This news is just devastating. There’s no other way to state it, and so I will state it how it needs to be stated… This shelter is quite literally a Pit Bull concentration camp. Yes, I said it. And please know that I will continue to say as much, and there is nothing this shelter can do to intimidate me from relaying this message that I currently believe to be true.
It’s disgusting what they did to this dog. Not only the fact that they murdered her this morning, but just as equally how they suppressed her genuine chances of ever making it out the door safely.
She originally came into the shelter on 6/12, and was held as a “confiscate” due to her prior owner being imprisoned. From the very first day I ever saw her, she was being held in the back of their building–fenced off from the public, in their “quarantine” section. Okay, that makes sense at the time–her being “unavailable” while her owner goes through a legal process… What doesn’t make sense however is how the staff made her “available” for public adoption, but then didn’t move her out of the “quarantine” section.
There are numerous problems with this:
01) Visually, the impression that is given is that she is UNAVAILABLE!!
02) The public CANNOT interact with her because there is a big steel fence blocking access to the front of her kennel. (Yes, if you go around the back like I did in the below video you can then play with her, but that still doesn’t discredit any of my points concerning the average shelter-goer)
03) There was never any access to her kennel card (see: fence), which not only re-speaks to point 01) but also creates a scenario where any potential adopter would then need to go into the lobby and pull a number, waiting to be called. During Carson’s “busy” times (which is almost ALWAYS) this wait could take anywhere from 2-4 hours (like was the case when I went to get Lyla and Bart).
This type of shit is UNSPEAKABLE!! It’s just patently absurd to the highest degree. It is no exaggeration that this animal was literally the friendliest dog on the entire property!! Not only that, but she was highly adoptable and would consistently beg for public interaction from anyone within a 10 yard radius…
Please view how submissive she was, and how she would beg for attention:
Now–after watching that video please be aware of ANOTHER HURDLE Carson placed in her way: She scored a “C” on their ridiculous temperament test.
This test was automatically given to her because of her mix which included Pit Bull.
»a “C”!?!?«
Once again, this marks the finest example yet that Pit Bulls/mixes ARE PENALIZED/MARKED DOWN if they are considered “very submissive” or “shy” or “scared.” How is that not a complete travesty? This dog was the definition of an “A” temperament. If I had a huge rooftop to shout this from then I’d be up there right now losing my voice…
It has also been stated by others that there was 3 rescue-related IP’s on this dog’s file. And at least 1 of those individuals WERE NOT called to place a firm CTA on the animal prior to her being killed. If that was the case then this could possibly be in violation of a stipulated order. If you are one of the rescue’s that feel as though this dog was killed without notice to you, I urge you to please CLICK HERE and fill out and submit this stipulated order violation form…
Lastly I will just say: Whomever walked this animal back to the kill room and didn’t say “screw it” and run the other way, or didn’t refuse and beg for more time or didn’t quit right there on the spot is a coward. To the person that willingly stuck the death needle into this animal: You are a coward. To the person that ordered that this animal be killed: You are a coward. It’s a choice that these shelters are making, to not reform/change/adapt etc. Anything that they say otherwise is a deterrent to the truth, and anyone taking side with their shit is an apologist or scared for their current position.