Robeson’s Black Wed. 60 Die.
Robeson on August 18th, 2010 killed about 60 animals today in order to try and quell a Parvo outbreak in the shelter. The vet ordered the killing of all dogs under 1yr old, and the shelter has shut down for the next 14 days.
A quick information tid bit for those that do not understand Parvo or know what it is. Parvo is a virus that is highly easy to transmit to dogs. It can be carried around on your clothes, hands, shoes, and can be found in yards, in the dirt and even transfer it with car tires. This virus once you have it in your yard will expose dogs to it for months and even a year. The virus attacks the intestines of dogs and puppies are more prone to coming down with it compared to adult dogs, but all dogs are at risk unless vaccinated against it. Once the virus takes hold in a dog, 24-48hrs later the dog is usually dead. With that said, you can have a dog treated for Parvo if caught early, the costs to treat them is very expensive.
Also there are Parvo tests that are very simple to use and follow the same technology as home pregnancy tests. Downside is, the dog can be carrying the virus but not shedding enough of it in their feces to be picked up by this type of testing. It is a good tool though to catch it early before the dog is showing serious signs of distress. A blood test can be done as well.
August 18th, 2010
I am not in rescue to make friends and to sit on my thumbs and hold silent to the reality of what is going on. I am in it to save the animals and at the same time being responsible about it. Level headed, professional and not everyone will agree with it. That is okay.
The news broke on Facebook, and I on one thread made a comment about what was a better solution to this heartbreaking situation. Vaccines are not fast acting and offer no real hope to those exposed already. Isolation is the the deal breaker for these animals, however, when a shelter holds animals for 72hrs and isolation is not an option here. It is a option that all would agree would be a life saving, but the reality is it is not going to happen in this shelter. Holding animals in isolation for 14 days would only speed up the killing of healthy dogs as they would have no kennels and would kill for space. If many dogs were infected, and many exposed taking them out of the shelter would not be an option, because they would not allow them out. On top of that, taking those who appear healthy, and removing them is it responsible? They were exposed and still can have Parvo and you just do not know it yet. Leaving the shelter they are able to infect soil, your cars, your clothes and once at the vets put other puppies not immune to it yet in danger.
So what gives?
Kody
Kody in Texas
Kody, Kody, Kody what a doll. I happen to see him on my newsfeed on Facebook. I can never explain or put into words why some dogs stick out and seem to be the one to work on. I just do not know. Kody is down in Texas and the note mentioned he was on the list to be destroyed to make room in the shelter as it was getting full. He was blind. I put in to rescue the guy and it has been a wonderful journey in my life so far.
The shelter he is at Young County Humane Society, I can not say enough good things about this shelter. They have been so polite to work with, they checked me out and did ref checks which was wonderful, they vetted Kody for me and have been so supportive. They care about their animals, and it shows. They are trying to get them out of there so they don't have to kill to make room. That is awesome!
Kody was fixed this past Friday and it came to light that he is deaf and blind. It doesn't slow him down much and he is still a happy dog. How can a deaf/blind dog have a quality of life? It is what you make of it. Kody doesn't know any different, he uses smell and vibrations two senses that are much more powerful with out his eyes and ears working. Many people wouldn't know a dog is blind and deaf unless you told them. They just learn to adapt.
Parvo Virus
Did you know the Parvo virus can live for 6mo to a year even out in the environment? Think your puppy has to come in contact with another Parvo infected dog? Think again your shoes, hands, clothes and even car tires can bring it home! Adult dogs get it too and carry the virus. VACCINATE YOUR DOGS PLEASE!
Read about Parvo here.
Kuma
We are taking donations to get Kuma his set of wheels. Click here to donate, at Chipin it uses Paypal. Kuma is one of the mascots of Painfultruth.org
Kuma needs wheels
Read his story here.
Forrest City, Arkansas Animal Control
Next shelter on our list to have our followers keep an eye on is Forrest City, Arkansas Animal Control ran currently by the police department. The war path is on folks, people are angry and things are going to change. The recent events at the shelter have fueled a fire storm. Many try to sweep the events from a few weeks ago under a carpet but enough people are pulling the rug back and exposing it.
