Warning: This is some disturbing shit. In February 2016, the Vermont Department of Agriculture reportedly inspected a 16 year old cat shelter in Chester called Webster's House and approved the facility for re-licensing. In April, a local paper reported that Webster's House was being evicted by its landlord, forcing the shelter to find homes for … Continue reading Jacked Up Shelter Staff Charged with Cruelty in VT
Category: public servants behaving badly
Police Facilitate Business for CA Dog Flippers
NBC Los Angeles described a story run on May 9 this way: A man was reunited with his lost dog but was questioning why he was put up for adoption during his disappearance. After reading the story, my take is uh, rather different. A woman was caught on surveillance video stealing a purebred Havanese puppy … Continue reading Police Facilitate Business for CA Dog Flippers
Robeson Co Moves to Kill More Shelter Puppies
The Robeson County pound in NC killed 62% of the dogs in its care in 2015. Expect that number to go up. Last month, the Robeson Co Board of Death Health adopted a policy which will, in effect, mean death for many puppies at the county pound. Specifically, any puppy under 4 months old eyeballed … Continue reading Robeson Co Moves to Kill More Shelter Puppies
What Are You Guys Wearing to the Ceremony Honoring the Dog Skull Cracking Deputy?
An attorney for the off-duty Montgomery Co deputy who bashed a dog's brains in then adopted a different dog at the pound wrote a letter to the local paper to tell of his client's uh, heroism. The MCSO deputy, now identified as Keith Berger, says through his lawyer - and oh yes, I'm paraphrasing here … Continue reading What Are You Guys Wearing to the Ceremony Honoring the Dog Skull Cracking Deputy?
Louisiana Public Shelter Refuses to Shelter Animals
So you have a job and get a paycheck but when it comes to actually doing your job - that's optional, apparently. I wish someone would have mentioned this to me sooner! Parish animal control workers recently refused a deputy’s order to pick up dogs in a cruelty case, according to the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s … Continue reading Louisiana Public Shelter Refuses to Shelter Animals
One Dog Dead, Two Others Injured as Adopter Selects a Pet
Montgomery Co in Texas is investigating itself to determine how one of its off duty sheriff's deputies visited the county shelter to adopt a dog and ended up allegedly beating three dogs with a two-by-four in the back before having his adoption processed out front. (You probably want to go back and re-read that so … Continue reading One Dog Dead, Two Others Injured as Adopter Selects a Pet
Lincoln Co Animal Advocates Say the Pound is Far From No Kill
On March 21, The Lincoln Times-News in NC ran a lengthy piece on the troubled Lincoln Co pound which included comments from more than a dozen volunteers, rescuers, fosters and former employees. Some requested their real names not be published in the paper due to fear of reprisal. It's been 2 1/2 years since Lincoln … Continue reading Lincoln Co Animal Advocates Say the Pound is Far From No Kill
Disability? I’ll Drink to That! *clink*
The city of Fort Worth hired a contract veterinarian, Joel Akin, to neuter animals at the city shelter. Some of the surgeries reportedly didn't go well. After a dog he spayed died at the facility, the rescuer intending to pull the dog asked to speak with him but she says he refused. A technician at … Continue reading Disability? I’ll Drink to That! *clink*
Former WV Pound Director Arrested
A year long police investigation of Carrie Lynn Carr, who ran the Fayette Co pound in WV for several years for the New River HS before retiring last month, has resulted in criminal charges. Among the allegations against Carr: Severely injured/ill animals, including a dog with her uterus falling out, were hidden in back room cages out … Continue reading Former WV Pound Director Arrested
Coffee Co Pound Still Sucking All the Suckage
The sucksational Coffee Co pound in TN is once again in the news. Animal advocates recently attended a public county meeting to voice serious concerns about how dogs are being treated at the pound. Among the allegations being made against the two man operation: Dogs are being starved. Cages are being hosed and bleached with dogs … Continue reading Coffee Co Pound Still Sucking All the Suckage