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Friend in Oshkosh Wisconsin needs help!
Hello cat lovers, I need your help!!!!
I have a friend in Oshkosh Wisconsin that is in a desperate situation. She recently had to move her rescued animals from South Carolina to Oshkosh and in a horrible turn of events, they were seized by the local Humane Society. She has dedicated her life to these animals and intended to adopt most of them out as soon as she was able. They also took her own personal pets as well as some that were going to be adopted by her family members. The local news cast was totally false, the animals were not all sick (as seen by viewers on the newscast) and she is NOT an abuser in any way shape or form! She sells things she makes for hoomins and cats on eBay and gives 100% to take care of the dogs and cats she finds abandoned. This lady is the real thing. She is honest and a true animal lover. She needs all the love and support and any help we can give her. If there is anyone on this list or anyone who knows anyone near there who can help in any way, please email me directly. I am in Oregon so there is only so much I can do for her. I have written to the Oshkosh Humane Society and the WBAY t.v. station telling them about the integrity of this woman and berating the news station for not only getting it wrong, but for not getting both sides of the story, but I guess that's what they are all about anyway. Please let me know as soon as you can if there is anyone out there in Wisconsin who needs a just cause to support! Thanks, Renée in Oregon ^..^ |
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I have a friend in Oshkosh Wisconsin that is in a desperate situation. She
recently had to move her rescued animals from South Carolina to Oshkosh and in a horrible turn of events, they were seized by the local Humane Society. She has dedicated her life to these animals and intended to adopt most of them out as soon as she was able. They also took her own personal pets as well as some that were going to be adopted by her family members. The local news cast was totally false, the animals were not all sick (as seen by viewers on the newscast) and she is NOT an abuser in any way shape or form! She sells things she makes for hoomins and cats on eBay and gives 100% to take care of the dogs and cats she finds abandoned. This lady is the real thing. She is honest and a true animal lover. She needs all the love and support and any help we can give her. If there is anyone on this list or anyone who knows anyone near there who can help in any way, please email me directly. I am in Oregon so there is only so much I can do for her. I have written to the Oshkosh Humane Society and the WBAY t.v. station telling them about the integrity of this woman and berating the news station for not only getting it wrong, but for not getting both sides of the story, but I guess that's what they are all about anyway. Please let me know as soon as you can if there is anyone out there in Wisconsin who needs a just cause to support! Thanks, Renée in Oregon ^..^ Renee, something about this post bothers me. Mostly because I know humane societies don't seize animals for the hell of it. That's the last thing we want to do. There has to be a reason. Collectors can put up a very convincing case. They truly love their animals. They have hearts of gold and neglect their own needs for the sake of the animals. They start to take in too many, are unable to afford sterilization and vet care. The cats start to multiply and spread disease. Your friend had 44 animals inside one home. The best support you can give her is to direct her to get some counseling. Sherry |
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I have a friend in Oshkosh Wisconsin that is in a desperate situation. She
recently had to move her rescued animals from South Carolina to Oshkosh and in a horrible turn of events, they were seized by the local Humane Society. She has dedicated her life to these animals and intended to adopt most of them out as soon as she was able. They also took her own personal pets as well as some that were going to be adopted by her family members. The local news cast was totally false, the animals were not all sick (as seen by viewers on the newscast) and she is NOT an abuser in any way shape or form! She sells things she makes for hoomins and cats on eBay and gives 100% to take care of the dogs and cats she finds abandoned. This lady is the real thing. She is honest and a true animal lover. She needs all the love and support and any help we can give her. If there is anyone on this list or anyone who knows anyone near there who can help in any way, please email me directly. I am in Oregon so there is only so much I can do for her. I have written to the Oshkosh Humane Society and the WBAY t.v. station telling them about the integrity of this woman and berating the news station for not only getting it wrong, but for not getting both sides of the story, but I guess that's what they are all about anyway. Please let me know as soon as you can if there is anyone out there in Wisconsin who needs a just cause to support! Thanks, Renée in Oregon ^..^ Renee, something about this post bothers me. Mostly because I know humane societies don't seize animals for the hell of it. That's the last thing we want to do. There has to be a reason. Collectors can put up a very convincing case. They truly love their animals. They have hearts of gold and neglect their own needs for the sake of the animals. They start to take in too many, are unable to afford sterilization and vet care. The cats start to multiply and spread disease. Your friend had 44 animals inside one home. The best support you can give her is to direct her to get some counseling. Sherry |
