It looks like the life of a six-year-old rescue cat, Max, is worth $300 in terms of compensation to the cat’s owner, Margaret Clarke, after Max had been unjustifiably shot dead with a county-issue .22 calibre rifle by an animal control officer, Brian Blackwell. The officer was suspended on full pay and then sacked …
I say that the animal control officer was very stupid. I have prejudged that based upon what I’ve read. It may be the case that he was both stupid and malicious but we will have to leave final judgement to his manager, the police and the prosecution service in Baldwin County, USA. This case …
In a recent article by Elisa on the concerns regarding animal welfare at Rowan County Animal Control, a photograph showed a dog being dragged along rough tarmaced ground by his neck with an animal grasper. The person dragging the dog appears to be an animal control officer. It is believed that this dog is …
This is madness. It makes me mad. This woman apparently took in this stray cat, a tabby and white. She called him “Buddy”. She decided that Buddy wanted to attack her dog so she kicked snow at the cat – you can see it the video. This provoked and wound up Buddy who, unsurprisingly, …
by Jon (Collierville,TN, USA) I worked for a shelter in West Tennessee for about four years. I became an Animal Control Officer because I was at a point in my life 39 years old where I needed to make a difference in something. I have always brought home the local stray or fostered local …
