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"One woman said it's probably going to cost her a divorce but she's going to spend the rest of her life looking for her dog. She will not stop until she finds out what happened to him. She said she had that dog eight years; it's not just a dog, it's family."
- Chris DeRose, President - Last Chance for Animals

Kern County, California

Rescue Notes Reveal Problems at Shelter

i know for a fact that the animals have been starved and that the shelter director has told the employees that she is 'watching them' to see if they break the rules and feed any of the dogs any more than 1/2 cup of kibble a day.

to make it worse, they then give these starved dogs the SAFER temperment test, a part of which evaluates the dogs' reaction to having a bowl of food taken away from them. the shelter then assures itself that NO dog can pass the test.

----- Original Message -----

From: Dawn

To: AnimalShelterReform@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 11:34 AM

Subject: [AnimalShelterReform] To Caroline Moderator of ASR-Kern County Animal Shelter Bakersfield, CA

--- Carloline, can you tell me what is going on here at Kern County. I thought things were getting better and your group in CA. had won the lawsuit against this shelter. Is this true? Are the animals starving? We must get back to work on this. Let me know how our group can help. Dawn In AnimalShelterReform@yahoogroups.com, "Pam" <kevinsmom@g...> wrote: > > > How can these animals be made to suffer even more the last days of > their lives? > -Pam > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > In local government who is the overseer of the shelters? > And if the overseer won't see, then who? and then who? > > We have a POSSIBLE situation in Kern County, Calif > that needs some attention and we have a man who needs some help in > his efforts as he is one man standing alone against a system that > simply does not see to have supervisory body in charge. > > Apparently they are not feeding the animals who are slated to be > euthanized. This one was not fed for 9 days, but most likely came > in starving already. We hear this is a financial DECISION... but we > need more info... > > ADVISORY: > The photos are brutal. > > > Judy Crozier > jutzs@a... > www.freetoagoodhomemovie.com > > and again I am putting this on my blog > (if the photos do NOT come out here there is a link on my blog!) > > http://www.freetoagoodhomemovie.com/fghblog.html I am sending photos of Francis on the day he was rescued from the Kern County Animal Shelter in Bakersfield. He was there for 9 days and he wasn't even looked at by a veterinarian and he was fed a little food everyday. They have a policy of " why feed an animal if you are going to kill it in a couple of days"?

I can't just walk away from this problem without trying to fix it. I don't want to attack the Bakersfield Animal Shelter. Unless they won't cooperate with us, then we will rally an army of supporters, if we can find them. I want them to accept that they need help from resident volunteers and animal rescue organizations like mine that help animal shelters increase adoptions and treat animal in a more > compassionate way. Please contact me if you can offer any suggestions or help. I am trying to put together a list of problems and people both sides of this issue, as well as budget information, laws involved and County Animal Shelter numbers on monthly and yearly quantities of animals. > > Thanks for taking the time to look at this. If you can help please respond to the e-mail or call me direct. Sincerely, Rick Kerr, Founder and President Citizens for Sheltered Animals, Inc. (661) 513-9288 (661) 296-5541 Note: forwarded message attached. This is an abomination. This dog (Francis) was 30 pounds underweight when Wanda grabbed him from the shelter and raced him to Ursula's vet. Francis had been at the shelter for (I think) 10 days, had no vet care, was "fed" once a day (in addition to starving, he couldn't keep food DOWN) He had many people rooting for him while he struggled valiantly to hang on at Dr. Mohans, but sadly Francis did not make it. I never met him, but I WILL remember him. This can not happen again. Thank you, Ursula, for all you did for Francis and for all you do. ~Laura Dalanni ~Laura Note: forwarded message attached. Maybe contacting the Humane Society of the United States or American Humane Association and getting them involved would help clean up this shelter so they would be more responsible. That kind of neglect has to be stopped. Jane and Jim

From: Ursula Sauthier Subject: FW: Francis at Dr. Mohan's on Jan 8 Bakersfield shelter rescue....he died at vet last night we all are devastated, including Dr, Mohan, the worst case he has ever seen....Lil took the pictures Lil and Sarah will write story for website and Boxer Beat WE OWE A TRIBUTE TO DEAR FRANCIS HIS SHORT LIFE AND THE COURAGEOUS FIGHT HE PUT UP FOR A FEW DAYS HE ENTERED OUR LIVES. His suffering went on for 3 months to have gotten to the point of NO RETURN per vet....left at shelter for 10 days without treatment....

District Attorney

Ed Jagels

661 868 2716

Steve McCalley, the Director of Environmental Sciences is responsible for the animal cruelty in Kern County.

CALL TODAY CALL IN THE MORNING BUT MAKE SURE YOU CALL~! To ensure this does not happen again and that the fact it has happened someone must be held accountable.

Dawn Bechtold

USAPE officials further want to see the release of Spalding County Animal Shelter's animals pending a pitbull fighting and cruelty case and a court date set for the convicted felon being held for his involvement. He still walks free after more than three years of delays and postponements. Please assist us in writing letters requesting the release of these animals.

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