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"Sherry " wrote in message ... I have a friend in Oshkosh Wisconsin that is in a desperate situation. She recently had to move her rescued animals from South Carolina to Oshkosh and in a horrible turn of events, they were seized by the local Humane Society. She has dedicated her life to these animals and intended to adopt most of them out as soon as she was able. They also took her own personal pets as well as some that were going to be adopted by her family members. The local news cast was totally false, the animals were not all sick (as seen by viewers on the newscast) and she is NOT an abuser in any way shape or form! She sells things she makes for hoomins and cats on eBay and gives 100% to take care of the dogs and cats she finds abandoned. This lady is the real thing. She is honest and a true animal lover. She needs all the love and support and any help we can give her. If there is anyone on this list or anyone who knows anyone near there who can help in any way, please email me directly. I am in Oregon so there is only so much I can do for her. I have written to the Oshkosh Humane Society and the WBAY t.v. station telling them about the integrity of this woman and berating the news station for not only getting it wrong, but for not getting both sides of the story, but I guess that's what they are all about anyway. Please let me know as soon as you can if there is anyone out there in Wisconsin who needs a just cause to support! Thanks, Renée in Oregon ^..^ Renee, something about this post bothers me. Mostly because I know humane societies don't seize animals for the hell of it. That's the last thing we want to do. There has to be a reason. Collectors can put up a very convincing case. They truly love their animals. They have hearts of gold and neglect their own needs for the sake of the animals. They start to take in too many, are unable to afford sterilization and vet care. The cats start to multiply and spread disease. Your friend had 44 animals inside one home. The best support you can give her is to direct her to get some counseling. Sherry Well Sherry if I had told you the whole story then you would realize that she's NOT a collector. She had to leave her home in SC suddenly (she was in the process of moving ) because the lady she was renting to demanded that she take all the animals with her that were going to stay and be eventually taken to WI 5 at a time to be adopted out. She offered this lady FREE rent in exchange for taking care of the animals. When she saw that this lady lied to her and DID NOT come through on her part of the bargain, she had no choice but to take them with her, she could not leave them ALONE!!! She did not even take ANY of her belongings with her, just the animals and what THEY needed. Nutro Max food, not junk cat food, litter boxes ect.... On the way to WI, they encountered a storm which damaged the covering to the animals trailer. They stopped several times to fix it and unfortunately some of the animals got wet. They made it to Oshkosh, put the animals in the basement of a house they were renting, to DE-STRESS with adequate food, water and litter boxes then she went to get some rest. (18 hrs drive from SC to WI) This was temporary and the animals had only been there 12 or less hours when a neighbor complained of the dogs barking. "The "Humane" Society was then called, and in doing what they called a "rescue" they terrorized them and took 6 hours to get them into cages which my friend could have done PEACEFULLY in 20 minutes, they refused to give any of them medication ( a few of the cats had upper respiratory before they left) until they received her signature surrendering the animals over (but that's not called neglect, nooooo). Several of the animals were promised to her family the very next day. Several of the animals were her own personal pets. She would have had to pay $17 a day per pet (17x44 for ? long=????) to have kept them in her name. She has given most of her money for the trip and to take care of these animals and not much was left. She is also currently working with the OHS to get donations to help with the cost of caring for the animals. She has written extensive letters to the shelter with details of all the animals, including their names, medical history, if they intended to be adopted out or kept by her ect... Remember she intended to continue to make trips back and forth from SC to WI to get 5 animals at a time as the state law allows and find acceptable homes for them. She uses Petfinder if you are familiar with that. You know a friend of mine called the OHS and they admitted that only a few of the animals were sick unlike the LIES Joni Geiger told to the news reporters that they were ALL sick The media wanted a story and the Humane Society wanted to look like they were doing the animals a "favor" and "rescuing" them. Some of the cats are semi-ferals which my friend has been working with for months to tame down and get ready for adoption. According to the HS and their criteria they will probably be put down since they don't have the time or patience (like a true animal lover would) to work with cats who are not ready yet for adoption. All that work to get an abandoned animal to trust and love a human and what does it get? Killed! The animals in the newscast were healthy and the dogs were wagging their tails unlike the words that were being said by the reporter that they were all sick animals with sad faces. Well I would be sad too if I were chased around by strangers, taken away from my owner and put into a cage in a hostile environment! Now she faces possible legal charges for doing what she could to not abandon her animals in SC, put them in a quiet home to de-stress until the next day until she could find more acceptable situation. She is called a "collector" and an animal abuser. I have seen those kind of people, they do not properly care for, feed, take time with, medicate, spay/neuter or love their animals much less adopt them out! They are just possesions to them and would have left them to fend on their own in the situation my friend found herself in. Now hopefully you understand more of the story and truly do understand that she is not an animal abuser. I would NEVER align myself with any one like that. Check out her "about me" page on eBay. Her name is felineurgentrescue. An animal abuser would never have done what she did. Poor lady is mortified and the media is making her out to be a villian. All she has ever done is to help these animals that would have died from starvation, disease or allowed to continue to multiply. Evidently in SC when someone moves who doesn't want their cat, they just open the door and let them "go with the wind". That attitude is not acceptable to my friend and she devoted her life to helping those who could not help themselves. Renée |
