In the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011 and ending June 30, 2012, the Wake Co Animal Center in NC took in 6214 animals and killed 3405 of them - a kill rate of 55%. On its website, Wake Co has a page about surrendering pets which includes alternatives to bringing the animal to the … Continue reading Wake Co Pound Requires Surrendered Pets to Suppress Normal Behavior Within Minutes
Category: animal shelter abuse
The Difference Between Being a Friend of the Pound and a Friend of the Pets
I always like to share examples of anyone who has been involved with a shelter, suspected wrongdoing, and documented her concerns. Tonya Barker and Barbara Koblinsky spring to mind as good examples. And here is the work of Robby Caban, a former intern at Fulton Co Animal Services in GA. She collected evidence of possible … Continue reading The Difference Between Being a Friend of the Pound and a Friend of the Pets
Bernalillo Co Stray Pets Left in the Cold in Matthew Pepper’s Building
Bernalillo County Animal Control, headed by Matthew Pepper, has an agreement with the city of Albuquerque to house stray pets: The contract allows the County to drop off animals it collects at one of the two city shelters on any day of the week. Upon intake, the city photographs the pet, creates a record for … Continue reading Bernalillo Co Stray Pets Left in the Cold in Matthew Pepper’s Building
WV Pound Accused of Putting a Live Puppy in the Trash
A former volunteer at the Cabell-Wayne pound in WV says pets are being killed improperly and conditions at the pound are deplorable. Workers picking up trash from the pound recently heard soft crying coming from one of the bags. They opened it up to find one live and one dead puppy. But the county has … Continue reading WV Pound Accused of Putting a Live Puppy in the Trash
Companion Animal Alliance in Trouble Again
I've been trying to FOIA records on 3 pets at Companion Animal Alliance in Baton Rouge but CAA doesn't seem too interested in complying with the law. (If you want to see how I spend my spare time, you can scroll through my attempts to get CAA to provide complete, legible copies of these records.) … Continue reading Companion Animal Alliance in Trouble Again
Memphis Pound Cites Local Rescuer, Seizes Dogs by Court Order
In August 2012, the city of Memphis sent representatives from every conceivable division to the home of a dog rescuer who had a couple dozen dogs on her property. These are the initial notes with some personal info redacted (click to enlarge image): Follow up visits were conducted and ultimately the rescuer went to court … Continue reading Memphis Pound Cites Local Rescuer, Seizes Dogs by Court Order
“Nobody WANTS to kill animals” – McCracken Co Edition
Jeremiah Robertson, the whistleblower at the McCracken Co HS in KY who recently testified in court against his co-workers, has been fired by the HS board for being "insubordinate". And by "insubordinate", the board means he "took issue with euthanizing a dog." And that "issue" involved the killing of a puppy the surrendering party was … Continue reading “Nobody WANTS to kill animals” – McCracken Co Edition
65 Dogs Seized from SPCA of CT
Fred Acker of the SPCA of CT had been pulling pets from the pound in Anderson Co, SC to sell up north for hundreds of dollars. In 2010, the county put a stop to that while they investigated Mr. Acker's sordid criminal history and I never heard whether they resumed the practice. But Mr. Acker is … Continue reading 65 Dogs Seized from SPCA of CT
Teach us about compassion, James M. Rogers
This is the only note, apparently entered by MAS interim director James M. Rogers, in the puppy's records: MAS interim director James M. Rogers discusses compassion at a public meeting of the advisory board in March 2012:
Why We Need Shelter Reform
It’s National Animal Shelter Reform Week. Why do we need reform in so many of our nation's shelters? Here are a few examples. New York: An outside investigation into the practices at the Niagara Co SPCA revealed: The techs were killing conscious pets via heartstick, using a drug called Rompun first which caused the pets … Continue reading Why We Need Shelter Reform
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