The investigative report, which cited two workers for incompetence, sparked the resignation
of Animal Control Director Don Westfall.
Not exact matches
Its education department, led by
director of education Sue Tasa, regularly gives presentations to the many
animal shelters and rescue groups that Pet Food Express works with, educating them on a variety
of topics, such as proper pet nutrition and
animal care and
control.
«Often, consumers don't realize that the spraying and scratching problems
of a cat can be brought under
control,» says Sonny Singh,
director of marketing,
animal health, for Central Garden & Pet.
In addition to listing tobacco smoke as a toxin dangerous to our domestic pets, the medical
director of ASPCA
Animal Poison
Control Center, Dr Sharon Gwaltney - Brant says that our furkid's nervous systems are also affected, «This is because environmental tobacco smoke has been shown to contain numerous cancer - causing compounds, making it hazardous for
animals as well as humans.»
More than 20 dogs, cats and birds, some dead and others diseased, were seized by
animal control officers Wednesday from a house that was described as resembling a scene from a horror movie.Officials said the call was one
of the worst cases
of animal abuse they had ever encountered.A search turned up two dead chickens and one dead guinea fowl inside the house and a rotting carcass on the kitchen counter that could not be identified as a dog, cat or anything else, said Clara Gundy, executive
director of the Humane Society
of Central Brevard.
Albers said the board wanted a more experienced
animal control officer named as acting
director and believes the department should be taken from under the authority
of the health and human services department.
Animal control officers who cited a man for holding a cat by its tail and repeatedly beating it with a board had not deciding Friday whether to file criminal charges.Millard Odom, 73, of Bassville Park, was issued a citation for animal cruelty and neglect Wednesday after a neighbor called Lake County deputies to complain that a cat had been severely beaten in his front yard, said Lake County Animal Control Director Frankie Thorp.Deputy Charles J. Thompson noted that the cat had suffered a large laceration to its neck and right front shoulder
Animal control officers who cited a man for holding a cat by its tail and repeatedly beating it with a board had not deciding Friday whether to file criminal charges.Millard Odom, 73, of Bassville Park, was issued a citation for animal cruelty and neglect Wednesday after a neighbor called Lake County deputies to complain that a cat had been severely beaten in his front yard, said Lake County Animal Control Director Frankie Thorp.Deputy Charles J. Thompson noted that the cat had suffered a large laceration to its neck and right front shoulde
control officers who cited a man for holding a cat by its tail and repeatedly beating it with a board had not deciding Friday whether to file criminal charges.Millard Odom, 73,
of Bassville Park, was issued a citation for
animal cruelty and neglect Wednesday after a neighbor called Lake County deputies to complain that a cat had been severely beaten in his front yard, said Lake County Animal Control Director Frankie Thorp.Deputy Charles J. Thompson noted that the cat had suffered a large laceration to its neck and right front shoulder
animal cruelty and neglect Wednesday after a neighbor called Lake County deputies to complain that a cat had been severely beaten in his front yard, said Lake County
Animal Control Director Frankie Thorp.Deputy Charles J. Thompson noted that the cat had suffered a large laceration to its neck and right front shoulder
Animal Control Director Frankie Thorp.Deputy Charles J. Thompson noted that the cat had suffered a large laceration to its neck and right front shoulde
Control Director Frankie Thorp.Deputy Charles J. Thompson noted that the cat had suffered a large laceration to its neck and right front shoulder area.
The
animal was so weak it could not lift itself from the mud where it had lain for two days, said Clark Newcombe,
director of Osceola's
animal control unit.
Ron LeFebvre,
director of Seminole County
animal control, believes lawmakers have realized the severity and consequences
of animal abuse.
Professional affiliations and activities: • Past President and member
of the National
Animal Control Association, currently serving on the Board
of Directors.
Tanya Hilgendorf is the Executive
Director of the Humane Society
of Huron Valley, which handles
animal control and adoptions for Washtenaw County.
