The Oklahoma State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners conducted an investigation into allegations of neglect and other wrongdoing at the Lawton pound at the request of the city manager. *The 464 page report starts out with a page titled “Conspiracy and Connection of Defendants”. *On one side of the chart featured on this page*is a local spay-neuter clinic and on the other side is a Facebook page with various uh, conspirators named below each. *Yes, that says Facebook page.
The Facebook page is administered by*a group called Lawton Citizens for Humane Treatment of Animals. *On that page, which I have not visited, people apparently post complaints regarding the mistreatment and killing of animals at the Lawton pound. *I know this because the board*s lead investigator has screencapped a ton of inflammatory posts from that page and included them in the report. *To show that some people act like dicks on Facebook, I guess.
If you are interested in reading a bunch of trash talk and the investigator*s wagging-finger-o-shame responses, knock yourself out. *The gist of the report, in my interpretation, is that oh*sure, animals were being neglected and starved to death at the Lawton pound but*you know, Facebook is terribleawfulsuperblech. *And the employees are doing the best they can.
Here are a few items I fished out of the muck and summarized that don*t have anything to do with Facebook:
Page 27, Item 69: Employees complained to the investigator that neither the kennel staff nor the ACOs had been properly trained; kennel staff refused to do their jobs and refused to follow instructions from supervisors; male staff refused to wash bowls or do laundry because it*s “woman*s work”; sick and injured animals were left to suffer without*veterinary care.
Page 28, Item 70 and 72: *If the rescue group trying to pull a pet was not liked by the employees, they would kill the animal in retaliation.
Page 28, Item 73: *A dog was placed in a kennel with a dog who was known to be a resource guarder so that workers wouldn*t have to clean an additional cage. *(This was reportedly not an uncommon practice.) *The resource guarder prevented the other dog from eating and the dog starved to death after 3 weeks. *One of the employees responsible for the dead dog*s feeding and daily care has since transferred to the Lawton police department.
Recommendations, Pages 39 * 40:
The city manager says that by July 1, all the violations noted in the report will be brought into compliance. *I would note that one of those violations was starving a dog to death. *But yeah, let*s silence the critics, start killing unborn puppies and kittens,*slop some paint on the place and call it good. *The Oklahoma State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners must be so proud.
(Thank you Clarice for the links.)
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The Facebook page is administered by*a group called Lawton Citizens for Humane Treatment of Animals. *On that page, which I have not visited, people apparently post complaints regarding the mistreatment and killing of animals at the Lawton pound. *I know this because the board*s lead investigator has screencapped a ton of inflammatory posts from that page and included them in the report. *To show that some people act like dicks on Facebook, I guess.
If you are interested in reading a bunch of trash talk and the investigator*s wagging-finger-o-shame responses, knock yourself out. *The gist of the report, in my interpretation, is that oh*sure, animals were being neglected and starved to death at the Lawton pound but*you know, Facebook is terribleawfulsuperblech. *And the employees are doing the best they can.
Here are a few items I fished out of the muck and summarized that don*t have anything to do with Facebook:
Page 27, Item 69: Employees complained to the investigator that neither the kennel staff nor the ACOs had been properly trained; kennel staff refused to do their jobs and refused to follow instructions from supervisors; male staff refused to wash bowls or do laundry because it*s “woman*s work”; sick and injured animals were left to suffer without*veterinary care.
Page 28, Item 70 and 72: *If the rescue group trying to pull a pet was not liked by the employees, they would kill the animal in retaliation.
Page 28, Item 73: *A dog was placed in a kennel with a dog who was known to be a resource guarder so that workers wouldn*t have to clean an additional cage. *(This was reportedly not an uncommon practice.) *The resource guarder prevented the other dog from eating and the dog starved to death after 3 weeks. *One of the employees responsible for the dead dog*s feeding and daily care has since transferred to the Lawton police department.
Recommendations, Pages 39 * 40:
- Rotate animal killing shifts among the entire staff so that each person gets a longer break between killing shifts.
- Ban all the people who talk smack on Facebook.
- Sharing information and photos from inside the facility should be “strictly prohibited”.
- The city needs to re-evaluate the practice of allowing animals discovered to be pregnant during spay surgery to give birth.
- Staff should be trained in areas such as basic animal care.
- A fresh coat of paint!
The city manager says that by July 1, all the violations noted in the report will be brought into compliance. *I would note that one of those violations was starving a dog to death. *But yeah, let*s silence the critics, start killing unborn puppies and kittens,*slop some paint on the place and call it good. *The Oklahoma State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners must be so proud.
(Thank you Clarice for the links.)
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