Some people asked why we should save Mario from MAS when there are so many other dogs in need of help there. The answer is simple: Because every pet has a right to live. Would it have been better to allow MAS to put Mario into the dumpster? Here is a recent photo of him … Continue reading Mario: Play=Life
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Memphis Pays Cash Bonuses to MAS Workers for Killing Pets
The agreement between the city of Memphis and the union workers at the pound can be read here. In summary, it's a pretty sweet job - great pay and excellent benefits. Page 13 indicates that any employee who is progressing through the stages of discipline will have his record cleared if he stays out of … Continue reading Memphis Pays Cash Bonuses to MAS Workers for Killing Pets
Mental Health Break: Video
I watch a lot of the MAS security camera footage at fast speed, in order to save time, slowing it down to normal speed when I see something of interest. I watch the nice cat lady on fast speed since I'm not worried that she may be hurting pets - that's the farthest thing from … Continue reading Mental Health Break: Video
The City Fails to Follow Through Regarding Animal Abuse at MAS
In 2007, dozens of Pitbulls were seized in connection with a suspected dogfighting ring. The dogs were taken to the Memphis pound and promptly stolen, after-hours, with no signs of forced entry. A police officer began investigating the case. As stated in a report on ABC 24, "police were investigating if a shelter employee was … Continue reading The City Fails to Follow Through Regarding Animal Abuse at MAS
What Do You See?
In reviewing the footage of the dead pet disposal at MAS, I came across an anomaly - namely, movement of a trash bag. I can not say with certainty, nor do I believe anyone can say with certainty, what is causing the movement of the bag. To my mind, there are two reasonable possibilities: wind … Continue reading What Do You See?
What Memphis Does with the Community’s Pets After MAS Workers are Done Torturing Them
This is security camera footage from the Memphis pound from February 7, 2012. It shows bin after bin of dead pets - eight in all - being dumped into trucks to be taken to the landfill. I shudder to think what abuse each of these dogs and cats may have endured at MAS before being … Continue reading What Memphis Does with the Community’s Pets After MAS Workers are Done Torturing Them
MAS Has One Tool in the Toolbox
Thank you to reader Casey Post who volunteered to help me review the security camera footage from Memphis Animal Services. She captured these clips showing workers at MAS grabbing terrified little dogs with chokepoles. Does anyone know if these dogs were in one of the areas where the public is allowed to look at dogs … Continue reading MAS Has One Tool in the Toolbox
Steve Markwell on MAS Security Camera Videos
Steve Markwell from Olympic Animal Sanctuary is one of the few rescuers in this country who works primarily with, as the group's website states, "dogs you'd rather see dead". He handles dogs who have been chained 24/7 all their lives, dogs who bite, feral dogs and other dogs most of us would not have the … Continue reading Steve Markwell on MAS Security Camera Videos
“What are they supposed to do?”
When I first started seeing the cruel treatment of pets by MAS workers on the security camera footage, I wondered how it could be that the police have been watching these cameras for months without making any arrests. I thought it was possible that perhaps no one had really been watching the cameras. I assumed … Continue reading “What are they supposed to do?”
Thoughts on the Memphis Indictments
I am elated that Billy Stewart, Archie Elliott and Frank Lightfoot have been indicted on multiple counts of animal cruelty in connection with an undercover police investigation at the Memphis pound. I have witnessed them many times, when the webcams were still up, being cruel to pets and I have little doubt they will be … Continue reading Thoughts on the Memphis Indictments
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