UPDATE: The investigation report has been release with no surprises for the non "No Kill" people. http://cdn.comcorpusa.com/files/nbc33tv/0005_001.pdf
Pretty scathing I would say and all so typical of what happens when an open door shelter adopts the Whino's program.
I have predicted that Austin will be the quickest failure of the Whino but guess what folks, another one has beat Austin. This one has gone down in less than a month. I can just hear Nathie Boy whining over his Big Mac now. (By the way, I am just assuming that Nathie prefers Big Mac over BK because his idol, Richard Avanzino and the Maddie's Fund has stock in McDonalds, wonder if they bought it because of the weight of Nathie Boy?)
Here is the proclamation of Baton Rouge going "No Kill" dated just a mere five days ago. http://www.no-killnews.com/?p=1036
East Baton Rouge Parish Animal Control And Rescue Center (EBRP ACRC) is the organization responsible for animal control in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The parish contains the city of Baton Rouge, which is the capital of Louisiana. The Companion Animal Alliance of Baton Rouge (CAA), a non-profit, has entered into a public-private partnership with EBRP-ACRC to provide sheltering services for the parish. Laura Hinze recently took over as director at CAA, after serving as director at PAWS Chicago, Chicago’s largest no-kill humane society. She has committed to making the parish no-kill. CAA posts its statistics on its website, and the organization admits that the current statistics are “alarming.” In 2010, the parish euthanized more than 6000 animals. CAA has laid out a plan for the future though, consisting of action in three areas. First, reducing the number of animals who come into the shelter by providing intake counseling, establishing a Trap-Neuter-Return program for feral cats, and promoting spay-neuter. Second, making sure that animals are healthy and safe while in the shelter by establishing medical and cleaning protocols. Third, reducing length of stay in the shelter by increasing the number of animals returned to their owners, implementing creative adoption programs, and developing a foster program. The impetus for change in Baton Rouge was the same as we’ve heard from many other communities — local animal welfare advocates who had been convinced that killing was necessary changed their minds after reading Nathan Winograd’s book Redemption and hearing about no-kill success in other cities. As CAA executive committee secretary Nancy Jo Craig said, “It’s really been part of an awakening that’s happened all over the country.”
FIVE DAYS LATER:
http://theadvocate.com/news/700554-64/shelter-begins-no-kill-policy.html
But earlier in the week, some of the 4-by-6-foot enclosures held as many as seven dogs, according to complaints aired before the Metro Council.
Some dogs were kept in restrooms and storage rooms in recent weeks as the new staff struggled to find places for the steady flow of incoming strays without having to resort to massive euthanasia.
“We do have more animals,” Hinze said. “And we are employing spaces that were not employed previously to house animals.” (Employing spaces such as restrooms and storage rooms???? Where does the employees go when they need to take a dump???)
But just three weeks after the CAA took control, complaints began to trickle in about overcrowding and inhumane conditions.
Animal Control Director Hilton Cole, whose office oversaw the sheltering operations prior to CAA’s takeover, has opened an investigation into the complaints. (That has to be the all time record, sorry Austin.)
Christy Wyatt, a shelter volunteer of two years, filed a formal complaint against the shelter because of the overcrowding.
“It’s based on an ideology that cramming seven dogs in one cage and having them trample all over each other is better than euthanizing them,” Wyatt said. “They (CAA) didn’t have the planning in place, and what happened as a result is they overlooked the inhumanity of the situation.” (You can't plan when the incoming is more than the outgoing. Plus since when does "No Kill" care about the suffering it creates?)
But what CAA needs is more foster homes to ease overcrowding and volunteers to help operations, Hinze said. (Interpretation needed here, what the CAA wants to do is pimp off animals onto unsuspecting persons, little do they know that it will be permanent, not temporary. All in the name of those numbers, folks.)
http://theadvocate.com/home/675101-79/new-operators-say-staff-overwhelmed.html
Just 3 1/2 weeks after taking control of the parish’s animal shelter services, the Companion Animal Alliance was accused of inhumane treatment of its animals by a Metro councilman and other members of the public.
Councilman Ulysses “Bones” Addison visited the animal shelter unannounced on Wednesday morning and said he witnessed “horrific” and “unacceptable conditions” for the animals. (Kudos to this Councilman, I love those surprise visits!!)
Addison, prompted by emails from constituents, said he saw overcrowding of kennels, including one cage with eight dogs.
He said the kennels with animals were stacked on top of one another, stored in bathrooms and spilling out into the lobby. (Be sure and buy stock in crate companies when "No Kill" rears it's ugly head!! Let's not forget Doug Rae of PACCA fame and his putting cats in the ventilation ducts, now that is creative thinking.)
“I have never seen anything like it. I won’t accept it as a council member, I won’t accept it as a citizen and it needs to be corrected forthwith,” he said. “If we’re going to save animals, we can’t put them in inhumane conditions.” (You're right Councilman, but this is "No Kill" that we are talking about, and that is just fine by them.)
CAA Executive Director Laura Hinze said after the council meeting Wednesday that she disagrees with the statements about animals being put in inhumane conditions. (Staying true to "No Kill", can't see nor admit the suffering they create.)
Susan Aronson, who spoke to the council Wednesday evening, said she filed a complaint after visiting the shelter.
“The cages are seriously and very dangerously overcrowded, several large dogs were in cages with cowering smaller dogs, food aggressive dogs in one cage were fighting, a cage clearly marked ‘aggressive’ had two dogs together, and the worst was a nursing dog in a cage with four large dogs,” she wrote in her complaint.
“The animals are no longer being euthanized, but now, due to stress and fear of being in these overcrowded cages, (the animals) are more likely to fight, be severely injured or killed,” Aronson wrote. (Imagine putting a nursing mom in with other dogs, if her milk drying up from stress doesn't put the puppies in jeopardy, the other four dogs will. Just how cruel can "No Kill" be?)