12/22/09 Gaston NC STILL GASSES ANIMALS . Look at DOGS and CATS WHO WILL DIE IN GAS CHAMBER TODAY. Horrible Shelter, Archaic Policies.

Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:15 pm Post subject: GAS CHAMBER AUSSIE NEEDS COMMITMENT RIGHT NOW
http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=15366324 "I'll sponsor this fella if someone will please save him. He's scared at the shelter (you would be too if you were about to be stuffed into a gas chamber box and killed) so he was not put out on the adoption floor so he has no chance of getting out alive unless someone works with the rescue listed below today. He needs to be pulled by 4pm. More About PTS 12/23 #9062 Please include the tag# with your inquiry for faster service. If you are with a rescue, please include the name of your rescue and 501c3 status in your inquiry. THIS IS A HIGH KILL SHELTER - ANIMALS WILL BE PUT TO SLEEP ON THEIR PTS DATE AND NEED TO BE CLAIMED BY 5PM THE NIGHT BEFORE THEIR PTS DATE. IF YOU ARE AT ALL INTERESTED IN THIS ANIMAL, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE - THESE ANIMALS LIVES DEPEND ON QUICK ACTION. Please read the following description of the shelter's policies on pulling non-adoptable animals. If you are not with a 501c3 rescue, you will need to contact someone from Animal League of Gaston County to help you pull the animal. We are a group of volunteers that try to help the dogs/cats at Gaston County get into rescues and adoptable homes, but we don't work at the shelter and don't usually have a lot of information on the animals (unfortunately). Animal Control employees do not do a thorough behavioral evaluation of the animal or a vet check and we can only guess as to what breed we think the animal might be - practically no animals come into this shelter with pedigrees, so there is no guarantee on animals being a specific or advertised breed. We just try to get their info out so people learn about them. This animal was not slated for the adoption floor by the Animal Control Kennel person upon intake, so there is no adoption fee for the animal and the animal WILL BE EUTHANIZED on it's PTS (put to sleep) date. This shelter uses a GAS CHAMBER. There are many reasons why they are not slated for adoptions (underweight, overweight, shy or scared to be at the kennel (this is the typical reason and most dogs are freaked out by being at the kennel), obvious health issue (dogs and cats are not vetted at all), too old, or the owner says the dog is aggressive or has some sort of issue (this is another very common reason because owners turning animals into the shelter are afraid to admit out loud that they just don't want the animal anymore and make up an excuse as to why they are turning the animal in). Because this animal was not chosed for adoption, it has to be adopted out through the Animal League of Gaston County or a 501c3 rescue can pull the animal out. This animal can be pulled out of the shelter after 4PM the day before it's euthanize date (the day before the PTS date in the dog's name on petfinder). ALGC will require a vet reference for people not from a 501c3 rescue stating that all pets are up to date on vaccinations, are spayed or neutered and dogs are on heartworm preventative. Adopters are required to get the animal vaccinated and spayed or neutered at their expense within 2 weeks of adopting the animal or by the time the animal is six months old. We have no kennels to house the animals, so they are required to be picked up by their PTS date, else they will be killed. You can visit the animal anytime before it's PTS/release date at Gaston County Animal Control. The shelter is open daily from 11am - 5pm and the first Sat of the month. There are directions posted on this site: http://www.co.gaston.nc.us/animalcontrol/HoursContactDirections.HTM. Information on the Gaston County Low Cost Spay Neuter Clinic can be found here: http://www.co.gaston.nc.us/animalcontrol/GastonClinic.htm. Please act quickly to arrange adoption for this animal, they are given very little time before they are euthanized. Thank you for inquiring. Animal League of Gaston County Contacts: missmegcheek@yahoo.com consultapc1@gmail.com If you don't like the idea of dogs/cats being inhumanely euthanized in a gas chamber - contact your Gaston County Commisioners (http://www.co.gaston.nc.us/CountyCommission/CommissionersPictures.htm). Your tax dollars are paying for this cruel method of euthanasia. Gaston County Animal Control Dallas, NC 704-922-8677 option #4 "