Posted on 12/20/2024 6:10:26 AM PST by Red Badger
Someone should have dropped a memo to Mercer County Humane Society's president, Karen Aubrey, that the whole point of a humane society is to put a stop to cruelty.
Aubrey was arrested during to a drug bust in a Salvisa, Kentucky, home where police found 34 dogs living in the house.
An officer wrote in the police citation that the dogs had been 'mistreated, malnourished, and did not have proper living conditions.'
The animal cruelty was uncovered when police moved in to arrest Kenneth Brawner, who was staying at the home, for possession of methamphetamine.
2 arrested after police find 34 abused dogs, drugs in Harrodsburg home: citation reports Two people were arrested on Sunday by the Harrodsburg Police Department and charged with animal cruelty and possession after police found abused dogs and methamphetamine in a home in Salvisa.
WWW.LEX18.COM https://www.lex18.com/news/crime/2-arrested-after-police-find-34-abused-dogs-drugs-in-salvisa-home-citation-reports
The citation noted that police found drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine near the room where Gabriella Follmer was staying. Meanwhile, police found 'meth pipes, digital scales, baggies, currency and white-crystal-like substance' in the room where Kenneth Brawner was staying.
Another resident, Amanda Coontz, was not charged during the drug bust but was picked up on animal cruelty charges.
As police investigated the dogs, it turned out that nine of the animals were registered with the Humane Society. Further investigation showed that the house was owned by Karen Aubrey, who had resigned as the Humane Society's president as soon as news of the drug bust hit.
It turned out that she had registered the house with the Humane Society as a private dog kennel (the same house that she was renting to the drug addicts), so she too was arrested on animal cruelty charges.
The Mercer County Animal Shelter County confiscated 29 of the dogs, including nine of the Humane Society's dogs.
But with so many dogs, the shelter is is struggling under the burden.
'Animal control is a short term, very short term holding facility,' explained Mercer County Animal Shelter Director Wendy Quiggle. 'We are not meant to hold onto animals for months on end, because like we have now, we can't take in any stray animals. If we get them, we have no room. So, I'm stuck.'
Normally, when animal control is full, they send dogs to The Humane Society to try to find homes for them, but ... well ... you know. As a final plea to the community, Quiggle said, 'Please come and adopt, don't shop anywhere else, give one of our shelter dogs a chance, they do turn out to be great dogs.'
Oddly enough, Aubrey was cited in an article on animal abuse last year as saying,
You can't come to Mercer County and get away with animal abuse.
I guess she was right about that.
Why is it that the animal rights people can both abuse and kill animals, but it’s illegal for everyone else?
Shelters kill most of the animals they get, yet, everyone is happy about that—and it’s legal.
Send them to Haiti.
Kill two birds with one stone, so to speak..............
The fault for all the pet exterminations that happen at animal shelters is not with the animal shelters - it’s with irresponsible.pet owners who decide to get rid of their pets.
I agree it is a little perverse calling these operations “shelters” when a big part of what they do is destroying unwanted pets - but it’s not their fault that it’s happening.
Everyone wants a puppy or a kitten, but far too many fail to follow through with the responsibilities of pet ownership.
So why is it only legal for liberals to kill animals, as they do, en masse?
What are you talking about?
This is true across much of America, now:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/11/can-an-owner-euthanize-own-dog/71051018/
Yet, shelters can kill as many healthy animals as they want.
Years ago, it was fairly common for people to euthanize their own pets, often with a rifle shot taken behind the shed or barn, but the laws and society's view about dogs and other pets have evolved. Michigan's law says a person has to have “just cause” to kill or intentionally injure an animal, but it doesn't define what is just cause.
Savages are gonna act like savages................
Well, they have no qualms about killing babies and old people.
They’re not going to stop at animals.
And it’s not legal for them to do it, but they protect each other and get away with stuff they’d nail us for.
Typical leftist double standard. Laws for thee but not for me.
Pet food has gotten crazily expensive - I often spend $80-100 on my pets at the pet store for food.
Fortunately, where I live (outside of Los Angeles) there are three new food banks for pets where you can pick up pet food for free - our shelters are incredibly overfilled - some of it due to people not spaying or neutering their animals, but I think some of it is due to pet food being very expensive. Lots of people struggling just to get by - and gas well over $4.00/gallon in California doesn’t help as so many of us commute.
Right - I see what you mean.
If we still had the unpleasant task of euthanizing our own pets when necessary, we would be more thoughtful and considerate of the consequences when making animal care/ownership decisions.
And you are right - the “out-of-sight-out-of-mind” mindset is a liberal device - just like calling an abortion a “health service”.
I don't know, but it might be similar to places that abort babies and call it healthcare.
I have a lot of love for animals but the people that are always talking down about those who turn in their pets aren’t being realistic. Lack of empathy. It must be hurtful to relinquish your beloved feline or canine friend all because you have to move and a place you’re going doesn’t accept them. Or you’ve lost your job or become disabled and just can’t afford the cost of caring for them anymore. Down with the people who just abandon their pets but the ones who turn them into a shelter with the hopes they will be re-homed should not be shamed.
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