Remember when former MAS employees Archie Elliott and Billy Stewart were caught beating two Pitbulls with steel poles after the dogs had been allowed - negligently or intentionally - to get into a fight? Remember how the city of Memphis was so excited to defend the cruelty that they issued a press release and invited … Continue reading Animal Abuser on Trial is the Same Darling Beloved by the City of Memphis
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I Call Shenanigans on You, Campbell Co Deputy Mayor
Remember the Campbell Co pound in TN where the director says they guess the dosage on Fatal Plus, stick the pets in the gut with it and then leave them to suffer for an unspecified number of minutes? Well, there's more bad news. The Campbell Co deputy mayor is 6 years old - emotionally at … Continue reading I Call Shenanigans on You, Campbell Co Deputy Mayor
Miami-Dade Pound in Shambles
The Miami-Dade pound killed roughly 40% of the pets in its care in 2012 according to a local news report. The figure represents approximately 12,000 dead dogs and cats of the more than 31,000 taken in by the pound last year. Miami-Dade kills animals every day of the week, 365 days a year. Unborn puppies … Continue reading Miami-Dade Pound in Shambles
Hendricks Co Shelter Pet Advocates Not Giving Up, Despite Setbacks
Local advocates have been publicly opposing the needless killing at the Hendricks Co pound in Indiana for at least a year. In 2011, the pound had a 61% kill rate and in 2012, advocates went to the local TV news with their concerns: limited hours, no foster program, not allowing pets outdoors and not naming … Continue reading Hendricks Co Shelter Pet Advocates Not Giving Up, Despite Setbacks
Major Reform Needed in Chatham County
The situation involving Savannah-Chatham County Animal Control and Friends of Animal Control Team Savannah (F.A.C.T.S.) - a non-profit rescue run by Diane Abolt, the wife of Chatham county manager Russ Abolt - is a good ol' boys cesspool. The pound has been in trouble with the state in the past for holding animals for Diane … Continue reading Major Reform Needed in Chatham County
Maricopa Co: Cruel and Unusual Treatment of a Stray Dog and 10 Puppies
Maricopa Co ACC in AZ impounded this obviously pregnant dog as a stray on April 22, 2013. Records obtained via FOIA request indicate that four days later the pound's vet cut out her uterus which contained 10 full term puppies, old enough to survive outside the womb. These pups had a right to live. Medical … Continue reading Maricopa Co: Cruel and Unusual Treatment of a Stray Dog and 10 Puppies
MAS Vet Strikes Again
Rebecca Coleman, the shelter vet at the Memphis pound on whose watch numerous dogs have starved to death, including a puppy who was forced to eat his own littermate to survive, and who scrubbed a degloved cat's wounds without providing pain medication and left him to suffer in a cage for 5 days has again … Continue reading MAS Vet Strikes Again
Prospect of Killing Fewer Pitbulls Gives Nashville AC the Shakes
Metro Animal Control in Nashville has been killing every Pitbull they touch for 15 years. Pet advocates have been pushing for reform of this nonsensical excuse for killing and indeed have achieved something. Kind of a lousy, stinking something but um, yay I guess. Here's the deal: Metro AC has decided to end the policy … Continue reading Prospect of Killing Fewer Pitbulls Gives Nashville AC the Shakes
Orange Co Animal Services Wrongly Says State Law Requires the Killing of Biting Dogs
Rufus, a 1 one year old Beagle in Orange Co, FL was surrendered by his owner to AC after he bit a kid in the face. The owner, Nicole West, was reportedly filling the dog's food bowl when her 4 year old son came up behind the dog and accidentally startled him. Rufus bit the … Continue reading Orange Co Animal Services Wrongly Says State Law Requires the Killing of Biting Dogs
Former Employee/Volunteer at Wake Co Pound Under Arrest for Bestiality
The Wake Co pound in Raleigh, NC kills roughly half of the 11,000 animals it takes in each year. That's a lot of pet killing and a lot of soul killing of human beings who work and volunteer in that environment. Perhaps that's why no one at the pound apparently noticed they were working with … Continue reading Former Employee/Volunteer at Wake Co Pound Under Arrest for Bestiality
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