Guest guest Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 - SharkIntl @ aol.com Rita Fazio Thursday, April 15, 2004 2:20 PM ChampaignInhumane.com Dear Friends of SHARK, www.ChampaignInhumane.com is SHARK's latest website to expose more blatant disregard for our animal companions. As we told you a while back, Champaign County Humane Society (CCHS) in downstate Illinois adopts out over 30% of cats and dogs before altering them! Irresponsible to say the least, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. Please visit ChampaignInhumane.com to learn more about this animal shelter that, although well-funded, is still in the dark ages. Representatives of SHARK and PACT (People and Animals in Community Together) Humane Society attended CCHS' monthly board meeting last night. SHARK President Steve Hindi reported that he was impressed with comments from some of the volunteers and staff at the shelter. "I believe the volunteers genuinely care and are trying to do the best they can, but they are limited in that they cannot fix certain things such as making certain that all animals are altered before adoption. That is the job of the leadership, and that is where the failure is occurring." The following two articles appeared last week in Champaign's local paper, The News-Gazette. Humane Society comes under criticism Published Online Apr 8, 2004 By MIKE MONSON News-Gazette Staff Writer URBANA - Conditions for animals at the Champaign County Humane Society facility in Urbana are overcrowded and disease-ridden, with some dogs forced to live in wire crates 24 hours per day for up to a month at a time, according to the Champaign County animal control warden. Based on those conditions, County Co-Administrators Debra Busey and Denny Inman are recommending that the county should negotiate an agreement with the village of Rantoul for boarding impounded animals. Busey and Inman are also recommending that the county should initiate discussions with the cities of Urbana and Champaign about developing a plan for an intergovernmentally run dog pound facility apart from the Humane Society. All three governments currently contract with the Humane Society for animal impoundment. County animal control warden Stephanie Joos made the charges in an April 1 letter to Inman and Busey. Joos wrote that conditions are so overcrowded at the Humane Society facility at 1911 E. Main St., U, that employees and volunteers have difficulty keeping the cages sanitary. "Because the Humane Society is currently in an overcrowded condition, many of the animals become sick with ringworm, kennel cough, upper respiratory disease and parvo (virus)," Joos wrote. "These diseases are highly contagious and expensive to treat. The overflow of dogs are kept in the garage in wire dog crates. These dogs are forced to live in the crate 24 hours a day, and often for up to a month at a time. "These dogs must defecate and urinate in their crates and then eat and sleep in the same area. The cages are cleaned only once a day. This is the most inhumane way to keep dogs, in my opinion." Joos wrote that cats are also kept in the garage with barking dogs, she wrote. "I don't believe it is appropriate for cats and dogs to be housed where they are in direct view of each other - the cats are forced to be directly across from the dogs, which causes the dogs to bark continuously." Read more at: http://208.5.125.166/ngsearch/index.cfm? & page=displyStory.cfm & yearfolder=the04news & file=040804%5Fngstory%5F15785%2Etxt & search=champaign%20county%20humane%20society & theorder=asaphrase Questions on pet food deal By MIKE MONSON 2004 THE NEWS-GAZETTE Published Online April 9, 2004 URBANA - The president of the Champaign County Humane Society board continues to sell thousands of dollars worth of pet food to the humane society shelter while serving on the board. Garry Herzog, owner of Prairieland Feeds in Savoy, confirmed Thursday that he sells "a substantial amount" of dog and cat food to the shelter, something he said he has done for years and was doing before he was named to the board in September. While acknowledging the arrangement could be viewed as a conflict of interest, Herzog said he provides a 5 percent discount on the product he sells and "makes nothing off of that transaction." You can reach Mike Monson at (217) 351-5370 or via e-mail at mmonson @ news-gazette.com (remove 2 spaces)Read more at: http://www.news-gazette.com/story.cfm?Number=15782 SHARK will continue to stay on top of this issue until CCHS follows in the footsteps of the majority of animal shelters and makes the changes necessary to curb companion animal overpopulation. Please voice your concerns to CCHS' executives and board members by visiting ChampaignInhumane.com for contact information. For the Animals, Jodie Wiederkehr SHARK sharkintl (remove 2 spaces) http://www.sharkonline.org/ Tax Center - File online by April 15th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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