Tangipahoa Parish Animal Control News Reports for Aug 7, 2008
The No Kill Blog’s article on the killings: Desperately Seeking Wayne Pacelle Thursday, August 7, 2008
A Louisiana shelter, Tangipahoa Parish Animal Shelter, unnecessarily slaughtered almost every animal in its facility according to media reports. More than 170 dogs and cats lay dead, the victims of a mass killing after animals started getting sick because of the shelter’s own mismanagement. A former shelter employee says she’ll never forget the image: “I did walk back there at one point and they were all piled on top of each other, just lying there dead.”
While there will always be individual cases of disease in a shelter, epidemics or spread of such diseases is almost always a result of sloppy handling and poor cleaning practices. Not surprisingly, former staff “blame management.” Read the rest of the article!
NEWS
WWLTV Video:
Mass euthanasia could have been averted
Mass animal euthanasia triggers investigation 08:41 PM CDT on Thursday, August 7, 2008, Meg Farris / Eyewitness News
The Humane Society of Louisiana is now launching an investigation of the Tangipahoa Animal Shelter after parish leaders ordered every animal in the shelter put to sleep earlier this week.
They also plan to take the investigation statewide.
Mass euthanization at a Louisiana animal shelter upsets many
Aug 7, 2008 11:00 AM Updated: Aug 7, 2008 12:16 PM
By Bigad Shaban
NEW ORLEANS (WWL) – More than 170 dogs and cats were put to sleep practically overnight at a Louisiana animal shelter. Former shelter employees say it should not have happened.
Videos: Tangipohoa animal shelter euthinizes almost all its dogs and cats
The video shows the surviving nine dogs that were taken on the day of the killings – looking healthy.
Workers: Animal deaths needless
By DEBRA LEMOINE Advocate Florida parishes bureau Published: Aug 7, 2008 – Page: 1B – UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.
“It was devastating,” Pittman said Wednesday evening. “There were no animals anywhere.”
…Pittman is not alone in her assessment. The former director, Jay Callais, and three other employees also said Wednesday evening that they, too, don’t think all of the animals needed to be killed…
Animal Control being scrubbed By Sylvia Schon Wednesday, August 6, 2008 9:26 AM CDT
Tangipahoa Parish Animal Control may be closed another five days, Parish President Gordon Burgess said. Employees are decontaminating the facility and experts are trying to identify the disease outbreak that led to the euthanization of all the animal…
Message: Tangipahoa Animal Shelter, MASS EUTHANASIA .NOT NECESSARY
February 11, 2009 at 7:22 pm |
That is terrifying what happened there.