Please go check out their pets up for adoption! Why buy when these die – Adopt!
Please consider phoning them (+1-985-543-0215) and thanking them for posting their pets online where more people can view them 24/7! They have taken another step to saving more shelter pets. I see they have about 50 dogs posted right now — this is an amazing accomplishment. They have not posted on petfinder for over a year – so glad to see them back.
Please check over all their pets. They have many Labs and Lab mixes as well as some Rat Terriers, Heelers, Terriers, Chihuahuas, etc…
They nearly always have little house dogs and young puppies and kittens up for adoption as well as wonderful adult dogs for you to consider. You can find purebreds as well as mix breeds (wonderful mutts). Please adopt your next pet from an animal shelter.
TPAC Contact info:
Tangipahoa Parish Animal Control
Charles “Chip” Fitz – Director
15487 Club Deluxe Road
Hammond, Louisiana 70403
+1-985-543-0215
cfitz @ tangipahoa . org (please remove the spaces)
Like most of the people in our state I care about the pets I have and the homeless pets that end up in our city’s animal control facilities. I would like to see as many of these pets find new homes and leave the shelters alive. But until programs are put into place like low cost and no cost spay and neuter, foster care, offsite adoptions, evening hours, and volunteer programs (to name a few), I also know that the continual flood of animals entering the shelters means that animals will have to be killed.
But if animals are to be killed it should be in the most humane way — euthanasia by injection of sodium pentobarbital, or an alternate oral version of the drug correctly carried out. The use of gas in gas chambers to kill shelter animals needs to end now.
Governments are put into place to be of service to the people and if you did a poll you would find that most people would prefer that the animal control facilities do a much better job of rehoming homeless pets and if they must die then they wish that their deaths be as painless and free of stress as possible.
As a tax payer I do NOT want my tax money spent for needless animal suffering through the use of gas chambers when there is a more humane way. Since lethal injection is the method used in all veterinarians’ offices to end a pet’s life, and is recommended by all national humane organizations in the America as the most humane, least stressful, safest, and most cost effective it should be the only allowable method to kill pets in our state’s animal control system.
As public servants it is the duty of government officials to strongly consider the will of the public in all matters. Note that across America the outcry to do away with the gassing of shelter pets is growing ever louder. I am adding my voice to theirs and ask that you hear me.
I chose to be the voice of the voiceless and beg that the use of gas chambers be outlawed for the state of Louisiana.
“In this country tax-payers spend $1 billion dollars annually to pick up, house, and euthanize homeless animals. If only 5% of that total were allocated to spay/neuter programs, we could open 250 public, low-cost spay/neuter clinics across the country and sterilize more than $4 million animals each year.” – ryannewmanfoundation.org/news
“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.” – Albert Schweitzer
Help stop the gassing of shelter animals in the state of Louisiana
Some animal shelters in Louisiana still use the gas chamber to kill unwanted pets even though most people feel that it is much more inhumane than lethal injection.
You can help ban the use of gas chambers in Louisiana!
If there is one thing you do in the following days that can make a huge difference to the way shelter animals die in Louisiana, this is it. Until we can put a stop to the killing at lease let us join together and help make the killing more humane.
The dogs, puppies, cats, and kittens in the animal shelters deserve a kinder way to leave this earth. Please share this info with everyone you can. Even people without pets would like to see them suffer less. Please I am begging you to help.
– Joni Solis
I received the following email message on the gassing of pets in Louisiana:
A big Thank You to all who made calls, on behalf of the animals at Vermilion Parish Rabies Control. As most of you know, they really do not care about what is happening at this facility ~ their repeated comments were that they are abiding by the state law.
So this brought us to what we need to do next ~ WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE STATE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF GAS CHAMBERS!
