Utah Animal "Shelter" Shoots, Runs Over Companion Animals and Strays to Euthanize Them
source: http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-dog-rescue-shoot,0,6036194.story
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Jed, six-month-old puppy, escaped death at a Utah animal control facility that keeps orphaned pets for 72 hours. At the facility, animals that haven't found a home after the 72 hour period, the shelter shoots the pets. If they run out of bullets, they drive over the animals with their trucks. The dead animals are then thrown into a sewage pit.
According to the Helen Woodward Animal Center in San Diego County, the mayor of the community that does this believes it's efficient and cost-effective.
"We're still trying to wrap our heads around this," says Helen Woodward Animal Center (HWAC) spokesman John Van Zante. "How does an animal control facility call itself a, 'shelter' then take such inhumane actions to deal with orphaned pets?
The community claims that some of the pets are not always dead when they are thrown into the pit.
Adoptions Manager LaBeth Thompson works with animal welfare groups across the country to help find families for pets.
"Never during my 28 years at Helen Woodward Animal Center have I heard of any animal welfare organization that uses such cruel and antiquated methods to deal with an animal entrusted to their care!" Thompson said about the Utah shelter that shoots or runs-over pets as a means of euthanasia.
An article on www.henryslaw.com says that residents of Hinckley, Utah are speaking out on the city's animal control policy.
One resident says, "They had collars on them. They were people's pets." She adds that some of the wounded crawl onto her property and die.
Jed is available for adoption at Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe. Van Zante says that Jed is a sweet, healthy puppy in spite of his background.
"He seems to be a German Short-haired Pointer mix," VanZante described. "Right now he's around 40 pounds. He'll grow up to be a medium-to-large dog with lots of energy."
For more information about Helen Woodward Animal Center, click: http://www.animalcenter.org/
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Susanne_Lindstrom
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That is not a shelter, that is Hitlers work.
- 1 year ago
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Spencer_Stephens
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OMG!!!
What kind of shelter does this???
Some of the animals are still alive after they are ran over, then they throw them in a pit to die. - 1 year ago
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diode
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i'm not all pro peta or that crap but this is wrong
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EthicalVegan
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diode:
Nor am I pro-PETA. I didn't even see any references to PETA, "or that crap."
Yes, this IS wrong. It's horribly, horribly wrong. So consider calling or emailing those you believe to be responsible for this happening, please. That's the way to make changes for the better.
- 2 years ago
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EthicalVegan
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damasview
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If you are looking for a state that is run by the same standards as Al Qaeda, UTAH IS IT! this is the most f-ing inhumane crap state ever. The authorities look the other way on children being sexually abused,child brides & polygamy...I HATE UTAH!
- 2 years ago
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http://www.henryslaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28:hinckley-utah-stray-animal-policy-angers-utahans&catid=3:latestnews&Itemid=12
Hinckley Utah Stray Animal Policy Angers Utahans PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 29 January 2010 23:26HINCKLEY, Utah - Residents in the small town of Hinckley, Utah are speaking out against the city's animal control policy. The mayor of Hinckley says after strays are held for 72 hours, they are shot. Critics call it an archaic and cruel form of animal control. Hinckley resident Suzanne Folsom said, "It's so sick and its so very very wrong." According to city officials and residents, the dogs and cats are taken to a fenced-in sewage pond on the outskirts of town, shot and their bodies left in an open pit.
Tamra Hanks says her property touches the site, and that cats wounded from bullets have crossed through her property, only to die a slow and painful death. Hanks said, "It's probably one of the worst things I've ever seen." As to the dogs in the massive grave, "They had collars on them. They were people's pets."
Mayor Donald Brown says the city's policy is efficient and cost-effective. It is legal to shoot dogs and cats in Utah if done humanely with one bullet to the head. City maintenance supervisor Stephen Beagley said, "I have never a time when it took more than one bullet." The city denied any allegations that the animals suffered from their policy.
The Animal Advocacy Alliance of Utah is supporting legislation in 2010 that will standardize euthanasia practices statewide. They also have 3 other sponsored bills dealing with Animal Shelters and the care of animals.
Even if the city is following the law Folsom and Hanks say the city should be held to a higher standard. Folsom said, "There's so many dogs and cats in this pit. Its wrong." Hanks agreed, saying, "Somebody needs to finally stand up and say, you can't do this. It's not right."
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