Chicago Animal Control- The Truth Hurts
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Chicago Animal Control- The Truth Hurts
by Lauren Favor on Thursday, May 12, 2011
I recently rescued a dog from Chicago Animal Control & Shelter
and really got to see first hand what these poor dogs have to go
through. I drove there from Georgia and all the way back just to adopt
one in particular dog that absolutely stole my heart. She is one of the
very few lucky ones. This AC desperately needs HELP. They have 7 FULL
pavillions of dogs (upt to 75 in each) That’s roughly 500 DOGS!!!!!
They are the only one who accepts strays in all of Chicago. These dogs
are living in 4 x 4 inch cages in the pavillions. It’s TINY. There is
not nearly enough staff paid by the goverment to be able to walk all of
the animals every day, so many of them don’t get walks for days at a
time. They sit in the their own feces until the shelter employee has a
chance to go to every pavillion and basically spray the floor down with
all of them STILL IN THE CAGES. It’s absolutely PITIFUL. This place is
NOT for the weak of hearts. Mind you, this is only the DOGS we are
talking about. They have plenty of cats too.
and really got to see first hand what these poor dogs have to go
through. I drove there from Georgia and all the way back just to adopt
one in particular dog that absolutely stole my heart. She is one of the
very few lucky ones. This AC desperately needs HELP. They have 7 FULL
pavillions of dogs (upt to 75 in each) That’s roughly 500 DOGS!!!!!
They are the only one who accepts strays in all of Chicago. These dogs
are living in 4 x 4 inch cages in the pavillions. It’s TINY. There is
not nearly enough staff paid by the goverment to be able to walk all of
the animals every day, so many of them don’t get walks for days at a
time. They sit in the their own feces until the shelter employee has a
chance to go to every pavillion and basically spray the floor down with
all of them STILL IN THE CAGES. It’s absolutely PITIFUL. This place is
NOT for the weak of hearts. Mind you, this is only the DOGS we are
talking about. They have plenty of cats too.
There are only 100
animals (both dogs and cats) allowed into the adoption pavillion at
once. If there are more animals that come in, sometimes these other
dogs don’t even have a chance to make it to the adoption pavillion. Do
you know what that means? That means no one even knew they were there
because they never got a chance to be seen by the public. No human
affection, hardly a view to the outside world, sitting in their own
wastes, hearing the extremely loud sounds of all the other distressed
animals echoing through out the halls, scared to death. Can you even
imagine? Could you even personally go to sleep knowing if you woke up
the next day, it might be your last day??? I know we have our own
problems down here in the South, but I could not hesitate to pass this
on, and educate people on the issues that stand at the Chicago, IL
Animal Control. I CANNOT forget what I saw.
animals (both dogs and cats) allowed into the adoption pavillion at
once. If there are more animals that come in, sometimes these other
dogs don’t even have a chance to make it to the adoption pavillion. Do
you know what that means? That means no one even knew they were there
because they never got a chance to be seen by the public. No human
affection, hardly a view to the outside world, sitting in their own
wastes, hearing the extremely loud sounds of all the other distressed
animals echoing through out the halls, scared to death. Can you even
imagine? Could you even personally go to sleep knowing if you woke up
the next day, it might be your last day??? I know we have our own
problems down here in the South, but I could not hesitate to pass this
on, and educate people on the issues that stand at the Chicago, IL
Animal Control. I CANNOT forget what I saw.
Please Remember to
Spay & Neuter your pets. If you have room at all for even one of
these souls, please let me know. Even if you don’t, I am BEGGING you to
please share this with as many people as you know. They need dog
walkers, they need people to help take photos of all of those not in the
adoption hall so that they can get some visability in hopes of rescuing
their lives. No amount of help is too little.
Spay & Neuter your pets. If you have room at all for even one of
these souls, please let me know. Even if you don’t, I am BEGGING you to
please share this with as many people as you know. They need dog
walkers, they need people to help take photos of all of those not in the
adoption hall so that they can get some visability in hopes of rescuing
their lives. No amount of help is too little.
For Rescues outside of the Chicago Area, please call Debbie Harris. 773-587-4384 – Cell, the best way to reach her!
dharrispa@yahoo.com
Transportation can always be arranged.
I’m
going to attach a video each week of the animals they were able to have
time to record in each pavillion. They may be hard to watch, but if we
can save at least one life, it makes it all worthwhile. Thank you all
for what you do!!!
going to attach a video each week of the animals they were able to have
time to record in each pavillion. They may be hard to watch, but if we
can save at least one life, it makes it all worthwhile. Thank you all
for what you do!!!
