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Yet, another poor puppy was allowed to die a horrible death last
October at the Summit Co. Animal Shelter. As we already know, no
impounded animal at the SCAS receives any type of veterinary or
preventative care. No
vaccinations, wormings, or medical treatments are given to any of the
unfortunate animals kept there.
Here's the story on this recent situation.
Throughout most of October, the SCAS had another parvovirus
outbreak. We’re told that this and many other lethal viruses always
exist in this poorly managed facility.
The beagle puppy in question (impound #10-397) began showing
signs of infection but was left untreated and became increasingly ill.
On Monday Oct. 17th, a young mother bought the 6-month-old puppy as a
family pet. She now says
that he seemed very quiet compared to the other dogs. She took the puppy
to her home in Akron and fed him. After eating the puppy immediately
began vomiting, this was followed by a great deal of diarrhea. The next
morning she consulted with a vet and was told that the puppy had parvo.
The cost of treatment for the illness was estimated at
$400-$1,000 "if they caught it in time".
This was more than she could afford, so the following day she
took the very sick puppy back to the SCAS. She told the staff at the
shelter that her puppy had been diagnosed with parvo and after
consulting with shelter manager, Craig Stanley; she was given her
adoption fee back.
At this point the so-called shelter had two humane options, the
first being to provide the poor suffering puppy with veterinary care
(never happens), the second was to euthanize him. Though encouraged by
shelter staff to allow the puppy to be euthanized to end its suffering,
shelter manager, Craig Stanley chose to do neither. He instructed that
the puppy be put into the kennel, where he was left overnight to
hemorrhage to death. The puppy was found dead in its cage the next
morning (10/20/05) surrounded by a great deal of blood and stool. Not
only did this puppy suffer greatly, its virus-laden body fluids were
allowed to drip down on formerly healthy dogs in the kennels below. We believe that this clearly constitutes animal cruelty per
Ohio statutes.
A complaint has been filed with the Humane Society of Greater
Akron. They are currently investigating.
We hope that those responsible will be prosecuted criminally.
Also on Monday, Oct 17th, a local rescue group
purchased five puppies from the shelter, two are currently hospitalized
in intensive care with Parvo, and vet bills have topped well over $3,000
to date.
The management of the Summit County Animal
Shelter has repeatedly demonstrated a total lack of concern for the
animals in their charge. Please
tell them that by definition, an animal shelter exists to protect
animals from mistreatment. A
shelter should never be allowed to be a compassionless place that
creates more harm than it prevents.
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PLEASE
CONTACT THE FOLLOWING RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND LET THEM KNOW THEIR
LACK OF CONCERN FOR THESE ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY THE PUPPY WHO WAS LEFT
ALONE TO SLOWLY HEMORRHAGE UNTIL DEAD, IS NOT ONLY UNACCEPTABLE BUT
CRIMINALLY INHUMANE!
Craig
Stanley
– Supervisor of the Summit County Animal Shelter, active
participant in dozens of incidents of
animal cruelty - cstanley@summitoh.net
330-926-2494
James
McCarthy
– Summit Co. Executive, boss of C.
Stanley, ultimate decision maker in
all things related to the Summit Co. shelter jmccarthy@summitoh.net
330-643-2510
Richard Farkas – Director of the
Humane Society of Greater Akron, enabler of institutional
animal cruelty and neglect - rfarkas@earthlink.net 330-657-2817
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