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"Sherry " wrote in message ... I have a friend in Oshkosh Wisconsin that is in a desperate situation. She recently had to move her rescued animals from South Carolina to Oshkosh and in a horrible turn of events, they were seized by the local Humane Society. She has dedicated her life to these animals and intended to adopt most of them out as soon as she was able. They also took her own personal pets as well as some that were going to be adopted by her family members. The local news cast was totally false, the animals were not all sick (as seen by viewers on the newscast) and she is NOT an abuser in any way shape or form! She sells things she makes for hoomins and cats on eBay and gives 100% to take care of the dogs and cats she finds abandoned. This lady is the real thing. She is honest and a true animal lover. She needs all the love and support and any help we can give her. If there is anyone on this list or anyone who knows anyone near there who can help in any way, please email me directly. I am in Oregon so there is only so much I can do for her. I have written to the Oshkosh Humane Society and the WBAY t.v. station telling them about the integrity of this woman and berating the news station for not only getting it wrong, but for not getting both sides of the story, but I guess that's what they are all about anyway. Please let me know as soon as you can if there is anyone out there in Wisconsin who needs a just cause to support! Thanks, Renée in Oregon ^..^ Renee, something about this post bothers me. Mostly because I know humane societies don't seize animals for the hell of it. That's the last thing we want to do. There has to be a reason. Collectors can put up a very convincing case. They truly love their animals. They have hearts of gold and neglect their own needs for the sake of the animals. They start to take in too many, are unable to afford sterilization and vet care. The cats start to multiply and spread disease. Your friend had 44 animals inside one home. The best support you can give her is to direct her to get some counseling. Sherry Well Sherry if I had told you the whole story then you would realize that she's NOT a collector. She had to leave her home in SC suddenly (she was in the process of moving ) because the lady she was renting to demanded that she take all the animals with her that were going to stay and be eventually taken to WI 5 at a time to be adopted out. She offered this lady FREE rent in exchange for taking care of the animals. When she saw that this lady lied to her and DID NOT come through on her part of the bargain, she had no choice but to take them with her, she could not leave them ALONE!!! She did not even take ANY of her belongings with her, just the animals and what THEY needed. Nutro Max food, not junk cat food, litter boxes ect.... On the way to WI, they encountered a storm which damaged the covering to the animals trailer. They stopped several times to fix it and unfortunately some of the animals got wet. They made it to Oshkosh, put the animals in the basement of a house they were renting, to DE-STRESS with adequate food, water and litter boxes then she went to get some rest. (18 hrs drive from SC to WI) This was temporary and the animals had only been there 12 or less hours when a neighbor complained of the dogs barking. "The "Humane" Society was then called, and in doing what they called a "rescue" they terrorized them and took 6 hours to get them into cages which my friend could have done PEACEFULLY in 20 minutes, they refused to give any of them medication ( a few of the cats had upper respiratory before they left) until they received her signature surrendering the animals over (but that's not called neglect, nooooo). Several of the animals were promised to her family the very next day. Several of the animals were her own personal pets. She would have had to pay $17 a day per pet (17x44 for ? long=????) to have kept them in her name. She has given most of her money for the trip and to take care of these animals and not much was left. She is also currently working with the OHS to get donations to help with the cost of caring for the animals. She has written extensive letters to the shelter with details of all the animals, including their names, medical history, if they intended to be adopted out or kept by her ect... Remember she intended to continue to make trips back and forth from SC to WI to get 5 animals at a time as the state law allows and find acceptable homes for them. She uses Petfinder if you are familiar with that. You know a friend of mine called the OHS and they admitted that only a few of the animals were sick unlike the LIES Joni Geiger told to the news reporters that they were ALL sick The media wanted a story and the Humane Society wanted to look like they were doing the animals a "favor" and "rescuing" them. Some of the cats are semi-ferals which my friend has been working with for months to tame down and get ready for adoption. According to the HS and their criteria they will probably be put down since they don't have the time or patience (like a true animal lover would) to work with cats who are not ready yet for adoption. All that work to get an abandoned animal to trust and love a human and what does it get? Killed! The animals in the newscast were healthy and the dogs were wagging their tails unlike the words that were being said by the reporter that they were all sick animals with sad faces. Well I would be sad too if I were chased around by strangers, taken away from my owner and put into a cage in a hostile environment! Now she faces possible legal charges for doing what she could to not abandon her animals in SC, put them in a quiet home to de-stress until the next day until she could find more acceptable situation. She is called a "collector" and an animal abuser. I have seen those kind of people, they do not properly care for, feed, take time with, medicate, spay/neuter or love their animals much less adopt them out! They are just possesions to them and would have left them to fend on their own in the situation my friend found herself in. Now hopefully you understand more of the story and truly do understand that she is not an animal abuser. I would NEVER align myself with any one like that. Check out her "about me" page on eBay. Her name is felineurgentrescue. An animal abuser would never have done what she did. Poor lady is mortified and the media is making her out to be a villian. All she has ever done is to help these animals that would have died from starvation, disease or allowed to continue to multiply. Evidently in SC when someone moves who doesn't want their cat, they just open the door and let them "go with the wind". That attitude is not acceptable to my friend and she devoted her life to helping those who could not help themselves. Renée |
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Well Sherry if I had told you the whole story then you would realize that
