A NC family who left their kitten at a vet's office for neutering and rabies vaccination was devastated to learn the vet had injected their pet with euthanasia solution by mistake.  The rabies vaccine was reportedly left alongside a syringe containing the euthanasia drug and the vet picked up the wrong one.  Oops.  The kitten died … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

Warning:  Disturbing, graphic photo at first link:  A photo of a bloody dog on the end of a chokepole at the Hesperia pound in CA has been causing outrage on social media.  The photo may be from 2013.  Readers may remember this video of a dog being casually dragged down a hall at Hesperia while … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

A long time volunteer at the Ewing Animal Shelter in NJ says she was walking a shelter dog when a health officer called her into the office, advised her that she would no longer be allowed to take dogs out, that "drastic changes" were afoot, and that if the vol didn't like it, she could … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

A family who took in a stray dog in Glynn Co, GA had her spayed and vaccinated but ultimately surrendered her to the county pound due to destructive behavior.  As sometimes happens, the family changed their minds after surrendering the pet and returned the next day to retrieve her.  Pound staff had already killed the … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

An owner surrendered her house cat to a vet clinic in GA and staff called DeKalb Co AC to pick up the friendly pet.  When a rescue group contacted the pound to ask about helping the cat, they were told the AC worker had dumped her in a park instead of bringing her to the … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

Animal control in Roswell, NM picked up a stolen, microchipped dog whose owner was looking for her but failed to contact the owner.  Instead, AC put the dog on the kill list.  The owner, who lives 200 miles away, was able to redeem her pet thanks to rescuers who posted the dog's photo on Facebook.  (Thank … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

Case Update - The recently fired/charged with cruelty Martin Co pound director is suing to get his job back because: he wasn't properly trained, his co-worker is a dummy and a druggie and the dog he shot in his cage was a monster pitbull owned by lowlifes.  (Thank you Clarice for the link.) Case Update … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

New resource for shelter pet advocates:  The website Saving 90 lists communities that self-report saving 90% or more of the animals in their shelters. *** Case Update:  The ACO in Elgin, OK who lied to the owner of a dog he had gassed to death using the exhaust from his truck has been fully reinstated. … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

The director of the Rowan Co pound in NC says the facility can never become no kill.  An enabler explains that Rowan Co is in the stupidsouth while in utopianorth, they have no problems because magical spay-neuter.  (Thanks Lisa for the link.) A veterinarian at the Cherryland HS in MI says the unlicensed employee who … Continue reading Treats on the Internets

In 2009, a woman wrote a letter to Klein Animal Shelter in Texas and sent copies to the AC offices in the cities of Jacksonville and Tyler as well as Smith Co - all of which contracted with Klein. In the letter, she mourned the needless death of a kitten she had adopted from Klein. … Continue reading Treats on the Internets