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Akron, OH.  Summit County

ACTUAL Email Responses by Summit County Executive James B. McCarthy

A concerned ex-Akronite emailed the following individuals, including Mr. McCarthy, concerning the abuses at the Summit County Animal Shelter, and Mr. McCarthy's blatant abuse of authority appointing Chrissy Congrove as the Animal Shelter Director.  First is her email.  What follows, Mr. McCarthy's responses, should, and will, APPALL you!!

From: Hauger, Tiffanie [mailto:Tiffanie.Hauger@wbr.com]
Sent: Wed 3/8/2006 9:05 PM (pacific time)
To: Stanley, Craig; McCarthy, Jim; Doty, Karen;
'canterbury@prosecutor.summitoh.net'; Hannan, Dave;
'ipicknick@adelphia.net'; Teodosio, Thomas; 'tteodosio@neo.rr.com';
'rlheydorn@aol.com'; Crossland, Pete; zz_Smith, Cazzell; Congrove, Daniel;
Crawford, Tim; 'prenpaula@aol.com'; Callahan, Michael;
'cdickinson@brouse.com'; Gallagher, Paul; 'hsga@summithumane.org';
'Mayor@ci.akron.oh.us'; 'CityCouncil@ci.akron.oh.us';
'Vallejo@ci.akron.oh.us'; 'Atlarge1@ci.akron.oh.us';
'Atlarge2@ci.akron.oh.us'; 'Atlarge3@ci.akron.oh.us';
'Ward1@ci.akron.oh.us'; 'Ward2@ci.akron.oh.us'; 'Ward3@ci.akron.oh.us';
'Ward4@ci.akron.oh.us'; 'Ward5@ci.akron.oh.us'; 'Ward6@ci.akron.oh.us';
'Ward7@ci.akron.oh.us'; 'Ward8@ci.akron.oh.us'; 'Ward9@ci.akron.oh.us';
'Ward10@ci.akron.oh.us'
Cc: 'Governor.Taft@das.state.oh.us'; Shannon Mortland (smortland@crain.com);
Kimberly Warren (kimmywarren@yahoo.com)
Subject: Summit County Animal Shelter -- I'M DISGUSTED



Dear Officials of Summit County/Akron:

As someone who was born and raised in Ohio, I am at a loss for words that
such horrific things are happening at an animal shelter in my home state.  I
am truly speechless at the information I have been given about the Summit
County Animal "Shelter".  And to now hear that a 23 yr old college dropout
has been hired to run animal services for the county??????? No one else was
even considered?  How can this be?  How can all of you have such little
respect for the pets and the people in your community?   I know that Akron
was once a great city/town and that it has seen better days.  I'm guessing
that situations like this just add to the poor state of your community.  Who
is in charge here?  Which one of you are letting this happen?????????  You
are in your positions to serve the people.  Letting shelter staff kill their
animals is not servicing them, it's showing them that you do not care. 

 

I am independent animal rescuer in Los Angeles.  I also work in the music
business.  Luckily, in Los Angeles there is a large amount of rescuers who
save animals.  I have sent this info on to all of them.  They will in turn
forward the info to all of their animal loving friends and rescuers and so
on. We will get the information about what is going in your county out to
the entire country in weeks.  I am also contacting the HSUS, the ASPCA, Best
Friends Animal Sanctuary and many, many media outlets.  I will use every
connection I have to try and get national media attention for this horrible
situation. 

 

I respectfully ask for your intervention at Summit County, Ohio Animal
Shelter. Long-standing conditions that fail to meet even minimal animal
welfare standards have recently grown worse.

In early November 2005, shelter director Anthony Moore injected 2 ccs of
sodium pentobarbital into each of 18 dogs, some of whom weighed up to
100pounds. This dosage is clearly under the 1 cc per 10 pounds of body
weight mandatory for humane euthanasia. Licensed veterinarian Bob Rogers,
DVM, has agreed to sign a notarized statement attesting to the deficient
quantity of sodium pentobarbital used to induce death.


Undoubtedly, some (if not all) of the dogs regained consciousness while
trapped inside a freezer. It is difficult to imagine their pain and fear as
they slowly froze to death. The fact a "shelter" is responsible for this act
of animal cruelty is particularly appalling.

I call upon each of you, within your sphere of influence, to initiate a full
investigation of animal mistreatment allegations at Summit County Animal
Shelter. I urge you to advocate prosecution to the maximum extent under the
law for all culpable parties.


An animal's unwanted status makes him or her no less vulnerable to abuse.
Yet Summit County shelter workers seem to view their four-legged charges as
inanimate objects. Over an 18-month span, at least 53 dogs and cats wound up
dead in cages. Witnesses have described cleaning chemicals splashed on dogs,
cat bowls encrusted with mold, and ailing animals left to die. Dogs languish
in cubicle cages more than 23 hours a day with no exposure to fresh air or
sunlight.

They are confined with only one meal per day due to insufficient staff to
clean cages if fed twice, according to a pound worker's statement. Ohio
Revised Code stipulates animals subsist no longer than 13 hours between
feedings. It also specifies a Warden as the only employee who may authorize
a dog's euthanasia before the three-day hold period ends. Supervisor Craig
Stanley has ordered euthanasia in violation of this Code.


Almost one-third of the shelter's cats and kittens are destroyed within
24hours. The space reserved to annually kill 5,000 animals does not even
have a euthanasia table, so animals die on a concrete floor. Under the
current supervision of county employee Craig Stanley, the Summit County
Animal Shelter has become notorious for inhumane euthanasia, erroneous
record keeping, poor sanitation, and mass killings.


I hope you will do everything possible to overhaul this facility and replace
current staff with qualified, responsive professionals from animal welfare,
shelter, or veterinary backgrounds. Please take immediate action to stop the
abuse and neglect of companion animals inside Summit County Animal Shelter.
 
I would love to hear back from any or all of you on this situation.  Animal
rights and animal cruelty is a serious issue and it has gained much more
attention since Katrina.  I am sure the people across our country would love
to know what is going on in Summit County and I know they will demand action
and an explanation!

Thank you,
 
Tiffanie Hauger
Artist Relations/Touring
Warner Bros. Records
3300 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA

 
Stop abuse and neglect at the Summit County, OH shelter!!!
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MR. JAMES MCCARTHY'S  EMAIL RESPONSE:   (1 of 2)

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