Comments on: UC Davis report cites animal suffering, death in King County shelters

By: Christie Keith

Christie Keith — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:15:27 +0000

I don’t think it’s the local people, MaineMom…. they had half a million dollars in donations sitting unused, they had volunteers who cared enough to get this entire investigation rolling…. I don’t blame the community.

By: MaineMom

MaineMom — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:32:57 +0000

This is totally disgusting! I lived in Tacoma (Pierce County) for 5 years and a man who won a lottery gave the 1M he won to the humane society in Tacoma to build new facilities. King is a RICH county which includes Mercer Island, Medina (think Bill Gates), Belleview, Seattle, etc.

When I moved back to Discovery Bay CA, I found many unneutered abasndoned cats.

Seems the wealthy care less about their pets than those who can least afford food and care.

By: JennyG

JennyG — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:56:09 +0000

Anyone have any idea why the itchmo site is down? We have several people trying to watch the story about a dead cat on Fancy Feast but the site has been down most of today.

By: Susan Fox

Susan Fox — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:43:11 +0000

What the animals in the “care” of the King County “shelter” system have suffered is almost beyond comprehension. It breaks my heart. Put Mr. Sims in one of the kennels (too bad he won’t fit in one of the cat cages) for a week.

There needs to be a thorough management house-cleaning at the top and down about two levels or I doubt that the necessary changes will happen at all, much less as fast as they need to, which was yesterday!

King County, we’re watching you.

By: 2CatMom

2CatMom — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:33:07 +0000

Let’s hope that as a politician Ron Sims isn’t stupid. Which means if he wants to save his job, he’d better deliver. Now its up to the citizens of King County to keep the pressure on and keep pushing for information.

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:20:36 +0000

Beyond shocking. I have the utmost respect for Dr. Kate Hurley of the UCD Shelter Med program and hope her and the other authors of this report can get the conditions in this hellhole of a “shelter” addressed. Coupled with Winograd’s report, this document should more than settle the question that the need for a major overhaul is real and the time is long past for wide-spread changes in this organization.

By: The OTHER Pat

The OTHER Pat — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:12:21 +0000

I’m just sitting here with my jaw dropped wide open. Wow.

And those poor, poor animals!

By: emily

emily — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:05:22 +0000

When a white dog covered in blood doesn’t attract immediate action something is clearly very wrong in a facility.

By: slt

slt — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:40:29 +0000

I don’t know that the future will be brighter for the shelter pets of King County although certainly I hope so. But to my mind, the very idea that people so seemingly out of touch (letting shelter animals get sick and die in their cages while the shelter system had over half a million dollars collecting dust in the bank) could now do an about face and completely turn things around is inconsistent with my experience. The several King County shelter workers who posted on this blog that Winograd’s report was false also appear to be out of touch in light of this UC Davis report. Ron Sims is an agenda driven politician who cares nothing about pets and is perhaps the worst possible person to be in charge of this entire reform endeavor. So while I do hope there will be drastic changes, I can’t picture realistically how that will happen with these same people in place.

By: Christie Keith

Christie Keith — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:25:24 +0000

Ya think?