FCAHS is at the front and center of fighting for the animals at the local pound. Forrest City Area Humane Society handles the adoptions for the pound and looks out for the welfare of the animals. They have for a long time complained about how the pound is ran and operated. We want to make it clear FCAHS are the good guys here. They go to the shelter to make sure the animal control officers are doing their job properly.
On May 30th, 2010 a FCAHS member went to check on the dogs at the local animal shelter to make sure they had been secured for the night. They again, do this just to make sure the AC officers are doing their jobs. Upon her arrival she saw dogs fighting and a blood bath taking place in the outside fenced in area. This was at about 10pm at night folks. Many dogs were full of puncture wounds, laying there bleeding, some in shock and yet she still witnessed one dog being dragged around like a rag doll from other dogs.
It had been a 91F day out that day, and the dogs were let out around noon. They were left unsupervised. There were a few female dogs in heat and many male dogs let out that day. The females were not in the same pen as the males, but were in a pen right by them. This fueled a fight amongst many unaltered male dogs to compete for the females in heat. Also, there was not adequate water in the pens for the dogs, it was 91F out that day.
FCAHS members worked frantic through the night to do what they could for the injured dogs. One died and many were injured with hundreds of puncture wounds and gashes in their legs. They were unable to get vet care for the dogs as it was a holiday weekend and no vet was around to help. Supplies they needed were locked away and they had to get animal control officers to unlock them. As they worked hard AC officers stood by watching and smoking, at times laughing.
At one point a volunteer on the scene had to remove one of the AC officers personal clothing from the pounds dryer in order to heat towels for, Bozo, the dog that died from his injuries.
The director has been transffered out of the facility, that is a start. There is much more to do and a lot more going on.
We urge you to join
Coalition to Change Forrest City Animal Shelter on Facebook.
Links
Springfield-Greene County Animal Control, Missouri
This shelter very well better start to get ready for the animal rights people to move on in and so they should. There are many things going wrong at this shelter that have people upset and we will highlight those issues in this article and what you can do about it.
We facilitated 1,873 rescues from the Animal Shelter this year (through Nov 2009).
So they want to brag about this number? I would love to know the intake of animals in that same time period that did not make it out alive. How about that? 1,873 rescues out of how many total animals?
No adoptions to the public
We do not facilitate adoptions by inviduals at the shelter, however Laticia Duffy from Half-Way Home (one of our qualified animal rescue groups) will pull animals by request for individuals.
This is what angers people the most and it should. These dogs have little to no options of surviving. On their website you will see that if you want a dog or cat listed that you need to contact rescue groups in order to get the dog. They do not even take the time to photograph all the animals for the public to see. They just want you to wander on in there, look around and then contact the rescue groups to get a dog or cat for you. What kind of operation is that? I know. It is called a slaughter house folks.
Lack of Exposure
The pictures of the animals, what little they do take are poor quality and very small. Very little information is given about the animal and no real push at all to save their lives. Poor quality image with a number tag. Nice.
How they kill
They heartstick instead of using IV method of destroying the animals. This is becoming more and more unacceptable, as well as the gas chamber method, of killing unwanted pets in the eyes of those that support animal rights.
How you can help?
Sign the petition to try and get them to allow public adoptions.
Start posting far and wide about this shelter.
What to expect
There is no doubt in my mind in the next few months you are going to see a very large push on this shelter from animal rights activists and once they come in it is going to be hard to ignore. I will post more information and news on this shelter as it is made available.
The good, bad and ugly… of Robeson County, NC Shelter.
The fact is things have changed in Robeson County, NC. Just yesterday Jeff Bass the manager of the shelter (aka slaughter house) stepped down and will change jobs. $4000 in beds were delivered to the shelter in the last few days for the pets so they don't have to use wooden pallets. News media has been more involved with what is going on there. A few months ago do to the strong outcry against heartsticking to kill the animals, it was stopped and changed. Except on the puppies. Adoptions and rescues are way up at this shelter.
Those are amazing accomplishments!
It goes to show when people in numbers put their foot down and say enough is enough and do something, things change.
The bad?
Jeff Bass as much as people dislike the man for his acts at the shelter, said he was stepping down do to the death threats. I am ashamed that fellow rescuers and activist went this route. I 100% believe he did get his life as well as his families lives threatened. I don't doubt it a minute. It is a shame people act this way.