For years, William Wise, the
Director of Walton County
Animal Control in Monroe, GA, has also been the shelter photographer, showcasing the
animals on Waltonpets.net.
Jeff Randazzo currently serves as the chief
animal control officer and director of Macomb County Animal Control, where he has overseen an increase in the shelter's save rate from 34 percent to 71 percent since he took charge in
animal control officer and director of Macomb County Animal Control, where he has overseen an increase in the shelter's save rate from 34 percent to 71 percent since he took charge i
control officer and
director of Macomb County
Animal Control, where he has overseen an increase in the shelter's save rate from 34 percent to 71 percent since he took charge in
Animal Control, where he has overseen an increase in the shelter's save rate from 34 percent to 71 percent since he took charge i
Control, where he has overseen an increase in the shelter's save rate from 34 percent to 71 percent since he took charge in 2012.
Volusia's 14 - member task force, created in March, is made up
of animal -
control board members, humane society
directors, cat breeders, veterinarians, feral - cat caregivers, a county health department employee and other concerned citizens.
Our
Animal Services department consists of three animal control officers, four shelter technicians and one animal services dir
Animal Services department consists
of three
animal control officers, four shelter technicians and one animal services dir
animal control officers, four shelter technicians and one
animal services dir
animal services
director.
• Past President and current member
of the Connecticut
Animal Control Association • Member
of the National Coalition developing response plans for FEMA in the event
of national disasters (she does not work for FEMA) • Consultant on the Compendium
of Animal Rabies Prevention and
Control Committee (she is the only lay person on the panel) • Evaluator for
Animal Control Departments throughout the United States, ensuring compliance with National Standards • Board
of Directors of the New England
Animal Control / Humane Academy in New Hampshire currently serving as Assistant
Director & Instructor • National Task Force for
Animal Hoarding • New England and State
of Connecticut Task Force for
Animal Fighting • Member
of the New England Stock Dog Association • Member
of Curriculum Advisory Committee, University
of New Hampshire, Thompson School
of Applied Science Teaching Experience: • Cruelty Investigation Instructor for Police Officers and
Animal Control Officers • Certified as an Instructor to teach at the FBI and Police Academy • Teaches Cruelty Investigation, Criminal Law and First Aid to Police,
Animal Control and Humane Officers at the University
of New Hampshire • National and Connecticut
Animal Control Association • Numerous Kennel Clubs and Schools Author — National
Animal Control Association Training Guide — Disaster Planning American Kennel Club • Certified Canine Good Citizen (CGC) evaluator • Completed Obedience requirements for becoming an AKC Obedience Judge.
Dr. Cannon is the medical
director at Metro
Animal Care and
Control in Nashville, Tennessee, and completed her Master
of Public Health degree at the University
of Florida.
And thanks to the good sense
of its veteran
animal control director, the new ordinance holds promise
of relief.
«Rebecca Katz, San Francisco's well - liked
director of Animal Care and
Control, is no longer with the city,» mourned Marisa Lagos
of SFGate.
The task force - which was created in March 1997 by the county's
animal control board - was made up
of animal control officers, feral cat feeders, a veterinarian, cat breeders, humane society
directors, a health department spokeswoman and other residents.
Interestingly enough, i think its worth mentioning that the owner
of snopes website that wrote and posted this article sits on the board
of directors for the
animal poison
control hotline, which charges $ 35 to give information to pet owners who call in when their pet has ingested something that might be toxic and didn't think it was worth mentioning and therefore didn't disclose this at the end
of the article which seems they should have done so because it apoears there would be some conflict there.
Vicky Shook,
director of the city's
animal control department, said she began looking into regulations more than six months ago to prevent negligent pet shop owners from operating in the city.
