New resource for shelter pet advocates: *The website Saving 90 lists communities that self-report saving 90% or more of the animals in their shelters.
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Case Update: *The ACO in Elgin, OK who lied to the owner of a dog he had gassed to death using the exhaust from his truck has been fully reinstated. *No charges were filed despite the fact that the dog was mutilated before being killed and dumped into a dead animal pit at the unlicensed facility. *The city council says it supports the ACO and believes the community does too because a council member heard*there was a petition with 600 signatures on it somewhere, which nobody ever saw, supporting the ACO. *Also, the pound is going to have its floor painted. *(Thanks Clarice for the link.)
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The Maine Department of Agriculture*requires pet food companies to pay a surcharge in order to sell their foods in the state. *The money funds a spay-neuter program which helps low-income families get their pets fixed. *Supporters of the surcharge say it costs pet owners an additional 36 cents over the course of a year. *The governor wants to eliminate it but supporters say that will result in increased cat intakes at shelters which means increased cat killings. *Because I mean * hey, more cats. *Whatcha gonna do?
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Gir, a*30 year old miniature horse in Clackamas Co, OR, accidentally got out of his stall one night last month and wandered onto a neighbor*s property. *The neighbor called the sheriff*s office and a deputy came and shot the pet to death. *The deputy told the owners Gir*had been hit by a car and had two broken legs but a necropsy found the horse was in excellent condition and had not been injured outside of the gunshot wounds to the head. *The Clackamas Co sheriff*s office is investigating itself in the matter. *And:
Sounds legit. *(Thanks Bonnie for the link.)
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Robert Durst admitted*dismembering his neighbor in 2001 and is currently charged with murdering an $#@!ociate. *His brother believes that Durst practiced killing and disposing of remains on seven Alaskan malamutes before his first wife disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1982.
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The AP had a good story this week on street dogs who have been taken in by state organizations in Cuba. *I especially love the photo of Vladimir.
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Case Update: *The ACO in Elgin, OK who lied to the owner of a dog he had gassed to death using the exhaust from his truck has been fully reinstated. *No charges were filed despite the fact that the dog was mutilated before being killed and dumped into a dead animal pit at the unlicensed facility. *The city council says it supports the ACO and believes the community does too because a council member heard*there was a petition with 600 signatures on it somewhere, which nobody ever saw, supporting the ACO. *Also, the pound is going to have its floor painted. *(Thanks Clarice for the link.)
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The Maine Department of Agriculture*requires pet food companies to pay a surcharge in order to sell their foods in the state. *The money funds a spay-neuter program which helps low-income families get their pets fixed. *Supporters of the surcharge say it costs pet owners an additional 36 cents over the course of a year. *The governor wants to eliminate it but supporters say that will result in increased cat intakes at shelters which means increased cat killings. *Because I mean * hey, more cats. *Whatcha gonna do?
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Gir, a*30 year old miniature horse in Clackamas Co, OR, accidentally got out of his stall one night last month and wandered onto a neighbor*s property. *The neighbor called the sheriff*s office and a deputy came and shot the pet to death. *The deputy told the owners Gir*had been hit by a car and had two broken legs but a necropsy found the horse was in excellent condition and had not been injured outside of the gunshot wounds to the head. *The Clackamas Co sheriff*s office is investigating itself in the matter. *And:
The Oregon Humane Society can’t confirm if it started, and then stopped, an animal cruelty investigation into Gir’s shooting.
Sounds legit. *(Thanks Bonnie for the link.)
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Robert Durst admitted*dismembering his neighbor in 2001 and is currently charged with murdering an $#@!ociate. *His brother believes that Durst practiced killing and disposing of remains on seven Alaskan malamutes before his first wife disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1982.
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The AP had a good story this week on street dogs who have been taken in by state organizations in Cuba. *I especially love the photo of Vladimir.
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