In a recent speech to the rotary club, Memphis Animal Services interim director James Rogers talked about his work to date at the pound: “We’re looking at 100 days. Look at what’s happened in 100 days. What do you think it will look like in another 100 days? We’re on a positive trend. And we … Continue reading MAS: What do you think it will look like in another 100 days?

I finished my last room of MAS footage from May 22 and... these dogs got food and water!  Unfortunately for the dog in the first clip, he lost out on his food and water because after the lady fed him, a man came and moved him to a different cage, leaving his bowls behind for … Continue reading Two More Clips from the Memphis Pound

On May 22, 2012 at MAS, no dog in this room was walked, fed, watered or had his cage cleaned between 2pm and 7pm.  The footage begins and ends with ripped up newspapers and a slip lead on the floor - nobody can be bothered to pick them up.  Cage cards appear scattered throughout the … Continue reading Nothing New Here

This clip shows a room of puppies and/or small breed adult dogs in stainless steel cages (hard to tell for certain due to the camera angle).  Unlike the large dog kennels, the stainless steel cages do not have the auto waterers as far as I know so water must be provided by staff.  If you … Continue reading Another Room, More Neglect at MAS

Security camera footage from the Memphis pound shows this room of dogs neglected from 2pm to 7pm on May 22, 2012.  During the entire 5 hour period of footage, no dog in this room is walked, fed, or has his cage cleaned.  And it's apparently stinky in the room, as evidenced by the second inmate … Continue reading Another Room of Dogs Neglected at MAS

Another video from the batch of MAS footage, obtained via FOIA request, from May 22, 2012. The Memphis city pickup truck in this video is used for hauling away the bodies of the pets killed by the pound.  Here, someone drives the truck into the garage, does some washing (something large, perhaps a dead dog, … Continue reading Memphis City Truck Gets Filled with Bags

Via a FOIA request, I have MAS security camera footage from May 22, 2012, from 2pm to 7pm.  Thank you to everyone who donated to the previous MAS FOIA request (money leftover after the city lowered the price was used to buy this footage).  I will be posting clips as time allows. The first video … Continue reading MAS Security Camera Footage: Chokepoles and Hungry Dogs

Memphis Animal Services (MAS) interim director James Rogers was appointed by Mayor Wharton in late February. In a recent speech to the rotary club, Mr. Rogers talked about his work to date at the pound: "We're looking at 100 days. Look at what's happened in 100 days. What do you think it will look like … Continue reading The Capacity to Care in Memphis

The failures leading up to Nola's killing at the Memphis pound were not oopses.  Nonetheless, both the staffer who entered the wrong date on Nola's intake - and couldn't be bothered to correct it when notified - and the worker who failed "to appropriately record" the killing have received nothing but written reprimands.  No terminations, … Continue reading Keeping Up Appearances