![]() 2022.” During inspections, they noted repeated violations, including filth that resulted in “ogs lying in their own waste and contaminated food” and animals housed in damaged and “ollapsible and airline crates” that were “too small.” (See the May 2023, Atlanta, Georgia, entry below for more information about this group.) According to the report, state authorities had visited the facility, usually after receiving complaints from the public, “56 times since Jan. reported that a publicly funded facility doing business as DeKalb County Animal Services operated through a contract with a self-professed “no-kill” group doing business as LifeLine Animal Project was chronically crowded, resulting in violations of state law. Of the surviving animals, authorities said that “one dog died while they were on the scene and another died in transit to the shelter.” An investigation was ongoing. They also found 15 trash bags filled with dead dogs and kittens.” The suspect, Tonya Grose, reportedly “handed over at least 26 dogs, 13 cats and two birds” to authorities and told them that the skeletal dog at her home had been given to her by an animal shelter. They said they found dogs locked inside and a dog’s skeleton on the ground. reported that authorities had charged the owner of a self-professed animal “rescue” doing business as Skys the Limit Pet Rescue LLC with five felony counts of cruelty to animals “after they discovered several malnourished dogs, along with animal remains, at her home.” According to the report, “olice said they found ‘multiple emaciated dogs in cages without food or water, and birds in cages filled with feces and cockroaches.’” They said the dogs were starving and had “clearly” been denied “water for an extended period of time.” Investigators also “found two sheds in the backyard that did not have ventilation. reported that a facility with “no-kill” policies partially funded with public monies and doing business as Jefferson County Humane Society claimed to be “full” and was turning away dogs from residents who were unable or unwilling to care for them. According to the report, the facility’s director said that if residents find lost or homeless animals, they should “plan on keeping at least for a while.” reported that a publicly funded facility with “no-kill” policies doing business as Haywood County Animal Services claimed to be “full” and was turning away animals. (See the July 2023, Park County, Wyoming, entry below for more information about this facility.) reported that a publicly funded self-professed “no-kill” facility doing business as Park County Animal Shelter was turning away animals because of an outbreak of feline infectious peritonitis, also known as “FIP.” A spokesperson for the facility reportedly said that 22 cats had died of the disease there. According to the report, “The family believes the shelter is pressured to release dangerous animals into the community to hit the City’s 95% live release rate.” (See the August 2023, Austin, Texas, entry below for more details about this facility.) Their daughter sustained severe injuries, including “a concussion, a broken arm, a punctured skull and had to undergo treatment for bites to the head, which included having her ‘skin literally ripped from her cranial tissue,’” a lawsuit against the city said. Reports Showing How ‘No-Kill’ Policies Harmed Animals in September 2023į reported that an audit requested by the Austin City Council had found conditions at the city’s self-professed “no-kill” facility doing business as Austin Animal Center to be crowded, “unsanitary,” and “unsafe.” After reviewing the audit, a council member said, “Those conditions described are nothing less than abhorrent, sickening and entirely unacceptable.” The audit also reportedly “says the shelter continues to stop taking in animals more times than not due to claims of overcrowding.” reported that after the audit was released, the parents of a child who had been mauled by a dog adopted from the facility but known to be dangerous were asking city leaders to consider the “human cost” of the facility’s “no-kill” policy. Here are some of the “no-kill” animal shelter failures that made headlines in recent years for making animals suffer a fate far worse than a kind death. The lucky ones are taken to well-run open-admission animal shelters, where they either find a well-screened, permanent home or are painlessly euthanized in the arms of professionally trained, compassionate people.
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