The director/supervising ACO at the North Jersey HS Shelter, Vincent Asolese, has been fired after being charged with 14 counts of animal cruelty. An August inspection report of the facility describes sub-standard conditions and says that Asolese slit the throat of a fawn who was impounded on June 29, letting her bleed to death. Lost … Continue reading Treats on the Internets
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Sumner County’s State of the Art Shelter Stands on Crappy Floors
Sumner Co AC in TN is a hot mess. After the pound's vet was caught on hidden camera heartsticking fully conscious dogs in 2007, reform was promised and the pound was put under the control of the sheriff's department. Taxpayers spent $1.3 million to build a new facility in 2011. The sheriff ended the volunteer … Continue reading Sumner County’s State of the Art Shelter Stands on Crappy Floors
NY Dog Control Officer Charged in Connection with Dog Death
Shaheen R. Shaheen, the dog control officer for the Town of Tupper Lake, was arrested by NY state police this week and charged with "one count of torturing or injuring animals or failure to provide sustenance, a class A misdemeanor, and one count of neglect of an impound animal, a class U misdemeanor." Shaheen had … Continue reading NY Dog Control Officer Charged in Connection with Dog Death
Remembering Pets Who Died in Their Cages at the Memphis Pound: September 2015
Animals impounded by Memphis Animal Services fall over dead in their cages every month. Here are the records for the pets who died in anonymity in September at MAS. I am using this post to memorialize one of those pets who was impounded in "normal" condition then died in his cage the next day. There … Continue reading Remembering Pets Who Died in Their Cages at the Memphis Pound: September 2015
Victoria Co Pound Has a 6% Adoption Rate, Zero Tolerance for Rescues
The Victoria Co pound in Texas, where a dog who had an adopter waiting was recently oops-killed because not killing is hard, is back in the news: Since November 2014, 3,515 dogs and cats have entered the shelter, according to records. Of those, 238 were adopted. 238 adopted. *sound of balloon deflating* Glass half full: … Continue reading Victoria Co Pound Has a 6% Adoption Rate, Zero Tolerance for Rescues
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45 Dogs Removed from Abandoned Property by Rescue Before Police Arrive
An odd story out of New Mexico: An Alamogordo animal rescue group says it saved dozens of dogs from an abandoned puppy mill. The group claims the local sheriff’s department wasn’t doing anything to help but the sheriff’s department says that’s just not true. The allegedly abandoned puppy mill appears to have housed bulldogs and … Continue reading 45 Dogs Removed from Abandoned Property by Rescue Before Police Arrive
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