In many shelters across this state, dog cages (primarily those housing Pit Bulls) are being left without having kennel cards attached… My video attempts to illustrate this, by doing a random walk-through where all of the video clips were taken within 1 hour of each other. This specific example was shot at the Carson shelter in Gardena, California.
What this creates is a MUCH more difficult time for the general public, be it networkers or worse, the actual potential adopters. Instead of having all of the relevant information displayed correctly, many dogs have nothing, which then forces people to have to go into the office and wait (sometimes multiple hours when busy) just to ask a question concerning an ID# or anything else that may be of interest. This drastically reduces the already slim chances that a dog has to make it out alive. Also, the phone system is just as bad, so if someone opts to go home and instead call at a later time, they may find themselves on hold for 30+ minutes, or at times FAR longer. This is UNACCEPTABLE.
do you think they do this on purpose? I mean it seems to be only the pitties, per your statement, so I wonder if they are doing it on purpose!!?? Definitely not right, and needs to be brought to the shelter’s attention by multiple individuals. Are there many volunteers that help out there?
I think saying they are “doing it on purpose” would be going too far, although I have no way to know either way… I can only state and attempt to show what IS happening to many of the dogs there, and coincidentally (or not) the Pit Bulls continue to take the brunt of their negligence. With that being said, many of the Pit Bulls DO have kennel cards, so I’m not saying that this is happening to all of them… But the fact is that this kind of failure to provide BASIC and EASILY ACCESSIBLE information actually results in more dogs being ignored or passed by or unable to be properly networked, which directly results in them being killed quicker due to “lack of interest.”
This is ridiculous. Ate they that short staffed or do you think it is just simple incompetence on their part? Either way, it is a travesty already as to what these poor babies have to go through and to not give them every chance possible to make it out alive is just unacceptable on every level. Someone should absolutely be held accountable for this and should absolutely explain how and why this is happening before losing their job. How do people that obviously do not care about these dogs manage to keep their jobs? I mean really, this is not rocket science people. I’m calling to complain about this terrible injustice and lack of care and concern for these dogs welfare, first thing in the morning! This really pisses me off!!
What is stopping someone or several someones from volunteering there and updating the cards each day or every couple of days? Maybe they need some help?
There is a local shelter here in hinds county tht does this deliberately. All the pits no matter how friendly, how well trained prior to being turned into the shelter, have tags on their cages saying vicious animal will bite do not touch and in many cases if not all cases that they have is an outright lie. These dogs are smart, friendly, pet friendly, and many love kids. This is so unfair to this breed of dog. some of the pens dont have tags at all and the ones that do contain misleading information if not out right lies, depends on the breed, and if they think it is attractive enough to get adopted. The have also been known to withhold information about problems to get some dogs adopted which results in very unhappy and angry customers and of course the dog gets returned to the shelter as soon as the new owners find out about the problem.