she's NOT a collector. She had to leave her home in SC suddenly (she was in the process of moving ) because the lady she was renting to demanded that she take all the animals with her that were going to stay and be eventually taken to WI 5 at a time to be adopted out. She offered this lady FREE rent in exchange for taking care of the animals. When she saw that this lady lied to her and DID NOT come through on her part of the bargain, she had no choice but to take them with her, she could not leave them ALONE!!! She did not even take ANY of her belongings with her, just the animals and what THEY needed. Nutro Max food, not junk cat food, litter boxes ect.... On the way to WI, they encountered a storm which damaged the covering to the animals trailer. They stopped several times to fix it and unfortunately some of the animals got wet. They made it to Oshkosh, put the animals in the basement of a house they were renting, to DE-STRESS with adequate food, water and litter boxes then she went to get some rest. (18 hrs drive from SC to WI) This was temporary and the animals had only been there 12 or less hours when a neighbor complained of the dogs barking. "The "Humane" Society was then called, and in doing what they called a "rescue" they terrorized them and took 6 hours to get them into cages which my friend could have done PEACEFULLY in 20 minutes, they refused to give any of them medication ( a few of the cats had upper respiratory before they left) until they received her signature surrendering the animals over (but that's not called neglect, nooooo). Several of the animals were promised to her family the very next day. Several of the animals were her own personal pets. She would have had to pay $17 a day per pet (17x44 for ? long=????) to have kept them in her name. She has given most of her money for the trip and to take care of these animals and not much was left. She is also currently working with the OHS to get donations to help with the cost of caring for the animals. She has written extensive letters to the shelter with details of all the animals, including their names, medical history, if they intended to be adopted out or kept by her ect... Remember she intended to continue to make trips back and forth from SC to WI to get 5 animals at a time as the state law allows and find acceptable homes for them. She uses Petfinder if you are familiar with that. You know a friend of mine called the OHS and they admitted that only a few of the animals were sick unlike the LIES Joni Geiger told to the news reporters that they were ALL sick The media wanted a story and the Humane Society wanted to look like they were doing the animals a "favor" and "rescuing" them. Some of the cats are semi-ferals which my friend has been working with for months to tame down and get ready for adoption. According to the HS and their criteria they will probably be put down since they don't have the time or patience (like a true animal lover would) to work with cats who are not ready yet for adoption. All that work to get an abandoned animal to trust and love a human and what does it get? Killed! The animals in the newscast were healthy and the dogs were wagging their tails unlike the words that were being said by the reporter that they were all sick animals with sad faces. Well I would be sad too if I were chased around by strangers, taken away from my owner and put into a cage in a hostile environment! Now she faces possible legal charges for doing what she could to not abandon her animals in SC, put them in a quiet home to de-stress until the next day until she could find more acceptable situation. She is called a "collector" and an animal abuser. I have seen those kind of people, they do not properly care for, feed, take time with, medicate, spay/neuter or love their animals much less adopt them out! They are just possesions to them and would have left them to fend on their own in the situation my friend found herself in. Now hopefully you understand more of the story and truly do understand that she is not an animal abuser. I would NEVER align myself with any one like that. Check out her "about me" page on eBay. Her name is felineurgentrescue. An animal abuser would never have done what she did. Poor lady is mortified and the media is making her out to be a villian. All she has ever done is to help these animals that would have died from starvation, disease or allowed to continue to multiply. Evidently in SC when someone moves who doesn't want their cat, they just open the door and let them "go with the wind". That attitude is not acceptable to my friend and she devoted her life to helping those who could not help themselves. Renée The whole thing sounds sad. I guess the questions I have are, were the pets all neutered? Vaccinated? In her new home, did she have adequate facilities to separate ill animals, and was it truly large enough to accommodate 44 animals? If not, they should have been seized. One person just can't do it all. I do admit that the methods of that particular H.S. were harsh; and we all know the media loves to manipulate a story. I have no doubt that your friend loved those animals dearly and did the best she could. But honestly, it sounds like she was over her head. We have over 40 cats at the the shelter, and even in the facility, it takes a *staff* to take care of them properly. Not just one person. What I really don't understand is why she hauled so many cats across country, and put them through that trauma, instead of enlisting the aid of a rescue org. or shelter to help her re-home them in that state. |
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Well Sherry if I had told you the whole story then you would realize that
she's NOT a collector. She had to leave her home in SC suddenly (she was in the process of moving ) because the lady she was renting to demanded that she take all the animals with her that were going to stay and be eventually taken to WI 5 at a time to be adopted out. She offered this lady FREE rent in exchange for taking care of the animals. When she saw that this lady lied to her and DID NOT come through on her part of the bargain, she had no choice but to take them with her, she could not leave them ALONE!!! She did not even take ANY of her belongings with her, just the animals and what THEY needed. Nutro Max food, not junk cat food, litter boxes ect.... On the way to WI, they encountered a storm which damaged the covering to the animals trailer. They stopped several times to fix it and unfortunately some of the animals got wet. They made it to Oshkosh, put the animals in the basement of a house they were renting, to DE-STRESS with adequate food, water and litter boxes then she went to get some rest. (18 hrs drive from SC to WI) This was temporary and the animals had only been there 12 or less hours when a neighbor complained of the dogs barking. "The "Humane" Society was then called, and in doing what they called a "rescue" they terrorized them and took 6 hours to get them into cages which my friend could have done PEACEFULLY in 20 minutes, they