Call to Action: Send Messages to Louisiana State Officials on September 1st
I’m asking all of you, to once again, come together in unity and send messages to Louisiana State Officials that we need to ban the use of gas chambers, once and for all!! Please start thinking of what you’d like to express (please no profanity) and then wait until Tuesday, September 1st to send it. I think that if we all send it on the same day our outrage will be noticed! If any of you have friends in the media or press pass this on to them too! (post to your websites – facebook, twitter, myspace, petfinder site, etc…) We can’t continue “to not do anything”.
Sample letter to send: Please reword it for the most impact.
Dear State of Louisiana Officials,
There is an issue at hand that needs immediate attention, it is concerning the way in which we discard animals who are left homeless, for one reason or another, and end up in rabies control or animal shelters and killed by the use of a gas chamber.
Most of you know that animals bring so much to our lives~there are police dogs who serve, seeing eye dogs who give the blind their independence, therapy dogs who give hope to those who have none, and company to those who are homebound or elderly~and what do we do when they are homeless?
We toss them into a gas chamber, turn it on and then 20-30 minutes later we discard their bodies in a landfill. Have we lost sense of reality, and compassion, or are we so desensitized to what is happening?
A small rabies control facility in Vermilion parish has been killing animals in a chamber that is broken! They are having to use a screwdriver to keep the door shut, and the animals are having to endure two cycles to finally succumb to their death. IS THIS APPROPRIATE TO YOU? How many facilities are operating this way?
The animals can’t speak, so how do you know? I’m asking you to BAN THE GAS CHAMBER IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA! If animals have to die, shouldn’t we do it with some compassion, don’t they at least deserve this? The injectable euthanasia is a faster, more humane way to let them go. While we strive for no killings at all, this is a better alternative and the cost is the same.
Clearly we have a choice, we do not have to torture animals in gas chambers. Louisiana can make a positive move on behalf of the animals, Please BAN THE GAS CHAMBERS!
Also remember the Attorney General- James Caldwell at AdminInfo@ag.state.la.us ; Secretary of State – Jay Dardenne at admin@sos.louisiana.gov ; Page Cortez at cortez@legis.state.la.us ; David Vitter at http://vitter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm ; Mike Michot at lasen23@legis.state.la.us ; Charles Boustany at la07ima@mail.house.gov ; Deputy Legislative Director at nicholas.cahanin@la.gov
Here are all of the emails in a row for easy copy and paste into an email (but it is better to send them one at a time and address them to each person). Also note that it has been found to be more effective to print out and send a paper letter by mail or make a phone call. Why? Because these require more effort on your part and the officials know most people will not go to this trouble — so it has more impact.
THERE ARE SO MANY YOU CAN CONTACT ~ please don’t stop now, make a call, or two, and send emails to BAN THE GAS CHAMBER!!!!!! PLEASE wait until Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 1st ~ Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 1st ~ Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 1st
~Let’s come together again in memory of Kiddo & Friends! They suffered unnecessarily………….surely we can spend a little time emailing for them?
Find and count yourself; I have seen these #’s:
14 states mandate injection
13 ban gas
These still use gas: LA, OH, AL GA, NC, IL, KY, MS, OK, SC, TX, WV (all small population states except TX).
I got this (typed) info last year, so may change.
Virginia has banned gas chambers, (search line says also NY and CA, but I can’t find that) http://www.animallawcoalition.com/gas-chambers/article/350
The cost analysis done by the Humane Society of the United States revealed:
Cost per animal with Carbon Monoxide is $1.323 per animal
Cost per year with Carbon Monoxide: $13,230
Cost per animal with Sodium Pentobarbital is $1.27
Cost per year with Sodium Pentobarbital is $12,700
The costs per year were based on euthanasia of 10,000 animals per year. All costs, including labor and supplies have been included. My source of information is the Humane Society of the United States Euthanasia Training Manual referenced from pages 127 – 129.
