Martin Co Animal Control on Landfill Road in Williamston, NC is open from 8:30 - 10:00 am and 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. The website says, with a straight face: The Martin County Animal encourages animal adoption. [...] Please come by during the hours above to consider pets for adoption. There do not appear to … Continue reading Martin Co Pound Director Fired and Arrested
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Crazy Town, Georgia in the News Again
Toccoa, Georgia - Remember late last year when a high school teacher in Stephens Co brought two cats to class and had students hold them down while he neutered them? The community rallied behind the teacher's actions and the pound director seemed very apologetic about doing his job with regard to issuing a summons for … Continue reading Crazy Town, Georgia in the News Again
New Hanover Co Wants to Kill “Dangerous” Dog Who Has Never Bitten Anyone
New Hanover Co in NC killed roughly half of its dogs and cats in 2013. And the pound wants to kill yet another dog, an owned pet named Honey who has never bitten anyone, because she allegedly sneaks and snarls: [New Hanover Co] deemed Honey as a potentially dangerous dog in June after five separate civil and state … Continue reading New Hanover Co Wants to Kill “Dangerous” Dog Who Has Never Bitten Anyone
Forsyth Co Officials SavingNotSaving Pets from the Cold
Forsyth Co, NC: Over the last two days, at least 57 animals were saved from the sub-freezing temperatures in Forsyth County. Animals saved. Yay! However, FOX8 has learned that at least one of these animals will be euthanized. [...] Many more of the animals may meet the same fate. Animals saved? “If they do die, … Continue reading Forsyth Co Officials SavingNotSaving Pets from the Cold
Police Officer Fired after Standing Up to City Officials and Refusing to Shoot Loose Dogs
Walker Co, AL used to have a pound but the place closed a few years ago after it was exposed as a dog killing hole. Since then, the city of Carbon Hill in Walker Co has apparently been trying to avoid the issue of homeless pets on the streets. That brilliant plan did not work … Continue reading Police Officer Fired after Standing Up to City Officials and Refusing to Shoot Loose Dogs
PA Pet Store Chain Importing Shelter Animals from the South
Philly.com recently ran an article on a PA pet store chain that, like some others around the country, is switching from selling puppies and kittens obtained from commercial breeders to selling pets obtained from shelters. Since shelter pets are being needlessly killed by directors who won't do their jobs, any chance at avoiding the kill room sounds great. Nonetheless, I … Continue reading PA Pet Store Chain Importing Shelter Animals from the South
NC Ends Routine Gassing of Shelter Animals
On December 4, 2014, the Animal Welfare Section of the NC Department of Agriculture issued a policy statement regarding the use of gas chambers to all licensed euthanasia technicians and registered shelters. The letter can be read in full here. In summary, the letter states that because the last major animal welfare organization still endorsing the … Continue reading NC Ends Routine Gassing of Shelter Animals
State of NC Issues Failed Inspection for Yadkin Co Pound
The Yadkin Co pound functions primarily as a pet killing facility, killing more than 70% of its dogs and cats in 2013: The NC Department of Agriculture regularly inspects the state's pounds in order to hold them to bare minimum standards which do not in any way include lifesaving. The state has passed Yadkin Co … Continue reading State of NC Issues Failed Inspection for Yadkin Co Pound
Cats Castrated in High School Agriculture Class
In early November, the teacher of an agriculture class at Stephens Co High School in Georgia brought 2 cats into class and castrated them without anesthetic, having students hold the pets down. One student was bitten. So that happened. The teacher, Daniel Hebert, is not a licensed veterinarian and I was unable to find any information as … Continue reading Cats Castrated in High School Agriculture Class
Gwinnett Co ACO Under Investigation for Beating Dog
When a lost rottweiler called Shane was spotted wandering around a Georgia neighborhood on August 30, Annabella Flynn-Dempsey says the dog was brought into her fenced yard. Shane played with her three dogs and her grandson tossed a ball until the dog went into nap mode. “He was just big and fluffy and friendly and just a … Continue reading Gwinnett Co ACO Under Investigation for Beating Dog
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