refused to give any of them medication ( a few of the cats had upper respiratory before they left) until they received her signature surrendering the animals over (but that's not called neglect, nooooo). Several of the animals were promised to her family the very next day. Several of the animals were her own personal pets. She would have had to pay $17 a day per pet (17x44 for ? long=????) to have kept them in her name. She has given most of her money for the trip and to take care of these animals and not much was left. She is also currently working with the OHS to get donations to help with the cost of caring for the animals. She has written extensive letters to the shelter with details of all the animals, including their names, medical history, if they intended to be adopted out or kept by her ect... Remember she intended to continue to make trips back and forth from SC to WI to get 5 animals at a time as the state law allows and find acceptable homes for them. She uses Petfinder if you are familiar with that. You know a friend of mine called the OHS and they admitted that only a few of the animals were sick unlike the LIES Joni Geiger told to the news reporters that they were ALL sick The media wanted a story and the Humane Society wanted to look like they were doing the animals a "favor" and "rescuing" them. Some of the cats are semi-ferals which my friend has been working with for months to tame down and get ready for adoption. According to the HS and their criteria they will probably be put down since they don't have the time or patience (like a true animal lover would) to work with cats who are not ready yet for adoption. All that work to get an abandoned animal to trust and love a human and what does it get? Killed! The animals in the newscast were healthy and the dogs were wagging their tails unlike the words that were being said by the reporter that they were all sick animals with sad faces. Well I would be sad too if I were chased around by strangers, taken away from my owner and put into a cage in a hostile environment! Now she faces possible legal charges for doing what she could to not abandon her animals in SC, put them in a quiet home to de-stress until the next day until she could find more acceptable situation. She is called a "collector" and an animal abuser. I have seen those kind of people, they do not properly care for, feed, take time with, medicate, spay/neuter or love their animals much less adopt them out! They are just possesions to them and would have left them to fend on their own in the situation my friend found herself in. Now hopefully you understand more of the story and truly do understand that she is not an animal abuser. I would NEVER align myself with any one like that. Check out her "about me" page on eBay. Her name is felineurgentrescue. An animal abuser would never have done what she did. Poor lady is mortified and the media is making her out to be a villian. All she has ever done is to help these animals that would have died from starvation, disease or allowed to continue to multiply. Evidently in SC when someone moves who doesn't want their cat, they just open the door and let them "go with the wind". That attitude is not acceptable to my friend and she devoted her life to helping those who could not help themselves. Renée The whole thing sounds sad. I guess the questions I have are, were the pets all neutered? Vaccinated? In her new home, did she have adequate facilities to separate ill animals, and was it truly large enough to accommodate 44 animals? If not, they should have been seized. One person just can't do it all. I do admit that the methods of that particular H.S. were harsh; and we all know the media loves to manipulate a story. I have no doubt that your friend loved those animals dearly and did the best she could. But honestly, it sounds like she was over her head. We have over 40 cats at the the shelter, and even in the facility, it takes a *staff* to take care of them properly. Not just one person. What I really don't understand is why she hauled so many cats across country, and put them through that trauma, instead of enlisting the aid of a rescue org. or shelter to help her re-home them in that state. |
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A reply from my friend herself.
The shelter in Anderson County is a "full service" shelter. They are separate from the Humane Society which is a group of dedicated, unpaid volunteers that take animals out of the shelter and place them through offsite outlets, such as Pet Lover's Warehouse and PetSmart. I am friends with some of these ladies, in fact three of the cats that were seized were with me because THEY had no where to go with them. One of the ladies is the President of the Anderson County Humane Society. The other is a member who has made MANY adoptions offsite for the Animal Shelter (which is the "full service" shelter I mentioned above.) She has told me that the standing order for the animal shelter (at one point in time) was that any kittens coming into the shelter, under the age of 3 months, were to be euthanized. Even if there were empty cages. Every time I have gone into this shelter, there are significant numbers of empty cages. This should never be the case in this community. Also, I have ALMOST never seen the paid staff at this shelter approach potential adopters when I have been in there. There is very little screening, well, there is NO screening of adopters. In addition, some of these cats are shy and would have behaved as semiferals and would have been immediately euthanized. I was not comfortable with relinquishing the animals to that shelter. I was not aware of any no-kill shelters in the area with the exception of the Hendersonville, NC shelter which is burdened with extreme overpopulation, in fact where two of the cats in my possession had come from and for that very reason. The Greenville Humane Society also kills semi-feral type cats and it's Director is lacking in compassion based on my experience working in the Greenville PetSmart as Services Director (responsible for the Luv-a-Pet center among other things). You can read about her in my book someday. In addition, the decision had to be made hastily. I chose to do what I could do on the spur of the moment and under extreme stress. Please feel free to respond to her directly if you wish, I will forward it to her. Thanks, Renée "Sherry " wrote in message ... Well Sherry if I had told you the whole story then you would realize that she's NOT a collector. She had to leave her home in SC suddenly (she was in the process of moving ) because the lady she was renting to demanded that she take all the animals with her