North County Times
Shelter critics are in talks with San Diego Humane Society but details of the talks are confidential. Elaine Godzak, a former volunteer with the Oceanside North County Humane Society, was at the meeting and is cautiously optimistic but is not ruling out the potential of going to court in the future.
One of the issues to be resolved is how the Humane Society will comply with a state law [Food and Agricultural Code Section 31108(b)] that requires it to allow rescue groups to take any animals that are scheduled to be euthanized.
Humane Society President Mark Goldstein announced to volunteers at an Oceanside meeting that the Humane Society would discontinue the North County practice of actively contacting rescue groups to see if they want to take dogs scheduled for euthanasia.
Goldstein also said the Humane Society only keeps animals in public view for 5 days but did not elaborate on what happens to those animals after those 5 days.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Friday, March 05, 2010
San Diego Humane - Merger Raises Questions
The Coast News - Oceanside North County Humane and San Diego Humane merger raises questions and concerns.
The Coast News reports that 45 dogs evaluated and approved for adoption prior to the merger were transferred to the San Diego facility for re-evaluation and 5 of them were euthanized.
Laura Maloney (Senior Vice President of strategic initiatives and communication for the San Diego Humane Society) stated that out of 45 animals from the Oceanside site that were re-evaluated by San Diego Humane, five were euthanized because of concerns for the community. Behavior assessment proved the dogs to be a potential danger to people or a significant danger to animals.
The Coast News also reported that San Diego Humane and North County Humane use the same medical and behavior assessments for animals but comments from a reader stated that the two facilities did not use the same behavior or medical evaluations.
The SAFER test was used at North County Humane
http://www.humanesocietyofknoxcounty.org/SAFER.html
Behavior assessment at San Diego Humane (Gaines Campus) is one of their own design.
http://www.sdhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=adp_BehaviorAssessments
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The Coast News reports that 45 dogs evaluated and approved for adoption prior to the merger were transferred to the San Diego facility for re-evaluation and 5 of them were euthanized.
Laura Maloney (Senior Vice President of strategic initiatives and communication for the San Diego Humane Society) stated that out of 45 animals from the Oceanside site that were re-evaluated by San Diego Humane, five were euthanized because of concerns for the community. Behavior assessment proved the dogs to be a potential danger to people or a significant danger to animals.
The Coast News also reported that San Diego Humane and North County Humane use the same medical and behavior assessments for animals but comments from a reader stated that the two facilities did not use the same behavior or medical evaluations.
The SAFER test was used at North County Humane
http://www.humanesocietyofknoxcounty.org/SAFER.html
Behavior assessment at San Diego Humane (Gaines Campus) is one of their own design.
http://www.sdhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=adp_BehaviorAssessments
Note: Maloney did not elaborate on what the potential danger would be to people or what species of animal (cats?) these dogs might be a significant danger to.
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Monday, March 01, 2010
San Bernardino Valley HS - Redlands HS President Opinion
Press-Enterprise February 26, 2010
Jan Orbaker, President of the Redlands Humane Society, expresses her opinion that this practice of secret euthanasia of pets is disgraceful.
Jan Orbaker, President of the Redlands Humane Society, expresses her opinion that this practice of secret euthanasia of pets is disgraceful.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
San Bernardino Valley HS - New Blogsite
HSSBV Blog Est. February 2010
Appears a new blog site has been created as an information clearinghouse to establish the truth behind the killings at San Bernardino Valley Humane Society giving witnesses a place to tell their stories, warn the public of the danger to their pets and gather information for proper authorities.
Appears a new blog site has been created as an information clearinghouse to establish the truth behind the killings at San Bernardino Valley Humane Society giving witnesses a place to tell their stories, warn the public of the danger to their pets and gather information for proper authorities.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
San Bernardino Valley HS - After Hrs Killing
Press-Enterprise February 8, 2010
Questions are raised about the long time practice of euthanizing hundreds of animals a month at the Humane Society of San Bernardino Valley. It is reported that 800 animals a month were killed last year and as many as 500 a month were brought in by staff and animal welfare organizations to be killed after hours.
One of the concerns is that this equates to almost 10,000 animals killed annually by San Bernardino Valley Humane compared to a combined total of 12,000 killed at the two separate San Bernardino County facilities.
Questions are raised about the long time practice of euthanizing hundreds of animals a month at the Humane Society of San Bernardino Valley. It is reported that 800 animals a month were killed last year and as many as 500 a month were brought in by staff and animal welfare organizations to be killed after hours.
One of the concerns is that this equates to almost 10,000 animals killed annually by San Bernardino Valley Humane compared to a combined total of 12,000 killed at the two separate San Bernardino County facilities.
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