Both the city of Memphis and the state of TN have issued opinions that the MAS advisory board meetings are not subject to the TN Open Meetings Act. The city's opinion is signed by Herman Morris (he of I-heart-SC-laws-so-muchly fame) and Jill Madajczyk (the senior assistant city attorney). Interestingly, Jill Madajczyk attended the first meeting … Continue reading Action Alert: Meeting in Memphis Tonight
Saturday at MAS
I would like to once again pay tribute to the pets at MAS who are off limits to the adopting public. This is how some of them spent their Saturday.
PetHarbor Listings for MAS
Two weeks ago, I posted about what appeared to be an encouraging effort by MAS to get its pets listed online. So I wanted to check back in to see how things have progressed. Still only 1 adoptable dog listed (from June) and zero adoptable cats. No photos. 280 stray dogs with the first page … Continue reading PetHarbor Listings for MAS
Uh, I’d like to adopt a pet… Helloooooo?
Maybe everybody did what the sign said and put them out of business? From the event invitation: The Memphis Botanic Garden has received several requests to open the Garden to dogs and their owners, and we’ve listened! We are happy to announce our first four-legged friendly event - The Dog Days of August! Held on … Continue reading Uh, I’d like to adopt a pet… Helloooooo?
One Memphis Volunteer’s story
Memphis resident Jody Fisher had been visiting Memphis Animal Services on Saturdays to spend some quality time with the dogs in the adoption hallway. In January of this year, she took the volunteer orientation class and began officially volunteering at MAS. She mostly walked dogs since there was only one other vol who regularly walked … Continue reading One Memphis Volunteer’s story
Lazy and Lazier
Lazy: The Okefenokee Humane Society in GA keeps up to 100 dogs and 20 cats in its metal roof facility which has no electricity. Over the past few months, 14 dogs have died of heatstroke there. [Manager Ben] Hood said the shelter has the materials to wire the kennel so fans can be added. He … Continue reading Lazy and Lazier
A Few Photos to Share
“These issues have remained unresolved…”
The minutes from the last Memphis Animal Services Advisory Board meeting before the pound was raided by sheriff's deputies in October 2009 can be found here. From that meeting: Janet [Hooks] said that the Shelter receives many complaints and the Advisory Board needs to focus on solutions, not complaints. Michelle [Buckalew] related that there are … Continue reading “These issues have remained unresolved…”
Open Thread
Fat cats, puppy lovers, et al. Oh and I'm including a music video of my favoritest song of ever. The song is not new but I've only just seen the video for the first time recently so the vid is new to me. And it's got goggies running around a mall so it's not as … Continue reading Open Thread
“We hate this.”
This is a Facebook posting from Vermilion Parish Rabies Control in LA: Let's give this information some context. First off, this pound does not adopt pets to the public. They will allow 501(c)3 rescues to pull pets but if a member of the public sees a pet they want and can't (or doesn't know how … Continue reading “We hate this.”
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