On Wednesday
of this week the local
animal control, Mitch, Angela Hogan of Safe Harbor Animal Rescue (in Ohio), our friend Alisa Kane, owner of Dog - Gone Stylin, volunteer groomer Crystal Prutzman and our Director of Operations, Jenn Mauro, came together to effect the rescue of 17 of the remaini
animal control, Mitch, Angela Hogan
of Safe Harbor
Animal Rescue (in Ohio), our friend Alisa Kane, owner of Dog - Gone Stylin, volunteer groomer Crystal Prutzman and our Director of Operations, Jenn Mauro, came together to effect the rescue of 17 of the remaini
Animal Rescue (in Ohio), our friend Alisa Kane, owner
of Dog - Gone Stylin, volunteer groomer Crystal Prutzman and our
Director of Operations, Jenn Mauro, came together to effect the rescue
of 17
of the remaining 18.
«All lilies belonging to the plant genus Lilium are considered highly toxic to cats,» says Dr. Steven Hansen, board - certified veterinary toxicologist and
director of the ASPCA's
Animal Poison
Control Center.
This two - day seminar, on March 14 - 15, 2018, given by
Animal Alliances Director Kelley Bollen is designed for shelter staff, animal control officers, volunteers and administrators to learn more about addressing the behavioral health of the animals in their
Animal Alliances
Director Kelley Bollen is designed for shelter staff,
animal control officers, volunteers and administrators to learn more about addressing the behavioral health of the animals in their
animal control officers, volunteers and administrators to learn more about addressing the behavioral health
of the
animals in their care.
2) Madison County, NC municipal
animal control director Robert Davidson wrote to the NC Commissioner
of Agriculture:
The task force - which was made up
of feral cat feeders,
animal control officers, a veterinarian, cat breeders, citizens, humane society
directors and a health department representative - was set up last March to help solve the county's problems with colonies
of wild cats.
Veterinary toxicologist Dr. Steven Hansen,
director of the ASPCA
Animal Poison
Control Center in Urbana, IL, said, «Yes, that is a very, very high number.
Seminole County's
animal control agency has not noticed an outbreak
of distemper countywide, said
director Ron LeFebvre.
Pets soon may be banned from city parks while vicious dogs could be muzzled and impounded if they display aggressive behavior, according to two newly proposed laws from the city's
Animal Control Department.Vickie Ann Shook, department director, requested adoption of the ordinances to give her officers better control over animals in th
Control Department.Vickie Ann Shook, department
director, requested adoption
of the ordinances to give her officers better
control over animals in th
control over
animals in the city.
«Last year, 10,000
animals were put down in Volusia County,» said Becky Wilson,
director of Volusia County
Animal Control.
(See «Dedicated Shelter
Director of Waukegan Police
Animal Control in Illinois is Making a Difference «-RRB- Per Elliot, Sheba went to Black Dog Rescue and will be safe.
«This program won't fix everything, but it has been a great step in addressing this overpopulation problem,» said Becky Wilson,
director of Volusia County
animal -
control services.
The family that owned the
animals fell into financial difficulties and was no longer able to care for them, said Lee Radebaugh,
director of Animal Control.
However, as
director of Lake County
Animal Control, she said she never will stop being upset about having to kill stray dogs and cats when owners don't accept responsibility for their pets.
Tuesday's Feral Cat Task Force meeting has been postponed until Sept. 16 because
of the recent rabies outbreak in Volusia County.In a letter to task force members, Chairman Michael Brim said «because
of the current rabies problems,» he and County
Animal Control Director Bill Foster «feel there is a lack
of support from government agencies toward the needs
of feral cats at this time.
Capt. Susan Canny,
director of Hampton
Animal Control, said that Hampton has four registered cat colonies.
More than 100 pit bulls were brought to shelters in the Los Angeles area after an
animal control officer there was badly bitten by a pit bull, said Barbara Cassidy,
director of animal sheltering and
control at the Humane Society
of the United States.
Iâ $ ™ ve volunteered with local shelters, have fostered hundreds
of kittens, served on the Board
of Directors of a humane society, was
Director of Operations for one
of the largest and most successful shelters in the nation, was Executive
Director of an open admission
animal control shelter which created the nationâ $ ™ s first (and at the time only) No Kill community, and have consulted with dozens more, including some
of the largest and best known in the nation.
