The following info is snipped from state inspections of the Robeson Co Animal Shelter over the past two years. These snippets are summaries - not direct quotes. You can click the links to view the original reports (pdfs). My notes are in parentheses. April 16, 2008 inspection: 108 enclosures with 54 dogs and 4 cats … Continue reading Robeson Co Animal Shelter Inspections
Category: southern shelters
What’s Going on at the Robeson Co Animal Shelter in NC?
An online search turns up countless stories of neglect, cruelty and killings alleged to have taken place at Robeson County Animal Shelter in NC. As with all things posted on the net, you have to judge for yourself what seems credible to you. Stories include: 1997 video of pets being cruelly killed by shelter workers … Continue reading What’s Going on at the Robeson Co Animal Shelter in NC?
NC: Owner Tries to Redeem Pets, Animal Control Shrugs
Two family pets got out of their yard through a hole in the fence last week in North Carolina. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control picked them up and told the owner he needed to fix the fence before he could take his dogs home. Since it was raining, it took the owner a couple of … Continue reading NC: Owner Tries to Redeem Pets, Animal Control Shrugs
Too Much of a Good Thing
Clarksdale, MS: We have space at our shelter for 60 pets but do you think we could make room for just one more?(Repeat times 400 or so):The ASPCA removed more than 400 cats and dogs from the Clarksdale, Mississippi shelter on Sunday, January 24, 2010. Tim Rickey, the ASPCA's Senior Director of Field Investigations and … Continue reading Too Much of a Good Thing
When Sadistic Freaks Get to be Their Own Boss
An Animal Control officer in Canton, Mississippi has been fired after authorities were led by a citizen tip to the remains of more than 100 dead pets in a creek. Alonzo Esco collected paychecks from the city for 3 years while he allegedly shot pets to death and dumped them:Esco has not been charged with … Continue reading When Sadistic Freaks Get to be Their Own Boss
Dude – What?
The Danville Area Humane Society kills approximately 90% of the pets they get their murdering hands on and is under the direction of HSUS BFF Paulette Dean. Ms. Dean was recently named "Person of the Year" by the VA Voters for Animal Welfare. And if you're done swallowing that mouthful of irony, open wide:The Danville … Continue reading Dude – What?
Paws Up for Gwinnett Co Jail in GA
This is exactly the kind of program we need in the South:With a sharp decline in inmate population over the past month, Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway plans to devote a portion of the county jail to save dogs' lives.The jail will serve as a foster home for the Society of Humane Friends, a licensed … Continue reading Paws Up for Gwinnett Co Jail in GA
If Only in My Dreams
I hope one Christmas to be thinking about all the shelter pets in this country who are waiting for their future families to find them because we don't kill homeless pets anymore, we adopt them out. But that won't be this year. From North Carolina:When Brunswick County Health Department officials began considering whether to buy … Continue reading If Only in My Dreams
Danville Area Humane Society Kills Pets, Wants More
Do you read/watch interviews and want to butt in to the conversation and question the answers given by the interviewee instead of just letting them slide? I do. This is possibly why Larry King never calls me back.Michael Markarian, President of the Humane Society Legislative Fund has an interview posted on his blog with Paulette … Continue reading Danville Area Humane Society Kills Pets, Wants More
Report on GA Shelters Reveals High Kill Ratios
Thank you to reader Valerie for pointing me to the Georgia Voters for Animal Welfare (GVAW) Survey of Animal Services in Georgia. The purpose of the survey was to obtain statistics from shelters and make the results available to the public. Valerie has posted the report in full on her blog. I will post some … Continue reading Report on GA Shelters Reveals High Kill Ratios
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