“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.” – Albert Schweitzer
Here is my (Joni Solis) email message to vermilionppj@yahoo.com, vermilionanimals@yahoo.com, vermilionanimal@yahoo.com, tjprejean@vppj.org,
lbroussard@vppj.org, pgaspard@vppj.org, cboudreaux@vppj.org, gbutaud@vppj.org, rmenard@vppj.org, kmeaux@vppj.org, edomingues@vppj.org, wtouchet@vppj.org, rdarby@vppj.org, ngranger@vppj.org, dhebert@vppj.org, cberaud@vppj.org, ctheriot@vppj.org
Date: Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Subject: Rabies Control in Vermilion Parish, LA. — just know I care…
Rabies Control in Vermilion Parish, LA. — just know I care…
Just thought I should contact you and let you know that I care about the homeless animals in Vermilion and hope that you will see that people love pets and wish that you would do better and help them more. And yes it is possible to save more pets.
Other animal controls have learned to improve and save more pet lives. It can be done with leaders that believe it and work at it. Please consider the wishes of the people of your parish and know that improvement is possible with the will to do so. May one day you find this will.
– Joni Solis
I received the following email message as a reply to my emailed message to vermilionanimal@yahoo.com…
From: vermilionanimal@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Subject: setting the record straight
To whom it may or may not concern,
Brief Statement:
I am Melissa, the Director of Vermilion Parish Rabies/Animal Control for those that are unaware. I have been at my job for 4 months now and in light of the circumstances I wanted to give this brief statement and then continue with regular business.
I do not want anything to overshadow what has been accomplished at Rabies/Animal Control. We all love animals and show every animal that comes in the respect he/she deserves. We are all compassionate, caring and have a tough job. Our job is not easy and when rumors/falsehoods are put out there the only thing I can say is come talk to me and get the right message. We do not have an In-House adoption program but we do have an agreement with Animal Aid for Vermilion Area. Animal Aid has every opportunity to pick over the dogs and cats, they deem adoptable and have them pulled to their cages, that I have designated for that purpose. I have held dogs for them but it is their responsibility to make sure to inform me if there are any to be moved.(NOT my staff) In the future I want all adoptable animals to be pulled in writing.
We are finishing the room that will be used for Lethal injection. Scott has his certificate and I just got back from training on Aug 3 and 4 for my certification. We need an exam table and supplies.
The sink that was approved of for dish washing will be in tomorrow and now we can be more efficient at our daily duties. The building had so many projects when I first started that I am trying to get everything done but it will be at my pace since I am the one making sure it gets done.
When Mr. Jeff Dorson came in, it was under false pretences but when I finally got the truth from him I still gave him a transparent tour. If it had not been for the tour I gave him he would not have had any pictures. I was unaware that is was out to get the Police and he knew that. I showed him the things I liked, didn’t like and the improvements that I along with the Police Jury’s permission would take care of. Please don’t let the actions of an individual such as this affect your perceptions of our facility.
Please post a link to this web page to your facebook, twitter, blogs, petfinder site, and any other place on the Internet and spread the news by emails and egroups too! Here is the short link to this page: End Gas Chambers for Shelter Pets in Louisiana http://wp.me/pc4ch-5B
Governor Bobby Jindal Officially Proclaims 1st Annual Louisiana Week for the Animals March 21-29, 2009!
Louisiana Week for the Animals is an exciting statewide event created to celebrate and joyfully build awareness for the animals.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 2009
(New Orleans, LA) Animal World USA is pleased to announce that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has officially declared 1st Louisiana Week for the Animals Saturday, March 21- Sunday, March 29, 2009. The special week will kick off Saturday, March 21 and will highlight the importance that animals play in our lives and bring communities together on behalf of the animals throughout the great state of Louisiana.
Louisiana Week for the Animals
This first statewide event is designed to celebrate and build awareness on behalf of all animals, as well as, recognize the organizations and citizens who support them. The LA Week for the Animals is bringing together animal shelters, rescue organizations, sanctuaries, businesses, students, musicians, artists, educators, community leaders, and caring citizens in an exciting week of community-building activities.
The fun-filled week will feature awesome pet adoption festivals and events, pet therapy in hospitals, school/art displays and activities, library story-telling and R.E.A.D. dog activities, blessings of the animals, book signing by the famed “Blue Dog” LA artist George Rodrigue, low cost spay and neuter events, Earth Fest, special law seminar at Tulane University and much more! All these events will shine the spotlight on the amazing animals and compassionate people who love them.
