Stock photo via Pexels I sometimes see online advice encouraging people to take roaming cats to their local shelter because, whether owned or unowned, it's the best place for them. While well intentioned, this is misinformation and I'd like to explain why. 1. Cats get sick at shelters - very sick and very easily: Traditional … Continue reading Why Roaming Cats Should Not Be Taken to a Shelter
Category: lost pets
NC Shelter Kills Microchipped Lost Dog While Owners Search for Her
It seems like I've written this post a thousand times. Maybe I need to develop a template where I can simply fill in the lost pet's name, the name of the shelter that killed him, the list of screw-ups that lead up to the killing and the list of people being blamed (which as it … Continue reading NC Shelter Kills Microchipped Lost Dog While Owners Search for Her
LA Pound Kills Two Lost Dogs While Telling Owner They Aren’t There
When Amber McMillan's dogs, Rufus and Mikey, got lost last month, she went to the long troubled Caddo Parish Animal Shelter in Louisiana looking for them. She brought photos of her pets to show staff and was escorted around the kennels. After not finding the dogs on her first visit, she filled out two lost … Continue reading LA Pound Kills Two Lost Dogs While Telling Owner They Aren’t There
Polk Co Pound Kills Microchipped Lost Pet Upon Impound
Kristi Durham adopted a special needs beagle who circled to the left and named him Lefty. She moved from Kentucky to Polk Co, FL in August and the following month, Lefty accidentally got out of his yard. A good Samaritan saw him in the road and reportedly took him to a vet. The vet reportedly instructed … Continue reading Polk Co Pound Kills Microchipped Lost Pet Upon Impound
Philly ACCT Gives Lost Pet Away, Tries to Blame Finder
A dog named Jake got lost on July 13 in Philadelphia. His owners, Vickie and Mark Remolde, began looking for him immediately. Meanwhile, a good Samaritan had found Jake running loose and taken him to the Animal Care and Control Team (ACCT) so that his owners could find him. It didn't work out so well: … Continue reading Philly ACCT Gives Lost Pet Away, Tries to Blame Finder
A Lesson in Empathy
What sucks: A Good Samaritan picked up a lost dog in Henderson, Nevada last month and brought him to a local vet. The vet scanned him for a chip and determined he had an owner. The vet then called AC to pick up the dog. Right then and there, either the vet or the ACO (or … Continue reading A Lesson in Empathy
Lexington-Fayette AC & C Oops-Kills Another Lost Dog
Kentucky - When a friendly, healthy 3 year old dog named Drake got lost, he wandered into a neighbor's yard. The neighbor brought him to Lexington-Fayette Animal Care and Control so that his owner could find him. When Drake's owner, Vanessa Kyle, went to the shelter to redeem her pet, she did not see him … Continue reading Lexington-Fayette AC & C Oops-Kills Another Lost Dog
Police Facilitate Business for CA Dog Flippers
NBC Los Angeles described a story run on May 9 this way: A man was reunited with his lost dog but was questioning why he was put up for adoption during his disappearance. After reading the story, my take is uh, rather different. A woman was caught on surveillance video stealing a purebred Havanese puppy … Continue reading Police Facilitate Business for CA Dog Flippers
Lying Idaho Shelter Kills, Lies, Blames and Lies
When Sheila Combs lost her family's six year old Chihuahua/Boston Terrier, Bunny, on January 31, she immediately began looking for her. Unable to find her beloved pet, she went the next day to the West Valley Humane Society in Caldwell. Bunny was not there so Ms. Combs filed an official missing pet report including an … Continue reading Lying Idaho Shelter Kills, Lies, Blames and Lies
Discussion: Lost CA Sheltie Adopted by New Owners
An elderly couple whose lost Sheltie got picked up by Stockton Animal Services in December was pulled by a rescue group then adopted while the owners were still searching for her. The new owners, who had Tipsy for around 2 weeks by the time Mr. and Mrs. Robinson found out what had happened to their … Continue reading Discussion: Lost CA Sheltie Adopted by New Owners