Friday, January 16, 2009

Lied Re-visited

This is a "No Kill" shelter in Ohio. The links provide proof of their status of being a "no kill" shelter.


http://www.franklincountyohio.gov/commissioners/budget/content/04Budget/docs/04BudgetSummary.pdfPage 3

http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/01/12/copy/newtricks.ART_ART_01-12-09_B1_5RCGCFT.html?adsec=politics&sid=101

http://www.scribd.com/doc/9282165/Franklin-County-Ohio-Dog-Shelter-Report

http://www.dogsbite.org/blog/2009/01/shelter-adopts-out-biting-dogs-to-save.html

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 10:37 PM
By Barbara Carmen
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Franklin County's dog shelter doesn't knowingly let vicious dogs out the door, its director says. But bitten or blindsided owners tell a different tale."There was blood all over my family room," said Julie Thompson of Hilliard.She and husband, Arlie, fell in love with Rel, a husky who tested fine at the shelter with a family dog before adoption on Sept. 2.But within four hours of bringing him home, Rel was back at the shelter: He attacked the Thompsons' other husky and bloodied one of their two beagles."My dogs are my children," Mrs. Thompson said, explaining all were rescued animals.Rel's search for a family didn't end there. The shelter put the 36-pound, year-old dog up for adoption two more times.And twice, he was returned.Shelter Director Lisa Wahoff said Rel was held for observation and training after the Thompsons took him to make sure he'd be a good pet.Such training has succeeded with other dogs. Randy, a 43-pound yellow mix, bit a shelter volunteer. After seven months of rehab, new owner Phyllis Sage was carefully screened and warned. She wrote Wahoff recently to say Randy is a sweet dog: "We feel truly blessed."Rel did well at training, but it didn't stick. "He did well in a large play group; no aggression was seen," a shelter card says.Rel's second owner returned him Oct. 30, one day after adoption. Her dog was "initiating attacks" with Rel, she wrote.He lasted two days with his third owner. On Nov. 12, she noted that Rel was "sweet, smart, affectionate.'' He also "attacked my sheltie and drew blood."The shelter euthanized Rel the next day.The number of dogs returned for biting people is statistically small, about 0.6 percent, or 24 dogs, a year, Wahoff said. Overall, people have returned 285 of the 3,234 dogs adopted through November."Most say, 'It was too much dog,' or 'We're moving,' " Wahoff said. "We do a good job of trying to match up people and dogs. Dogs are dogs, and you can't predict."Ohio State veterinarians cited the adoption of pit bulls and other dangerous dogs as a concern in a 2007 memo, which also described animal suffering, altered medical records and disease at the shelter, 1731 Alum Creek Dr. Soon after, OSU's veterinary college stopped training students there and providing the shelter with free services.Wahoff said other breeds are often mistaken for pit bulls. So a panel of technicians and a veterinarian evaluate a dog's body and behavior. In 2008, the shelter has taken in 2,746 pit bulls. Of those, 2,435 were euthanized and 311 were reclaimed by owners."We're not putting pit bulls up for adoption," Wahoff said.Dr. William Gesel, a veterinarian who authored Columbus' dangerous-dog ordinance, would beg to differ. Twice this month, two unsuspecting clients brought in pit bulls that the county adopted as Labrador mixes.He asked the clients, both Labrador lovers, 'What are you doing with a pit bull?' "Each said the county shelter had told them their dog was a Labrador mix. Both returned the dogs."Their homeowner's insurance won't let them have pits or Rotts," Gesel said. Ohio law singles out pit bulls as vicious and requires owners to keep them penned and carry $100,000 in liability insurance.Gesel said it isn't all that complicated to properly identify pit bulls. He once explained to a judge, "Any kid on the street can tell you if it is a pit. If it has the characteristics, it's a pit."Lori Brown of the Northeast Side said she felt like a victim after reading a Dec. 21 Dispatch article quoting the OSU vets."I didn't want a pit bull; I didn't want any part of that," Brown said. "When I got her (eight months earlier), I said, 'What do you think she's mixed with?' and they said, 'Oh, we have no idea.' "She returned her dog the week before the story ran. It had attacked other dogs and snapped at her 9-year-old son.Her youngest son now tells people, "My dog went bye-bye."bcarmen@dispatch.com

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Unknown said...

Another animal control taken over and turned into No Kill by a woman who also is connected to the pit bull fighting world.

http://www.dogsbite.org/blog/2008/10/i-team-fox-5-news-breaks-story-on.html

Do a search for Jere Alexander on that site for later updates to the story. They will break your heart.

Small dogs getting put into overcrowded cages with pit bulls who ripped them into pieces, disease, keeping dogs caged until they literally went insane, pit bulls there as evidence for cruelty or dog fighting that "disappeared" or were taken home by this woman and her dog fighter afficianado husband in the name of "saving" them

And here is what happened to many of the cats. Does this sound familiar?

http://community.myfoxatlanta.com/blogs/By20hounds/2008/11/16/Fulton_Countys_Ex_Shelter_Director_links_to_dog_fighting

Alexander's acts were consistently described by her and her followers as being necessary to run this as a No Kill shelter.

Much like PACCA, it is the volunteers who saw the suffering and death, and went public with the truth.

HonestyHelps said...

And Alexander is the Whino's sort of person in that she is an attorney.

Unknown said...

Look at King County Washington. Claire Davis. Attorney.

Unknown said...

I forgot to add in my post here about Jere Alexander that Alexander is also a breeder.

HonestyHelps said...

And they are still missing 85 cats and think they may have been used as bait for her husband's fighting dogs and their friends dogs as well.