that were going to stay and be eventually taken to WI 5 at a time to be adopted out. She offered this lady FREE rent in exchange for taking care of the animals. When she saw that this lady lied to her and DID NOT come through on her part of the bargain, she had no choice but to take them with her, she could not leave them ALONE!!! She did not even take ANY of her belongings with her, just the animals and what THEY needed. Nutro Max food, not junk cat food, litter boxes ect.... On the way to WI, they encountered a storm which damaged the covering to the animals trailer. They stopped several times to fix it and unfortunately some of the animals got wet. They made it to Oshkosh, put the animals in the basement of a house they were renting, to DE-STRESS with adequate food, water and litter boxes then she went to get some rest. (18 hrs drive from SC to WI) This was temporary and the animals had only been there 12 or less hours when a neighbor complained of the dogs barking. "The "Humane" Society was then called, and in doing what they called a "rescue" they terrorized them and took 6 hours to get them into cages which my friend could have done PEACEFULLY in 20 minutes, they refused to give any of them medication ( a few of the cats had upper respiratory before they left) until they received her signature surrendering the animals over (but that's not called neglect, nooooo). Several of the animals were promised to her family the very next day. Several of the animals were her own personal pets. She would have had to pay $17 a day per pet (17x44 for ? long=????) to have kept them in her name. She has given most of her money for the trip and to take care of these animals and not much was left. She is also currently working with the OHS to get donations to help with the cost of caring for the animals. She has written extensive letters to the shelter with details of all the animals, including their names, medical history, if they intended to be adopted out or kept by her ect... Remember she intended to continue to make trips back and forth from SC to WI to get 5 animals at a time as the state law allows and find acceptable homes for them. She uses Petfinder if you are familiar with that. You know a friend of mine called the OHS and they admitted that only a few of the animals were sick unlike the LIES Joni Geiger told to the news reporters that they were ALL sick The media wanted a story and the Humane Society wanted to look like they were doing the animals a "favor" and "rescuing" them. Some of the cats are semi-ferals which my friend has been working with for months to tame down and get ready for adoption. According to the HS and their criteria they will probably be put down since they don't have the time or patience (like a true animal lover would) to work with cats who are not ready yet for adoption. All that work to get an abandoned animal to trust and love a human and what does it get? Killed! The animals in the newscast were healthy and the dogs were wagging their tails unlike the words that were being said by the reporter that they were all sick animals with sad faces. Well I would be sad too if I were chased around by strangers, taken away from my owner and put into a cage in a hostile environment! Now she faces possible legal charges for doing what she could to not abandon her animals in SC, put them in a quiet home to de-stress until the next day until she could find more acceptable situation. She is called a "collector" and an animal abuser. I have seen those kind of people, they do not properly care for, feed, take time with, medicate, spay/neuter or love their animals much less adopt them out! They are just possesions to them and would have left them to fend on their own in the situation my friend found herself in. Now hopefully you understand more of the story and truly do understand that she is not an animal abuser. I would NEVER align myself with any one like that. Check out her "about me" page on eBay. Her name is felineurgentrescue. An animal abuser would never have done what she did. Poor lady is mortified and the media is making her out to be a villian. All she has ever done is to help these animals that would have died from starvation, disease or allowed to continue to multiply. Evidently in SC when someone moves who doesn't want their cat, they just open the door and let them "go with the wind". That attitude is not acceptable to my friend and she devoted her life to helping those who could not help themselves. Renée The whole thing sounds sad. I guess the questions I have are, were the pets all neutered? Vaccinated? In her new home, did she have adequate facilities to separate ill animals, and was it truly large enough to accommodate 44 animals? If not, they should have been seized. One person just can't do it all. I do admit that the methods of that particular H.S. were harsh; and we all know the media loves to manipulate a story. I have no doubt that your friend loved those animals dearly and did the best she could. But honestly, it sounds like she was over her head. We have over 40 cats at the the shelter, and even in the facility, it takes a *staff* to take care of them properly. Not just one person. What I really don't understand is why she hauled so many cats across country, and put them through that trauma, instead of enlisting the aid of a rescue org. or shelter to help her re-home them in that state. |
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A reply from my friend herself.
The shelter in Anderson County is a "full service" shelter. They are separate from the Humane Society which is a group of dedicated, unpaid volunteers that take animals out of the shelter and place them through offsite outlets, such as Pet Lover's Warehouse and PetSmart. I am friends with some of these ladies, in fact three of the cats that were seized were with me because THEY had no where to go with them. One of the ladies is the President of the Anderson County Humane Society. The other is a member who has made MANY adoptions offsite for the Animal Shelter (which is the "full service" shelter I mentioned above.) She has told me that the standing order for the animal shelter (at one point in time) was that any kittens coming into the shelter, under the age of 3 months, were to be euthanized. Even if there were empty cages. Every time I have gone into this shelter, there are significant numbers of empty cages. This should never be the case in this community. Also, I have ALMOST never seen the paid staff at this shelter approach potential adopters when I have been in there. There is very little screening, well, there is NO screening of adopters. In addition, some of these cats are shy and