Precious lives which will be saved and communities will be transformed during this week with a wide variety of animal-related events and activities. A list of events are scheduled on the website calendar, and more are being added daily. If you would like to learn more, become involved or schedule an event, please call +1 877-454-0807 or visit the official website at http://www.louisianaanimals.org/
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Events
Please visit and see the full list of events here: Louisiana Week for the Animals under the ‘Calendar of Events’ listing.
I received the following event info from Lynn Morvant…
Krewe of Arfus Pet Parade
The Friends of the Jefferson Animal Shelter, the Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter and the Premier Metairie Carnival Parade, the Krewe of Argus are planning an Event on Sunday March 8th, 2009 at Zephyrs Stadium on Airline Drive in Metairie from 11am until 4pm.
‘Pet Gras’ will be the Pet/People Party that will focus on Adoption, Education & Information, the Krewe of Arfus Pet Parade, Vendors, Live Entertainment, Delicious Food and FUN!
The Krewe of ARFus Pet Parade will feature Rescue/Shelter Pets for Adoption and some of their Successful Adoptions, in their own Krewes, with their own Theme, as the Lead of the Parade. Then owned Pets will follow in the Celebration of our Companion Animals.
Pet Gras will have an ‘Adoption Promenade’ area where Rescues/Shelters can bring their Adoptable Pets, offer them for Adoption, share information about their Events and Fundraisers and proclaim The Wonderful Companions Rescue Pets will make.
If your pet rescue organization would like to be a part of Pet Gras and the Krewe of ARFus please check out the website kreweofarfus.org. Of course there are no fees for Rescue/Shelter Groups.
Here is the Krewe of Arfus Pet Parade event flier…
You may not agree with some of the things said on this page, but please understand that these are the realities of animal rescue. You may have encountered rescues who didn’t ever reply to your emails, never returned your call, never contacted you about your application, wouldn’t let you adopt a dog, wouldn’t let you foster a dog, or a rescue person who was impolite to the point of being rude.
As you read the following page you will be given an insight to a rescuer’s day/week/month, and perhaps you will begin to see why so many rescuers are hardened, snippy, crabby people who don’t seem to be living in the same word as everyone else.
When you are finished reading this you still may not agree with how they handle themselves (and even many rescuers feel this way) but hopefully you will at least understand a little better WHY they are like that. Our only goal is to help educate you about rescue….what it is and what it isn’t.
We’ll start with the most important one for you to understand, rescue is not a service for you … period. not for you to find a dog, or to get rid of your dog.
Pet Rescue is not a service for you – it is for the dogs!
Rescue is a service for the dogs. We care about them, the dog is who we are here to help. Helping you is just a byproduct of helping them.
Rescue is not a shelter that you can just stop by to visit, pick out a dog, and take it home with you whenever the mood strikes you. there is no place to drop by and window shop, no business hours, and no times we are open.
Rescue is a group of people that love the breed (or mix breed). Those people open their homes and hearts to the dogs, give them a place to live, and love them until they find a loving home. We take applications, screen them, and sometimes have the people come and visit with the dogs in our homes…. see…. no shelter involved. There is a volunteer’s home on the end of any phone number you are given.
Rescue is not dial a dog, dial a person that wants to hear about my troubles, dial a person to unload my dog on after I’ve had it for 10 years and it simply doesn’t match the furniture anymore.
Rescue is a phone number that reaches right into the home of a volunteer, who has little time to deal with your guilt trip over tossing “Chi-chi” out like last nights leftovers, and even less time to deal with you see-sawing back and forth between keeping the dog and giving it up. If you’ve taken the trouble to write an email or call, then 99% of people have their mind set on getting rid of the dog …..don’t lie to us or to yourself. Simply tell us the reason you are giving the dog up, and answer the questions we ask. If we’re going to help you, the least you can do is help us speed the process along by not crying on our shoulders.
