An anonymous whistleblower is accusing Jacksonville Animal Care and Protective Services of killing treatable animals, falsifying their records and turning away strays in need in order to make their numbers look good. (Thank you Clarice for the link.) The Washington Co Animal Shelter in TN killed 276 cats last month because they had colds.  But the … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

Twice in one week!  Maybe I'll get a raise - or a pay cut, depending on your perspective I guess. A Topeka police officer, previously jailed for killing a person while responding to a false alarm call, encountered a 26 pound dog while responding to another false alarm call last month.  Josie was the beloved … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

Kevin Myrick, an ACO with Iberville AC in Louisiana, was sent to the scene of a car accident on July 5 to pick up a loose dog.  In the official report on the incident, ACO Myrick stated someone had run over the dog by the time he arrived.  But at some point afterward, he reportedly … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

Sea World announced the death of a 3 week old baby beluga born in captivity, referring to her as "it", thanking people "for their thoughts and support during this difficult time for our team" while failing to mention the mother at all.  Also:  fuck Sea World. Commentary on the grand jury's failure to indict the … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

Case Update: The now former Gwinnett Co ACO whom witnesses say brutally beat a friendly dog with a chokepole last summer will be charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty.  (Thank you Clarice and Susan for the link.) Case Update:  The former director of the Lawrence Co Animal Shelter in AL, where hundreds of animals were found suffering in … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

Case Update:  The owner of Porkchop, the neutered, vaccinated and bathed kitten who was killed upon impound by Mobile Co, AL for being "feral" in 2013, filed a lawsuit against the county.  Part of that lawsuit includes newly released video evidence from the pound reportedly showing that Porkchop was not feral and simply fast-tracked to … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

Authorities with the city of Deltona, Florida obtained a search warrant and entered the home of a couple to find they were well over the 5 pet limit.  The Halifax Humane Society seized 114 cats and killed 108 of them despite a city spokesman's claim that only a few were sick: [Lee] Lopez said a … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

An ACO in TX picked up a dog who had gotten out of his fenced yard during an afternoon storm and left him at the Williamson Co Regional Animal Shelter noting the dog appeared healthy.  When the owner came the next morning to reclaim her pet, she was told the dog had been found dead in his … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

In Mississippi, an 87 year old veteran who was struggling financially tried to take care of a number of dogs who had been abandoned in the woods on his property.  The county sheriff's department showed up with staff from an area pound and good old HSUS to seize the dogs.  The dogs took off when … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

A nonprofit that runs the pound in Calhoun Co, AL is opposed to legislation requiring shelters to make their kill stats available to the public.  They do kill animals and admit that hundreds more fell over dead in their cages at the facility last year.  But the nonprofit blames the uncaring, uneducated public for the … Continue reading Treats on the Internets