would have behaved as semiferals and would have been immediately euthanized. I was not comfortable with relinquishing the animals to that shelter. I was not aware of any no-kill shelters in the area with the exception of the Hendersonville, NC shelter which is burdened with extreme overpopulation, in fact where two of the cats in my possession had come from and for that very reason. The Greenville Humane Society also kills semi-feral type cats and it's Director is lacking in compassion based on my experience working in the Greenville PetSmart as Services Director (responsible for the Luv-a-Pet center among other things). You can read about her in my book someday. In addition, the decision had to be made hastily. I chose to do what I could do on the spur of the moment and under extreme stress. Please feel free to respond to her directly if you wish, I will forward it to her. Thanks, Renée "Sherry " wrote in message ... Well Sherry if I had told you the whole story then you would realize that she's NOT a collector. She had to leave her home in SC suddenly (she was in the process of moving ) because the lady she was renting to demanded that she take all the animals with her that were going to stay and be eventually taken to WI 5 at a time to be adopted out. She offered this lady FREE rent in exchange for taking care of the animals. When she saw that this lady lied to her and DID NOT come through on her part of the bargain, she had no choice but to take them with her, she could not leave them ALONE!!! She did not even take ANY of her belongings with her, just the animals and what THEY needed. Nutro Max food, not junk cat food, litter boxes ect.... On the way to WI, they encountered a storm which damaged the covering to the animals trailer. They stopped several times to fix it and unfortunately some of the animals got wet. They made it to Oshkosh, put the animals in the basement of a house they were renting, to DE-STRESS with adequate food, water and litter boxes then she went to get some rest. (18 hrs drive from SC to WI) This was temporary and the animals had only been there 12 or less hours when a neighbor complained of the dogs barking. "The "Humane" Society was then called, and in doing what they called a "rescue" they terrorized them and took 6 hours to get them into cages which my friend could have done PEACEFULLY in 20 minutes, they refused to give any of them medication ( a few of the cats had upper respiratory before they left) until they received her signature surrendering the animals over (but that's not called neglect, nooooo). Several of the animals were promised to her family the very next day. Several of the animals were her own personal pets. She would have had to pay $17 a day per pet (17x44 for ? long=????) to have kept them in her name. She has given most of her money for the trip and to take care of these animals and not much was left. She is also currently working with the OHS to get donations to help with the cost of caring for the animals. She has written extensive letters to the shelter with details of all the animals, including their names, medical history, if they intended to be adopted out or kept by her ect... Remember she intended to continue to make trips back and forth from SC to WI to get 5 animals at a time as the state law allows and find acceptable homes for them. She uses Petfinder if you are familiar with that. You know a friend of mine called the OHS and they admitted that only a few of the animals were sick unlike the LIES Joni Geiger told to the news reporters that they were ALL sick The media wanted a story and the Humane Society wanted to look like they were doing the animals a "favor" and "rescuing" them. Some of the cats are semi-ferals which my friend has been working with for months to tame down and get ready for adoption. According to the HS and their criteria they will probably be put down since they don't have the time or patience (like a true animal lover would) to work with cats who are not ready yet for adoption. All that work to get an abandoned animal to trust and love a human and what does it get? Killed! The animals in the newscast were healthy and the dogs were wagging their tails unlike the words that were being said by the reporter that they were all sick animals with sad faces. Well I would be sad too if I were chased around by strangers, taken away from my owner and put into a cage in a hostile environment! Now she faces possible legal charges for doing what she could to not abandon her animals in SC, put them in a quiet home to de-stress until the next day until she could find more acceptable situation. She is called a "collector" and an animal abuser. I have seen those kind of people, they do not properly care for, feed, take time with, medicate, spay/neuter or love their animals much less adopt them out! They are just possesions to them and would have left them to fend on their own in the situation my friend found herself in. Now hopefully you understand more of the story and truly do understand that she is not an animal abuser. I would NEVER align myself with any one like that. Check out her "about me" page on eBay. Her name is felineurgentrescue. An animal abuser would never have done what she did. Poor lady is mortified and the media is making her out to be a villian. All she has ever done is to help these animals that would have died from starvation, disease or allowed to continue to multiply. Evidently in SC when someone moves who doesn't want their cat, they just open the door and let them "go with the wind". That attitude is not acceptable to my friend and she devoted her life to helping those who could not help themselves. Renée The whole thing sounds sad. I guess the questions I have are, were the pets all neutered? Vaccinated? In her new home, did she have adequate facilities to separate ill animals, and was it truly large enough to accommodate 44 animals? If not, they should have been seized. One person just can't do it all. I do admit that the methods of that particular H.S. were harsh; and we all know the media loves to manipulate a story. I have no doubt that your friend loved those animals dearly and did the best she could. But honestly, it sounds like she was over her head. We have over 40 cats at the the shelter, and even in the facility, it takes a *staff* to take care of them properly. Not just one person. What I really don't understand is why she hauled so many cats across country, and put them through that trauma, instead of enlisting the aid of a rescue org. or shelter to help her re-home them in that state. |
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More of my friends answers to your questions....