We’ve heard it all before………. from allergies, moving, housebreaking, money, new baby, too hyper, barking, sick, injured, nasty, uncontrollable, landlord doesn’t allow, parents said no, owner died and nobody wants, divorce, marriage, too many animals, doesn’t like new dog, doesn’t like old dog, chases cars, chases cats, sheds, too much trouble, new job, wants attention, to it’s cross-eyed, it’s ears don’t stand up, it doesn’t match the new couch, it looks at me funny, he told me he’s not happy.
We’re not cold-hearted, we simply have too many things to do and not enough time to listen to how sorry you think you are about getting rid of your dog.
Pet Rescue should be your last resort!
Rescue should be one of your last resorts….. try obedience training, try crate training, try everything you can before you make the decision to give up your dog. When you’ve done all you can then call us and let us know why you’re giving up the dog in the least amount of words you can. We’ll ask questions, you answer them. quick, simple, and honest.
Rescue is not a person sitting at the computer or phone all day just waiting for you to call or email. We’re also not running home daily hoping we’ll have lots of email and answering machine messages. We’re not rushing to return your call or email. Rescue is a group of people who already have a life, a family, a full time job, their own dogs, foster dogs, 30 dog-request and 2 dog-give up emails a day average, 20 dog-request and 1 dog-give up phone messages a day average, not to mention processing applications, and vet appointments. Oh yeah……..and god forbid we sleep, eat, and have a life….I almost forgot.
Rescue is not a way for you to find a purebred dog for little or no money rescue is a safe haven for dogs of a specific breed, with people that know and understand the quirks of that breed, and have the knowledge needed to handle that breed.
Rescue is not a baby-sitting service for your dog, a kennel, or a place that will train your dog. Rescue is a situation that dogs who are homeless, or about to become homeless, come into where they will receive the medical attention, physical attention, and behavioral attention they need.
Rescue is not a place you can pick up a “girlfriend” for Butch or “boyfriend” for Fifi so that you can irresponsibly mass produce puppies, sell them to homes that very well would want them for Pitbull bait, toys for the children, something for the kids to take responsibility for, something to neglect and later abandon.
Rescue is responsible about the reproduction of their breed. In fact, rescues believe that the only breeding that should be done is by the few responsible breeders out there, and only to improve the breed. Breeders are not those folks you see with “free puppies” ads either….breeders are folks that care about their product and take pride in placing them in loving homes were they will be cared for. All rescue dogs are spayed and neutered before adoption so that no “accidents” happen. You won’t get a dog unaltered….. don’t even bother to ask.
Rescue is not a place that will take the most vicious, nasty, aggressive dogs and keep them for the rest of their lives, living happily ever after in their owners mind while the dog is miserable.
Rescue is a place where the nasty dogs that are not safe for anyone to own, handle, or be within 5 feet of are humanely put to sleep where they will be happier, and people will be safer. if you don’t want to deal with your dog whom you’ve loved for 6 years that bites, what on earth makes you think that someone else would want it biting them and their family? We do work with every dog to see if they are just frightened, or truly nasty (totally unbalanced).
Those who are scared we allow time to adjust and overcome fear. Those who are nasty (totally unbalanced) are put to sleep, period. Some people think us horrible because of this, and that’s fine, but let me fill your house up with dogs you can’t sneeze around without getting bit and let me see you live your life and still save the lives of 60 dogs a year.
Rescue is not a mail order service to find you the dog of your dreams, the dog that loves kids, cats, everyone, doesn’t bark too much, is perfectly housebroken, is 10-15 pounds, does tricks on command, and knows how to act in every situation.
Rescue is the place that gets calls from shelters and owners who have a dog in need. Sure, we may come across a dog like the one described above, but chances are it will be adopted quickly and it will be a long time before we see another one like it.
