Here is the job posting for director at Memphis Animal Services.  Key phrases to avoid if you are applying:  no kill, 90% live release rate, and of course YesBiscuit.  Save all that for after they hire you.  Like Day One.  Go get 'em Tiger.  

Will the city take the internal security camera footage to the media to show definitively what happened to this dog? Or will this dog's life, like too many others at MAS, simply be ignored, left in a dumpster, until the truck comes to haul it away to the landfill?

Remember when concerned citizens asked about the staggering number of pets listed as "missing" at MAS and were told they were largely attributable to simple data entry errors? Well if you liked that answer, have I got a treat for you! In July and August this year, MAS killed 592 dogs without listing any reason … Continue reading Error

Janet Hooks, director of Public Services and Neighborhoods, recently gave local media a tour of the new pound in Memphis.  I'm hoping readers might be able to shed light on a couple of things, either by chiming in with information, or asking Ms. Hooks for clarification and reporting back. From the Commercial Appeal: The tour … Continue reading Clarification Needed on New Pound Facility in Memphis

This is the story of dog #A232344 who was impounded by Memphis Animal Services (MAS) after someone called in a report of a dog who had been hit by a car. The ACO's report indicates the dog had the appearance of injury to the hindquarters.  Assuming no person found the dog lying in the road … Continue reading Dog #A232344 at MAS