The Summit County Animal Control Facility only accepts CASH to purchase a dog or cat.  Animal Control Manager, Chrissy Congrove-Fatheree,  has decided that she will only accept coins up to $2.00

According to the dictionary, CASH is:  money in the form of coins or banknotes, esp. that issued by a government

Chrissy wants people to go to the bank and trade in their coins for paper money.  How ludicrous!

THIS IS NOT YOUR DECISION TO MAKE, CHRISSY!!  The County states the the SCACF accepts CASH which includes pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, etc.    Make yourself useful and count it yourself!   Or do you not have experience in counting change? 

The Summit County Humane Commission is supposed to be composed of individuals to act as a liaison between the Summit County Animal Control Facility and the Summit County Executive, Russ Pry.

Shauntelle Zimmerman, the SCACF Vet Tech, is on that commission.  Is this not a conflict of interest?.  How can an employee of the pound report to the County Executive concerns regarding the pound.  County Executive Russ Pry should seek an impartial Vet Tech in the community who can be unbiased.

-  Disrupts meeting with inappropriate subject matter!

-  Causes disgusted attendees to leave meeting!

-  Viciously verbally attacks members of local rescue group.

-  Encourages disruption by yelling "ya, ya, ya"

-  Encouraged meeting attendee to hack into, and shut down the SCARE website.

This is the same Craig Stanley who acted like an imbecile at a regional conference, by yelling out at a local rescuer "You're disgusting"

What Summit County employee, who is an Attorney and runs a local rescue group, joins her fellow County employees with slander and lies.  You'll be surprised at who she is, what she said, and which rescue group she runs!

It has been decided that it will not be revealed who this person is, for the sake of the animals she rescues.  It is advisable that she, and other members of her rescue group, refrain from displaying hostility and spewing  slanderous comments.  One of the members has been partaking in causing trouble for another rescue group at a local pet store.   His energy would best be used working on their group's non-existent website, and also seek therapy for issues with anger and being envious.

PARVO AT THE SUMMIT COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY?

This communication is in regards to the last five dogs that I rescued from the Summit County Animal Control Facility.
Numbers: D0508180 (who was a neutered male not a female as the paperwork indicated) and D0508185, rescued on 6-1-08 D0508055, D0508142 and D0508072 rescued on 6-25-08, just two days ago.

All five of these dogs have tested positive for Parvo and are now hospitalized with the exception to D0508185 who died three days after I rescued him. Please realize that this is all within an eight day period.

My major concern is that the "Average Person" off the street that comes in and adopts a dog from the County Facility  will not know the symptoms of Parvo and the animal will not be treated, thererfore, will be left to die a horrible death.

I have heard, on several occasions, employees of the County Facility stating that there is "NO" Parvo in the building or kennel, but I do know better.  As a rescue, I am prepared for the occasional puppy or two to break with many different viruses, i.e., kennel cough, upper respitory,& parvo etc,  but I was totally set back with all five testing positive, two of them in less than 24 hours.  This is going to cost well over $2,000.00 for medical treatment alone. Not to mention that we now have to quarantine all the other dogs and will not be able to rescue/save any dogs/puppies that need rescue until we are secure that it is safe to bring them into a place that has been infected by the Parvo virus from the County facility.

At this point, I believe that it is imperative that the County Facility order Parvo tests and begin testing all the dogs in the building and get immediate treatment if they test positive, until you can get this under control, "Stop" adopting to the public for a short time, quarantine all new animals for the 3 day mandatory period just to make sure that they do not come in contact with the general population incase this is someones dog and they come to get it, vaccinate before the dog even gets inside the facility by taking them into the trailer out back and administer the vaccine and worm with Drontal because Panacur is a JOKE.   This would be an easy thing to do!  You may even want to consider taking the animals directly to your facility on South Street where CHAP did the spay/neuter clinic and holding them there for the three days. Take pictures and post them in the lobby.  Just a thought!

I do understand fully that there is NO guarantee when we get an animal from the County Facility but 5 out of 5 within Parvo positive dogs in 1 week is totally unacceptable.  I do my best to be courteous and kind, I do not make waves of any sort at the facility, I do not attend the meetings because I do not want to get involved with the political side of the policies and procedures and I am not one to complain.......But.....this has to be addressed, you have an epidemic on your hands right now, along with the cattery epidemic which has closed down your cat room.....fix it, even if it means shutting down the facility for a week and putting the "Dog Catchers" to work inside cleaning the place up. You cannot continue bringing in animals and subjecting them un-necessarily to these diseases. If you are not part of the solution then you are the problem.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this very urgent matter.
 

By Anonymous Rescuer
 

Chrissy Congrove-Fatheree is STILL hiding cats at the Summit County Animal Control Facility.  On March 26, 2008, there were 26 cats logged in, yet there only 8 in the cattery.

WHERE ARE THE OTHER 18 CATS BEING HIDDEN!  These may be somebody's pets!  Someone may be going down to the Summit County Animal Control Facility looking for there cat.  It may be there, but they would not know it!

Hidden dogs and cats are in the facility's garage, that not only causes them more stress due the garage door being opened and closed constantly, exposing them to the outside temperatures, but also, animals are also EUTHANIZED in this room, so any hidden dogs and cats would see others being killed!

Why is Chrissy Congrove-Fatheree STILL the Animal Control Manager? 

