Animal shelters behaving badly

This page is made up of animal shelters and the bad publicity that has reached the media.

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Elisa Black-Taylor

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" Michigan Shelter Animals Sold For Research" Posted March 25, 2010 Until May 2008 The Eaton County Animal Shelter in Charlotte, Michigan either gave away or sold shelter pets for research. They did not try to find homes for the animals or even allow volunteers to work with the animals. #cats #shelter #research

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Philadelphia woman enraged after shelter amputates a deformed leg on her lost 16-year-old cat – Michael Broad

Posted October 26, 2017 A Philadelphia woman is enraged after her cat was turned into her local animal shelter after escaping from her home on Saturday. The Animal Care and Control Team said that due to 16-year-old Stinky having “a limp” and the shelter not having the equipment to perform x-rays, one of Stinky’s legs was amputated.

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Salisbury North Carolina

"Dozens of cats killed after Rowan County Shelter asks public to adopt them" Posted June 10, 2016 The interview where Rowan County Animal Shelter Director Bob Pendergrass asked the Salisbury community to come out and adopt a cat or kitten has ended badly. A Google document lists which cats were killed and when. It's sad to think a shelter director would ask for help, then turn around and kill so many precious lives. #cats #shelter #euthanasia #Rowan #NC

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"NJ animal shelter sued after negative comments were deleted and users blocked on the shelters Facebook page" May 7, 2017 A federal lawsuit was filed in March at the U.S. District Court in Camden by three volunteers at a county-operated animal shelter in Pleasantville, New Jersey. The trio claims their First Amendment rights were violated when their comments were deleted and they were blocked from the shelter’s public Facebook page. #firstamendment

Florida veterinarian said senior cat was ‘suffering’ and euthanizes her on the day of intake at SPCA – Michael Broad

Posted March 17, 2019 A Lakeland senior cat was euthanized the same day it was turned in to SPCA Florida because the veterinarian said the cat was suffering. This tragic story is yet another reason to have your cat microchipped. #shelter #euthanasia #spca #lakeland #florida

"Animal shelter policy change: ‘No admittance…only Whitfield County personnel beyond this door’" Posted May 28, 2017 #Whitfield #cats #shelters

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Animal rescue community outraged after Sandy Animal Shelter kills 10 cats and 3 bunnies over the weekend – Michael Broad

Posted May 21, 2019 The Sandy Animal Shelter in Sandy, Utah has left the animal rescue community in an uproar after ten cats and three bunnies were euthanized over the weekend due to a panleuk outbreak. #panleuk #Utah #cats

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Goopy Eyes

Cartersville Georgia

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Allegations against Bartow County AC include killing animals who have rescues coming for them – Michael Broad

Posted October 25, 2018 According to an October 24 investigative report by CBS46 News, Bartow County Animal Control in Cartersville, Georgia is putting down animals who have rescues coming for them. This article will cover some but not all of the allegations made against the shelter.

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Lawrenceville Georgia

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Georgia

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Ex-shelter employee files lawsuit under the Georgia Whistleblower Protection Act

Posted March 1, 2018 This story began back in 2017 when a month-long investigation was conducted at the Gwinnett County Animal Shelter in Lawrenceville, Georgia following allegations of wrongful euthanizations and fudged statistics.

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Caution: Feral cats. ‘This is an absolute travesty and misrepresentation of cats that are usually just scared.’ – Michael Broad

Posted March 4, 2019 Caution tape surrounds the cats in a room at a California shelter. ‘Are these cats really ‘feral’ or are they just scared? This is an absolute travesty and misrepresentation of cats that are usually just scared’ (comment taken from Laurel Tarbis on the Facebook post)? #feral #cats #misrepresentation