Since Thursday came and went with no response from the city of Memphis regarding the missing video from our FOIA request, an additional e-mail was sent today to follow up. The city replied that, due to our "rather extensive" video request (it was less than half of the prior request), "the operator missed some of … Continue reading Oops
Category: memphis animal shelter
Healthy Pup Was Wanted by Adopter But MAS Killed Him
On Wednesday April 11, a potential adopter named Rob says he contacted the Memphis pound about a precious little mite he had seen online and wanted to save. He was told the pup had been exposed to parvo and to call back in 2 days. He called back on April 13 and found out MAS … Continue reading Healthy Pup Was Wanted by Adopter But MAS Killed Him
Petition to Bring the Webcams Back to MAS
The city of Memphis removed the public webcams after images of what appeared to be abuse and neglect were revealed to the public. Interim director James Rogers has indicated that the public can still see what's going on by filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for security camera footage. These very costly requests … Continue reading Petition to Bring the Webcams Back to MAS
Gee, I’m glad we didn’t pay $800 for this…
I received the discs today provided by the city of Memphis in response to the FOIA request for MAS security camera footage from 7am to 7pm on April 10 and 11. Just as I did last time, I performed a spot check of the discs upon receipt. Unfortunately, there appear to be some significant problems. … Continue reading Gee, I’m glad we didn’t pay $800 for this…
Name That Hazard
How many hazards can you count in this photo?
Memphis FOIA Update
As soon as we got word that the city of Memphis was charging an exorbitant fee for the MAS security camera footage FOIA request, we requested an explanation as well as a fee waiver. While we didn't get the fee waiver, we did get an explanation of sorts from Chandell Ryan the Senior Assistant City … Continue reading Memphis FOIA Update
Did these puppies suffer on the Memphis ACO trucks?
Many of the photos posted on PetHarbor by MAS show the animals still on the ACO trucks. Despite the obvious facts that this is hardly the setting or the time to get a quality photo of a pet, there appear to be more serious issues involved. This puppy, listed as 2 months old by MAS, … Continue reading Did these puppies suffer on the Memphis ACO trucks?
It’s on!
In less than 24 hours, our goal has been reached on the Memphis FOIA fee for security camera footage. Thank you to everyone who donated. After the Paypal fees, we collected $807.30. I will send the extra dollars to Memphis to help pay for shipping the discs. I'll update this post with additional info on … Continue reading It’s on!
Organized Slime
Thank you to all who voiced their opinions on the $800 FOIA fee being charged by Memphis for the MAS security camera footage. Good points were made both for and against paying the fee. The consensus seems to be that we should go ahead with collecting funds. As such, a ChipIn has been set up. … Continue reading Organized Slime
Shakedown
After the city of Memphis blew off our previous FOIA request for security camera footage from the pound, the request was amended. I should explain that the previous request was for 3 days worth of footage but only from 10 specific cameras so, had it been fulfilled as required by law, it would have amounted … Continue reading Shakedown
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