Clark Newcombe, Osceola's
animal control director, has had a 10 percent increase in the number
of pit bulls turned into that county's shelter, which may amount to an extra 30
animals a year.
Although the county's
animal control office has stopped helping pet owners who can't afford to have their pets neutered, it still offers aid for neutering in other circumstances.The office still will financially assist pet owners who want to sterilize an
animal which has just had a litter, said
animal control director Frankie Thorp.If a pet owner brings those puppies or kittens to the shelter in Astatula,
animal control will chip in toward the cost
of spaying or neutering the offspring's parent, Thorp said.
The
director of Orange County
Animal Control resigned Wednesday after investigators cited two of his employees for incompetence in the death of Bucksnort the dancing dog.Don Westfall, animal control director since 1986, will leave his $ 47,000 - a-year job in July, and officials said they will conduct a national search for his successor.In her investigation, Jacqueline D. Miller, supervisor of the county's Professional Standards office, said Bucksnort could have been returned to her owners if workers had followed proce
Animal Control resigned Wednesday after investigators cited two of his employees for incompetence in the death of Bucksnort the dancing dog.Don Westfall, animal control director since 1986, will leave his $ 47,000 - a-year job in July, and officials said they will conduct a national search for his successor.In her investigation, Jacqueline D. Miller, supervisor of the county's Professional Standards office, said Bucksnort could have been returned to her owners if workers had followed proc
Control resigned Wednesday after investigators cited two
of his employees for incompetence in the death
of Bucksnort the dancing dog.Don Westfall,
animal control director since 1986, will leave his $ 47,000 - a-year job in July, and officials said they will conduct a national search for his successor.In her investigation, Jacqueline D. Miller, supervisor of the county's Professional Standards office, said Bucksnort could have been returned to her owners if workers had followed proce
animal control director since 1986, will leave his $ 47,000 - a-year job in July, and officials said they will conduct a national search for his successor.In her investigation, Jacqueline D. Miller, supervisor of the county's Professional Standards office, said Bucksnort could have been returned to her owners if workers had followed proc
control director since 1986, will leave his $ 47,000 - a-year job in July, and officials said they will conduct a national search for his successor.In her investigation, Jacqueline D. Miller, supervisor
of the county's Professional Standards office, said Bucksnort could have been returned to her owners if workers had followed procedures.
On April 5th, 2011, the
Director of Animal Care and Control for Denver mandated that moving forward, officers «will not immediately impound a pit bull that is identified as a service animal by the owner.&
Animal Care and
Control for Denver mandated that moving forward, officers «will not immediately impound a pit bull that is identified as a service
animal by the owner.&
animal by the owner.»
«Our partnership with the
Animal Care &
Control Team
of Philadelphia allows us to promote pet adoptions and reduce pet homelessness in the local community,» said Jan Wilkins, executive
director, PetSmart Charities.
«Our goals are to bring together both researchers and
animal welfare and
control professionals, to offer a safe place for open dialogue, to translate the analyzed data outcomes so that they can be used to improve or create shelter programs, and to offer effective alternatives to continue on the path to save more lives,» said Pamela Burns, chair
of the NCPP board
of directors.
Deana Sellens, executive
director of Texas Litter
Control (TLC), put the well - being
of the
animals in her spay / neuter clinic before everything else.
Both workshops will be presented by Alice Burton, Alley Cat Allies» associate
director of animal shelter and
animal control engagement.
This presentation by Tracy Roddom, Assistant
Director of Davis County
Animal Care and
Control, was recorded at the 2016 Best Friends National Conference.
Alley Cat Allies Staff Attorney Molly Armus and Associate
Director of Animal Shelter &
Animal Control Engagement Alice Burton traveled to Hernando to tour the shelter, HSNC, and PetLuv.
Dr. Janeczko served as both Medical
Director and Interim
Director of Operations for New York City
Animal Care and
Control (AC&C).