The following excerpt is from a post on the Facebook page of the group Lost Pets of Baton Rouge: August 8 We are sad to report that someone posted about their lost cat yesterday only to find out that his Lulu had been picked up by animal control and was at the shelter last week. … Continue reading Companion Animal Alliance Kills Owned Pet Trapped by Cat Hater
Category: animal advocacy
Advocacy at Home
This morning, I sent the following e-mail to my county council members and county administrators. Anyone is free to copy/modify this e-mail in order to send it to your local officials: From: eiderdown@yesbiscuit.com Date: Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 9:16 AM Subject: Plan A is not working If you can spend 12 minutes of your … Continue reading Advocacy at Home
Stop Condemning Those Who Bring Pets to Shelters
When shelter staff and volunteers say a pet was "dumped" or otherwise smear the surrendering party, they are delivering a double blow to the animals: Adopters perceive shelter pets as damaged goods (you dump trash, right?). People don't want to face the judgement of shelter staff and so may not bring the next pet in … Continue reading Stop Condemning Those Who Bring Pets to Shelters
Advocacy at Home
This morning I met with my county administrator regarding the local pound. The county contracts with a non-profit group to run the pound. That group is warehousing and killing roughly 3 out of every 4 pets in its care. I went to advocate for no kill and get a sense of the county administrator's stance. … Continue reading Advocacy at Home
Throwing Out the Bell Curve in Shelter Pet Advocacy
No kill is not a sliding scale. I don't determine whether I should advocate for any particular shelter pet based upon the idea that some other shelter pet is facing worse circumstances. Every shelter pet deserves an advocate, whether that person is demanding that the animal not be put into the gas chamber or that … Continue reading Throwing Out the Bell Curve in Shelter Pet Advocacy
This is how it’s done.
When volunteers at the Saginaw Co pound in MI saw neglect and abuse, they documented it, started a Facebook page and posted the images online: In an apparent act of retaliation, pound director Val McCullough instituted several policy changes including banning volunteers from caring for animals on weekends when the staff is off and banning … Continue reading This is how it’s done.
Lewisburg, TN Pound Requiring Volunteers to Sign Away Civil Rights
The Gong Show contestants responsible for running the city of Lewisburg, including the pound, have drawn up a nifty little document for would-be shelter volunteers. Anyone who wants to do the city workers' jobs for free must sign away their civil rights in advance: Volunteers shall not publicly criticize or ridicule the City of Lewisburg[.] … Continue reading Lewisburg, TN Pound Requiring Volunteers to Sign Away Civil Rights
Reports of Needless Suffering and Death at Companion Animal Alliance
Many people heard the buzz about the Companion Animal Alliance (CAA) in Baton Rouge, LA and their supposed no kill efforts. Local volunteer Amanda Brice has put together a well documented 14 page recent history of the pound, aptly title "Not No Kill". If you are unfamiliar with CAA's story and/or if you would like … Continue reading Reports of Needless Suffering and Death at Companion Animal Alliance
Fraudulent GA Shelter Director Fired
The director of the Boggs Mountain Animal Shelter in GA has been fired after a local news reporter exposed her for defrauding the public. Not only was she working a scam where she claimed to run a "no kill" shelter while sending pets from the facility to die at a kill shelter she also operated, … Continue reading Fraudulent GA Shelter Director Fired
Lewisburg City Officials Bring The Stupid
Reader Salette Andrews took action in response to the killing of dogs slated for rescue at the Lewisburg pound in TN. She wrote city leaders to express her views regarding the city blaming volunteers for not being quicker than the ACOs in the kill room and to educate them about no kill. In response, she … Continue reading Lewisburg City Officials Bring The Stupid
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