We work with each dog to make them better pets than they were when they entered rescue, but we aren’t miracle workers. Every dog has his own personality, and that is what matters. If you want a dog that fits a few certain requirements that’s realistic, but trying to find one that matches perfection is not going to happen anytime soon, and if one comes in that is perfect, we have a line 5 miles long of people waiting for it.
I now hope you have a better understanding about pet rescue and what rescuers have to deal with. Now you know why they look so sad much of the time.
Tangipahoa Parish Animal Control is running a Christmas special with lower adoption costs and free tickets to Extreme Canine at Columbia Theater.
Dogs and puppies can be adopted for $48 instead of the usual $60 and cats and kittens can be adopted for $42 instead of $50, said Director Chip Fitz. The price includes spay/neuter, rabies shot and one vaccination.
“Between now and Jan. 10 two free tickets will be given for every animal adopted to see Extreme Canine at the Columbia Theater on Jan. 17,” Fitz said…
It would also be nice if you would contact and thank Tangipahoa Parish Animal Control’s director Mr. Chip Fitz on trying to increase pet adoptions. Phone: 985-543-0215 or Fax: 985-543-0215
RESCUE PARTNERS — Lynda and Randy Stegall give 50 hours a week to rescuing and caring for animals at the Tangi Humane Society’s temporary kennels. Photo submitted
The year 2009 is shaping up to be a big year for the Tangi Humane Society.
Three dedicated animal lovers, who insist on remaining anonymous, have stepped forward to buy land and build a “state of the art” humane shelter in Tangipahoa Parish, said President Randy Stegall…
Please leave a nice comment after the pet news article so that the paper news that people are interested in animal news.
CONTACT:
Randy Stegall Tangi Humane Society and http://tangipets.com/
P.O. Box 1743; Ponchatoula, LA 70454 USA
Phone: 985-351-0181 | 225-414-0059
Email: tangihumane @ charter . net (remove spaces)
Tangi Humane Has Great Dogs!
Please click on the audio icon to hear the Christmas Music!
‘Tis the night before Christmas and all through the town,
every shelter is full – we are lost but not found,
Our numbers are hung on our kennels so bare,
we hope every minute that someone will care.
They’ll come to adopt us and give us the call,
Come here, Max and Sparkie – come fetch your new ball!
But now we sit here and think of the days..
we were treated so fondly – we had cute, baby ways.
Once we were little, then we grew and we grew -
now we’re no longer young and we’re no longer new.
So out the back door we were thrown like the trash,
they reacted so quickly – why were they so rash?
We jump on the children, don’t come when they call,
we bark when they leave us, climb over the wall.
We should have been neutered, we should have been spayed,
now we suffer the consequence of the errors THEY made.
If only they’d trained us, if only we knew…
we’d have done what they asked us and worshiped them too.
We were left in the backyard, or – worse – left to roam
now we’re tired and lonely and out of a home
They dropped us off here and they kissed us good-bye…
“Maybe someone else will give you a try.”
So now here we are, all confused and alone…
in a shelter with others who long for a home.
The kind workers come through with a meal and a pat,
with so many to care for, they can’t stay to chat,
They move to the next kennel, giving each of us cheer…
we know that they wonder how long we’ll be here.
We lay down to sleep and sweet dreams fill our heads..
of a home filled with love and our own cozy beds.
Then we wake to see sad eyes, brimming with tears –
our friends filled with emptiness, worry, and fear.
If you can’t adopt us and there’s no room at the Inn –
could you help with the bills and fill our food bin?
We count on your kindness each day of the year –
can you give more than hope to everyone here?
Please make a donation to pay for the heat…
and help get us something special to eat.
The shelter that cares for us wants us to live,
and more of us will, if more people will give.
Please consider giving generously to your local animal shelter, rescue group, or humane organization. Donations of pet food, supplies, your time, or your money is so welcome at this holiday season and year round.
Find a New Home For Your Border Collie (good info for any breed or mix breed of dog) http://snipurl.com/t99s7 Has a printable sample Adoption Application and printable Potential Adopter Screening Guide to help you find the best home for your dog.
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