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| From: | Matt (dpc67142130043.direcpc.com)
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| Subject: | HELP TO SAVE THE PUPPIES AT THE S.P.C.A |
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Date: | January 27, 2007 at 5:11 am PST |
Dead puppies at center of dispute between woman, SPCA
Jan 22, 2007 09:14 AM CST
One Valley animal lover said she had homes for puppies, only to find out that an animal shelter had already put them to sleep.
Laurie Jehlik is an animal lover.
Jehlik and her husband Rod own several dogs, horses, even goats.
Earlier this month along a nearby road, Jehlik noticed two dogs trotting a-stray.
Two six week old puppies, one of them a chocolate lab, the other an Australian shepherd mix..
Jehlik took the dogs home for the weekend, placed them in a small uncarpeted room.
Already with a large pet family to take care of, Jehlik took the two pups to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or SPCA of Dekalb County.
"I asked her specifically, 'How do puppies do here, I don't want them to be put to sleep, are they going to be o.k?' she said, 'Puppies go real fast here, no problem," says Jehlik.
When she was told real fast, Jehlik didn't think that meant they would be dead.
"I called the SPCA in the morning, and I said I have someone who wants to adopt the one puppy, and she said they have already been put to sleep,"Jehlik said.
"I cried all day long."
Saddened at the death of two dogs that she had found families for.
Angry at the actions of an organization she asked to hold the animals safely.
"I asked her specifically and if she would have told me the truth, those puppies would not be dead right now."
Freda Waters, The Executive Director of the local SPCA explains her organizations side of the story in these statements.
"We don't do that, that's not our policy, we don't guarantee anything."
"Every person who drops off an animal at the shelter has to sign a release form. The form is an agreement for the person to relinquish all rights and responsibility for that animal."
Furthermore Waters goes on to say:
"I apologize to this lady, I was as nice as I could be."
Jehlik says they [The SPCA] won't keep any animal she finds.
"I'll never take a puppy or a dog to the SPCA as long as I live,"Jehlik added.
This S.P.C.A is going against what they are supposed to do. even if these puppies were stays they should have been saved for at least 10 days as others do. please help and do what you can to get the word out and shut this s.p.c.a. down. this shelter is a member of Maggies fund and is a no kill shelter.
contact anyone you can and lets stop this ''no kill shelter''.
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