CHRISSY CONGROVE-FATHEREE - HOUSE OF HORRORS CONTINUES!

Six owner surrender cats came in on Sunday, March 16, 2008.  Four were euthanized immediately, because Chrissy deemed them ill.  The other two were euthanized the following day, because Chrissy said the Vet said they were ill.  Two members of a local rescue group saw these cats when they were being brought in.  THEY WERE NOT ILL!

PLUS, the people who brought in the cats were NOT the owners.  ANYBODY could be bringing in YOUR cat or YOUR dog, and

Chrissy will have it EUTHANIZED!

(03-24-08)  PARANOIA Sets In!  Chrissy Congrove-Fatheree stated to a total stranger, in a public place, that the director of a local animal rescue group was driving around her neighborhood, which is in Portage County. 

Summit County Administrative Services Director, Craig Stanley,  stood idly by & condoned Chrissy stating this lie.

To fulfill Chrissy's false accusations, if anyone would like to drive around Chrissy's neighborhood, she lives at 1838 Stepping Stone Trail, Atwater, OH  44201 (per Portage County website) (see Google aerial map). 

This dog was rescued from the Summit County Animal Control Facility.  On the medical sheet, it was listed as a female.  It was handled and viewed by numerous Summit County Animal Control staff, including the Vet Tech, and Veterinarian.  It was soon discovered by the animal rescue group that this dog is a male!  Someone may have been calling the facility searching for their male dog, only to be told that no male dog fit this description.  This obvious blunder occurred under the direction of Chrissy Congrove-Fatheree.

A classic example of why Chrissy Congrove-Fatheree is not qualified to be Animal Control Manager, and must be removed.

(03/08)

Chrissy had these five, 8 week old puppies in the reception room, in a cage, on a half tray ..... ON THE FLOOR!  These puppies had no built up immune system, and were exposed to diseases and illnesses from dogs brought in, and on the actual floor!  Nobody with animal experience would put puppies in this kind of danger!

These three dogs were HIDDEN in the garage, until AFTER the three day holding period.  Chrissy would not permit the public to view these dogs!  After the third day, these dogs appeared in the main dog population with "Adopted" signs on their cages.  Chrissy hid these dogs from the public, and from their possible owners, so that Marty Harbin's (Summit County employee)  rescue group, Paws and Prayers, could purchase them.  How many other dogs has Chrissy hid and adopted out without the owner knowing their pet was there?  (03/08)

The same goes for dogs!  Some of the dogs brought in by wardens, are not put into the main kennel until the third day, after which it can be adopted by anyone.  THESE ARE PEOPLES PETS! 

Another classic example of why Chrissy Congrove-Fatheree should be removed as Animal Control Manager

(03/08)

UPDATE:  03-19-08)  A gentleman looked into the cattery for his lost cat.  He then heard a local rescuer talking to a pound keeper about cats withheld from public view in the back.  He asked if there were any cats in the back (garage).  The pound keeper looked, then said there was one black cat in the back.  This gentleman, or any public citizen, should never have to ask if cats are being hidden.  There were 8-10 cats hidden in the garage on 03-13-08.  Although 3 additional cats have been put into the cattery, and one black cat is in the garage, where are the additional 4-6 cats that Chrissy had hidden in the garage?  EUTHANIZED?  Without the owner having a chance to see if were at this facility?

This dog was at the Summit County Animal Control Facility for about a week.  It received no Capstar, like other intake dogs.  It received no wormer, like other intake dogs.  It received no vaccines, like other intake dogs.  It was not put on Petfinder.com for possible adoption, like other intake dogs.

Why?  Because Chrissy deemed it unadoptable.  Why?  She deemed it so because "it is in bad health and has arthritis".

A local rescue group got this dog.  What Chrissy deemed bad healthy was it needing a dental.  What Chrissy deemed arthritis was it's nails grown so long, they were grown into the pads, making it painful to walk.

Another classic example of why Chrissy Congrove-Fatheree is not qualified to be the Animal Control Manager and needs to be removed!

(03/08)

Animal rescue groups must wait until a facility spayed/neutered dog or cat has been at the facility for 30 days before it can be rescued at the rescue group rate.  The Taxpayer has already paid this part-time Veterinarian to perform spays and neuters.  These animals must endure 30 days of being caged over 23 hours per day, being exposed to additional diseases and illnesses, for a policy that Chrissy implemented. 

Another classic example of why Chrissy Congrove-Fatheree is not qualified to be the Animal Control Manager and needs to be removed.. 

(02/08)

A dog was rescued from the Summit County Animal Control Facility.  It had been there for two weeks.  During this time, the dog received no flea treatment (as was done in the past), received no wormer (as was done in the past), and no vaccinations (as was done in the past)

Chrissy Congrove-Fatheree had deemed the dog unadoptable because it was older, thus not giving it the aforementioned medical treatments.  She also stated that she was told that the rescue group, Heaven Can Wait, was going to get it, thus not rendering it the aforementioned medical treatments.  The rescue group never said this.

How many other dogs have not received the medical treatments that were given to intake dogs in the past?  Has Chrissy dropped the ball, again?   And, what was wrong with this dog?  It needed a dental cleaning.

How many dogs have been euthanized because this unqualified Warden made the wrong decision?

(12/07)