room housing cats unlocked then went home for the night. Oops. Director Rossie Hayes told a local paper:
“The door was open when we came in Monday and found what we found.”
Found what we found is a way of avoiding saying that the dog killed more than a dozen cats, most of whom were kittens. Nobody seems to agree on the exact number killed but hey, they’re just cats.
The ACO has been fired. And Hayes wants to know where he goes to accept his I Refrained from Killing One Dog award:
“This was just as friendly a dog as you would ever see,” Hayes said of the female pit bull. “I think the animal groups thought I would euthanize her, but I didn’t.”
The dog has reportedly been rescued. The county recently appealed a fine assessed by the state for illegally killing an owned pet.
(Thank you to everyone who sent me links on this story.)