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
State Investigation Determines Two Injured Cats Left to Suffer at Columbus Co Pound
The troubled Columbus Co pound has received a warning letter from the state of North Carolina indicating that the pound "may be in violation of the North Carolina Animal Welfare Act". After receiving a letter of complaint from rescuers, the state investigated and determined that Columbus Co may have violated the portion of the law which requires … Continue reading State Investigation Determines Two Injured Cats Left to Suffer at Columbus Co Pound
ASPCA Will Teach You How to Kill Viable Kittens “Off the Books” to Keep Your Live Release Rate Shiny
The ASPCA and the Mayor's Alliance are teaching more people how to gut pregnant cats whose kittens are so close to being born that they would survive the gutting. Euphemistically referred to as "late term spay", this horrific practice inflicts violence on both the mother cat and her unborn babies. Once cut out of the mama … Continue reading ASPCA Will Teach You How to Kill Viable Kittens “Off the Books” to Keep Your Live Release Rate Shiny
Kern Co Pound Exporting Sick Dogs
The UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program consulted on the troubled Kern Co pound in CA in 2008. At that time, a report was issued which detailed, among other problems, lack of leadership and rampant disease at the shelter along with recommendations for how to reduce and prevent it. Standard protocols such as the quarantine … Continue reading Kern Co Pound Exporting Sick Dogs
Newkirk, OK: Shotgun Pound
The city of Newkirk, OK used taxpayer money to build a pound on property belonging to a veterinarian. The facility is under the police department and is not open to the public. Pets without collars are held for 3 days and, if unclaimed, are blasted with a shotgun, leaving behind a “bloody mess” according to the … Continue reading Newkirk, OK: Shotgun Pound
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Adopters at Miami-Dade Shelter Say They Witnessed Workers Abusing Dog
Lisa Merkin and her son were at Miami-Dade Animal Services last week looking for a dog to adopt. She says they saw a worker outside with a dog on a chokepole. When the dog refused to move, she says a second worker began ramming him repeatedly with a cart, bloodying the dog's face. She screamed at … Continue reading Adopters at Miami-Dade Shelter Say They Witnessed Workers Abusing Dog
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
Name That Animal
Plot Twist: Researching allowed! And: I don't know the answer to this one.These four baby birds have been growing up very fast in a nest their mama made on our front porch. My ability to identify birds ends at the duck-cardinal-swan level. I don't know what kind of birds these are. I thought someone here might … Continue reading Name That Animal
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