In August, Bloomberg ran a piece claiming there were 50,000 stray dogs in Detroit, MI - a claim widely disputed by various animal advocates. (We talked about it on the blog at the time.) Michigan Humane Society, which doesn't hold an animal control contract but functions primarily as a pet killing facility anyway, was not … Continue reading The Tuh Files: There is a Shortage of Dogs in Michigan
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Caswell Co Pound and Transport
The Caswell Co pound in NC has a website that's rather, uh - brief. The reason I looked it up was that a reader sent me two screengrabs from Facebook which allegedly show puppies at the Caswell Co pound just before they were loaded for transport to NJ. The kennel appears to be wet and … Continue reading Caswell Co Pound and Transport
126 Pets Seized from FL Rescue Group
On the morning of November 8, police executed a search warrant at the Animal Rescue Konsortium (ARK) shelter in DeLand, FL. Authorities had received complaints about sub-standard conditions at the shelter and the city sent a veterinarian to tour the facility. Approximately 100 cats and 26 dogs were seized and farmed out to several different … Continue reading 126 Pets Seized from FL Rescue Group
HSUS Moves Hurricane Pets into Unnatural Disaster Areas
The Guilford Co pound in NC kills roughly half its dogs and cats - unless the pet happens to look like a Rottweiler, Chow Chow or "Pitbull". Guilford Co kills 100% of any pets who resemble those types of dogs. Not surprisingly, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) thinks the pound is swell. … Continue reading HSUS Moves Hurricane Pets into Unnatural Disaster Areas
PETA Transfers Pets to Other Facilities Which Also Kill Animals
In 2011, PETA killed 96% of the dogs and cats its facility took in. Very few dogs and cats make it out of the PETA pet killing facility alive. Among the few who did last year, PETA claimed it had transferred 41 pets to other VA facilities. FOIA requests were filed with the municipal facilities … Continue reading PETA Transfers Pets to Other Facilities Which Also Kill Animals
What is Displacement Killing?
Facilities which kill healthy/treatable pets do so without cause and in spite of clear evidence of proven alternatives such as exist in the dozens of open admission no kill shelters throughout the country. Pounds may or may not assign a particular "reason" for the killings: space, illness, injury, too young, etc. Whether or not a … Continue reading What is Displacement Killing?
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