Is this another internet hoax? It appears that rescuers (or at least people claiming to be rescuers) are posting in various online locations that pets at the Spalding Co Animal Shelter in Griffin, Georgia are in danger. The shelter, according to the rescuers, is slated to close for repairs and all unadopted pets will be … Continue reading Updated: Mass Killing of Spalding Co Shelter Pets – Real or Fake?
Category: needless animal shelter killing
Piles of Dead Kittens=The Only Solution
I think we can all appreciate the frustrations of a shelter director seeing "a record number of dropoffs" in a two day period. This was the challenge facing the director of the Marshall County Animal Shelter in West Virginia last week when at least 41 kittens were brought to the shelter in 2 days. Time … Continue reading Piles of Dead Kittens=The Only Solution
Another One Gone
The following is my interpretation of the story related by a would-be adopter of a pet at the shelter in Craven Co, NC: September 25 Potential Adopter: Hi, I found a puppy I'd like to adopt. Shelter Staff: You can't adopt that puppy yet because he's less than 8 weeks old. September 27 Potential Adopter: … Continue reading Another One Gone
Mixed Messages on Banning the Gas Chamber
There's no such thing as bad press? I beg to differ: Thousands of animals are put to death in Alabama each year, mostly because there are not enough homes to take them. While animal rights groups are not protesting that fact, they are protesting one particular method of euthanasia legal in Alabama: the gas chamber. … Continue reading Mixed Messages on Banning the Gas Chamber
The Needle and the Damage Done
In the United States, we kill millions of pets in shelters every year. Most of them are healthy and friendly - or at least treatable. And there are enough homes for all of them. As a society, we have come to accept the killing as "unavoidable" because that's what we are continually told by those … Continue reading The Needle and the Damage Done
The Saving and Killing of Skittles
I had previously awarded Walker Co Humane Society in AL the coveted Fastest Kill in the East title. We now have another contender. lady in PA, Nancy Nies, found a stray cat in March who wasn't in good shape. She nursed her back to health and then figured out kitty was pregnant. She raised the … Continue reading The Saving and Killing of Skittles
More on Lil Bit
Some additional details on the story of the dog who was killed by Memphis Animal Shelter despite having an adopter begging to save her. The issue came up at the AC Advisory Board meeting this week which about 30 people attended: Ann Mitchell, the woman who wanted to adopt Lil Bit is from Mississippi. While … Continue reading More on Lil Bit
Lil Bit Needlessly Killed at Memphis Animal Shelter
The Memphis Animal Shelter has a history of killing dogs who have been adopted by mistake. When they did it in December 2009 it was a “goof up” and that was shortly after they had killed another adopted dog (that one was “sloppy“). The latest killing however, was intentional: A woman claims the Memphis Animal … Continue reading Lil Bit Needlessly Killed at Memphis Animal Shelter
Oh You Must Be Joking
For those who don't know, Ingrid Newkirk is president of a pet killing organization called PETA. PETA kills almost every single pet that crosses its VA slaughterhouse threshold. The group is well known for trying to cash in on current hot topics for publicity. So it is with [scary music] HOARDERS!!!!!!! Ingrid Newkirk writes in … Continue reading Oh You Must Be Joking
Still No Answers After Catawba Co Kills All Their Pets
Catawba Co has completed its killing of all 220 pets in the shelter, purportedly due to a mystery illness. They are now closed for cleaning and scheduled to reopen next week. Jay Blatche, the shelter director, defends the mass killing: Blatche and some county officials say they have received calls and e-mails from some people … Continue reading Still No Answers After Catawba Co Kills All Their Pets
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