I have had problems with talk about the dogs that are stuck at the South Robeson Vet Clinic. It is one thing to bring awareness to dogs stuck at a vets office that were pulled from the shelter to save their lives. How you bring about awareness and your wording is what matters. They are not "pathetic", they are living animals that need support. The end result is not to say they deserve more to die and ending their suffering from living in a kennel and plead for their lives. I have a huge problem with saying dogs stuck in kennels, at a vets office are better off put to sleep. This goes against the very core of death row dog rescue. You are stating that dogs stuck in kennels at shelters across this country are better off dead because they are there. No, they each have a life worth living and killing them is not the answer. If you speak up more on getting people to go in and make the dogs lives more rich as they wait, your words bring about more power, compared to saying their lives are not worth living. People tend to just give up and feel just as helpless as those dogs.
I am disappointed the most of the efforts online have been ran off of Facebook, no central location for rescue efforts, information, news and education. It has opened a dangerous scam loaded, misinformation, childish black hole that has hindered many rescue efforts and also helped get some dogs stranded.
Robeson County, North Carolina Animal Shelter – Our Stance
I feel that it is important at this time that I type up an article about Robeson County, NC animal shelter. At the current time Painfultruth.org has two dogs in custody from this shelter and soon we may have three in total. I want to make it clear that we are not just speaking out how we feel with out doing anything. We did something and took in a few dogs and we are half way across the country from there.
It is hard to fully grasp everything going on amongst this shelter and get your head around it. There is a lot of good happening there in that county, it has been a long time coming for the changes. There is lawsuit action, animal activists rallying around the shelter for change, more rescue involvement and push for changes from many fronts. This is good. Also, there is a lot of scams going around, a lot of bickering, arguments and back stabbing.
Painfultruth.org has also even been attacked a few times when trying to help. We have not and will not ever bow to the people out there spending so much time on drama. We continue to do our work as we support many areas of the country. We will continue to help where we can regardless of the immature behavior from some there.
We do not agree with everything going on there. We are publicly speaking our stance so that is it clear where we stand on this issue. We understand that there will be even more backlash and bad mouthing of our organization. We stay true to our views and will take on this bad mouthing head on. We will not bow down to it.
Links to as much information as we can find will be posted for you to make your own opinions. At the end of the day, the point is this area is one of many in the country that need attention. Learn from it, join in and fight.
In this post we will first touch base on our stance as a whole and post links to information on Robeson so that later on posts from us are grounded with information.
Forrest City, Arkansas
Update: The pup I planned to rescue was adopted. Which is the best result. On the other hand it appears a rescue in Ohio is more funded to take the entire litter and we will bow out and let them do so.
With any rescue from long distance, you plan as much as you can to save a dog or dogs. At times things fall through and the dogs go to another rescue. Nothing is set in stone until you have the dog or dogs in your custody. At this time we are working on a litter of puppies down in Forrest City, Arkansas. There are at this time 8 total. Nothing is set in stone. This is something we are working on. You can see all their pictures here.
This effort is in the process from three different rescue groups and two are on board 100% right now, waiting on the third. What we are aiming for is the removal of all eight.
With that said, rescue from another state and from a shelter that does not vet brings about a large challenge. Most states require a health certificate for a dog to be transported across their state lines, vaccines up to date and most of all the Rabies vaccine is required in all 50 states as far as I know.
In order to get a health certificate most dogs must be boarded around 10 days to make sure they are healthy and vaccinated before a vet will issue the health certificate. Boarding runs about $10 per day per dog. The shots are about $20 per dog and the health certificate about $10 per dog according to rescue in that area. Those are the prices we are looking at.
The total to rescue just eight dogs is about $1000 and that is not including transportation. The total cost is about $1500 just to get them safe. The cost of finishing shots, altering and future vet care is much much more. The main focus is to get the dogs safe, that is priority #1. That means at least $1000
May seem like a lot, but with many people chipping in a few dollars this can be done in no time flat.
Transportation is being worked on. A volunteer down there may be able to get the dogs half way. The trip is about 13hrs one way from me, the other rescue that may take in the puppies is a hour closer or so. If nothing else I (Courtnee) will go get them myself. No biggie.
Please help support their rescue. If anything falls through donations will be returned.
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