Animal Planet. I think they should dump Miami- Dade and stop making them look like heroes. From what I have been able to determine, this business of euth'ing animals even when a rescue has committed to them is not unusual in this shelter. I'm sure Roxy is NOT an isolated example of what can happen here. (It's an awful place by the way - HUGE, with hundreds of dogs, cats, and who knows what else at all times. The numbers aren't their fault - their policies are.)Discover or Animal Planet (can't remember who's series this is) did one of their Animal Cops shows there & they sure painted a different picture than what we are finding out !!
I believe AP is owned by the Discovery Network. There is nothing on their website which gives you a link to connecting with the powers that be. I'm going to see if Google has any info.......I signed too. Is the Miami-Dade Animal Cops still on? I don't watch Animal Planet too much any more. If it is, we should complain to Animal Planet.
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONSPlease post that here if you find it, I would like to "share" the petition and our disgust with them.
I did send a note today to all the powers at the shelter + the mayor, the commissioners & their public relations office stating that the GSD community was not going to just go away quietly on this & that we wanted an explaination and proof that there would be policys put in place to prevent this from occuring.
No answer so far, but my next step will be to contact the media (local & national) and any candidates running for MD office in Nov. & maybe that will get their attention.
If any of them respond to my note, I will post in this thread.
Agreed, BS, and I intend to write to Ms. Pizzano and tell her as much. She tries to put up a smoke screen of statistics to divert attention from the real topic at hand. If you read alisagirl's earlier post you will see that M-D is not a nice place, and has a reputation for being quick on the draw even when rescue is waiting. What needs to be changed is their policy - no-one is suggesting they hand their animals over to just anyone: but it is easy enough to check out credentials in this age of the Internet.Thanks for posting this but there are a few things I don't understand.
If she was euthanized upon arrival, how did her profile end up on the internet??
Why was she put to sleep after 3 rescues had already made a spot available for her and were willing to treat her??
I really appreciate the effort you went to but I think that answer is BS.
They were asking for 4500 signatures, they got 4772 - so I assume they felt they had reached their goal.Petition has been closed?
Was going to sign and post to FB
This is good to hear. But it still doesn't address the fact that M-D will not work with out of state rescues, which is what would have kept Roxy alive. Breed specific rescues, if reputable, are still best for dogs like the GSD IMHO, if they have the space.Article in today's Miami Herald re Animal Control - a new shelter would be of great benefit: Groups join to rescue animals - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com
Read more: Groups join to rescue animals - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com
A powerhouse animal-welfare group has joined with three Miami-Dade agencies to increase the number of homeless cats and dogs leaving the county shelter alive.
On Wednesday, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals launched a partnership with the Miami-Dade Animal Services Department, the Humane Society of Greater Miami Adopt-a-Pet and the Cat Network to attack a pet overpopulation problem that claims more than 21,000 lives annually at the shelter -- and thousands more on the streets.
Nationally, it's believed that municipalities kill 3 million to 4 million unwanted pets each year. That's 456 every hour.
Read more: Groups join to rescue animals - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com
Wow - didn't know about the local person. That only makes it worse then....People in Texas and Georgia rescue call Miami-Dade "The Death Camp". A frantic appeal went out yesterday for 2 8 week old GSD puppies which are there - and on death row if someone doesn't grab them fast.Actually, it's my understanding that there was an in-state rescue and a local individual willing to take Roxie in addition to the out-state rescue & she was still EU'd.