"I didn't address some of the questions so I will now: About 75% of the animals were neutered and vaccinated. No, there were not adequate facilities in the new home and that's why the Humane Society, as well as other rescue organizations here in WI would have been contacted on Monday. One more thing ... two of the canines actually belonged to the "friend" that backed out of the agreement. All animals could have been separated, however, who went where would have been part of the logistics of the networking with more local to WI rescue groups. Basically, the decision was to get them to a safe place where they could be divided up appropriately amongst groups of animal welfare individuals. As far as the *staff* thing .... I worked MINIMUM of 80 hours a week caring for the animals, multitasking all the way, from the time I got up until I went to sleep. The eBay items were created between "litterscooping" expeditions. I daresay if the *staff* were as effective as I was, they could cut it in half." A reply from my friend herself. The shelter in Anderson County is a "full service" shelter. They are separate from the Humane Society which is a group of dedicated, unpaid volunteers that take animals out of the shelter and place them through offsite outlets, such as Pet Lover's Warehouse and PetSmart. I am friends with some of these ladies, in fact three of the cats that were seized were with me because THEY had no where to go with them. One of the ladies is the President of the Anderson County Humane Society. The other is a member who has made MANY adoptions offsite for the Animal Shelter (which is the "full service" shelter I mentioned above.) She has told me that the standing order for the animal shelter (at one point in time) was that any kittens coming into the shelter, under the age of 3 months, were to be euthanized. Even if there were empty cages. Every time I have gone into this shelter, there are significant numbers of empty cages. This should never be the case in this community. Also, I have ALMOST never seen the paid staff at this shelter approach potential adopters when I have been in there. There is very little screening, well, there is NO screening of adopters. In addition, some of these cats are shy and would have behaved as semiferals and would have been immediately euthanized. I was not comfortable with relinquishing the animals to that shelter. I was not aware of any no-kill shelters in the area with the exception of the Hendersonville, NC shelter which is burdened with extreme overpopulation, in fact where two of the cats in my possession had come from and for that very reason. The Greenville Humane Society also kills semi-feral type cats and it's Director is lacking in compassion based on my experience working in the Greenville PetSmart as Services Director (responsible for the Luv-a-Pet center among other things). You can read about her in my book someday. In addition, the decision had to be made hastily. I chose to do what I could do on the spur of the moment and under extreme stress. Please feel free to respond to her directly if you wish, I will forward it to her. Thanks, Renée "Sherry " wrote in message ... Well Sherry if I had told you the whole story then you would realize that she's NOT a collector. She had to leave her home in SC suddenly (she was in the process of moving ) because the lady she was renting to demanded that she take all the animals with her that were going to stay and be eventually taken to WI 5 at a time to be adopted out. She offered this lady FREE rent in exchange for taking care of the animals. When she saw that this lady lied to her and DID NOT come through on her part of the bargain, she had no choice but to take them with her, she could not leave them ALONE!!! She did not even take ANY of her belongings with her, just the animals and what THEY needed. Nutro Max food, not junk cat food, litter boxes ect.... On the way to WI, they encountered a storm which damaged the covering to the animals trailer. They stopped several times to fix it and unfortunately some of the animals got wet. They made it to Oshkosh, put the animals in the basement of a house they were renting, to DE-STRESS with adequate food, water and litter boxes then she went to get some rest. (18 hrs drive from SC to WI) This was temporary and the animals had only been there 12 or less hours when a neighbor complained of the dogs barking. "The "Humane" Society was then called, and in doing what they called a "rescue" they terrorized them and took 6 hours to get them into cages which my friend could have done PEACEFULLY in 20 minutes, they refused to give any of them medication ( a few of the cats had upper respiratory before they left) until they received her signature surrendering the animals over (but that's not called neglect, nooooo). Several of the animals were promised to her family the very next day. Several of the animals were her own personal pets. She would have had to pay $17 a day per pet (17x44 for ? long=????) to have kept them in her name. She has given most of her money for the trip and to take care of these animals and not much was left. She is also currently working with the OHS to get donations to help with the cost of caring for the animals. She has written extensive letters to the shelter with details of all the animals, including their names, medical history, if they intended to be adopted out or kept by her ect... Remember she intended to continue to make trips back and forth from SC to WI to get 5 animals at a time as the state law allows and find acceptable homes for them. She uses Petfinder if you are familiar with that. You know a friend of mine called the OHS and they admitted that only a few of the animals were sick unlike the LIES Joni Geiger told to the news reporters that they were ALL sick The media wanted a story and the Humane Society wanted to look like they were doing the animals a "favor" and "rescuing" them. Some of the cats are semi-ferals which my friend has been working with for months to tame down and get ready for adoption. According to the HS and their criteria they will probably be put down since they don't have the time or patience (like a true animal lover would) to work with cats who are not ready yet for adoption. All that work to get an abandoned animal to trust and love a human and what does it get? Killed! The animals in the newscast were healthy and the dogs were wagging their tails unlike the words that were being said by the reporter that they were all sick animals with sad faces. Well I would be sad too if I were chased around by strangers, taken away from my owner and put into a cage in a hostile environment! Now she faces possible legal charges for doing what she could to not abandon her animals in SC, put them in a quiet home to de-stress until the next day until she could find more acceptable situation. She is called a "collector" and an animal abuser. I have seen those kind of people, they do not properly care for, feed, take time with, medicate, spay/neuter or love their animals much less adopt them out! They are just possesions to them and would have left them to fend on their own in the situation my friend found herself in. Now hopefully you understand more of the story and truly do understand that she is not an animal abuser. I would NEVER align myself with any one like that. Check out her "about me" page on eBay. Her name is felineurgentrescue. An animal abuser would never have done what she did. Poor lady is mortified and the media is making her out to be a villian. All she has ever done is to help these animals that would have died from starvation, disease or allowed to continue to multiply. Evidently in SC when someone moves who doesn't want their cat, they just open the door and let them "go with the wind". That attitude is not acceptable to my friend and she devoted her life to helping those who could not help themselves. Renée The whole thing sounds sad. I guess the questions I have are, were the pets all neutered? Vaccinated? In her new home, did she have adequate facilities to separate ill animals, and was it truly large enough to accommodate 44 animals? If not, they should have been seized. One person just can't do it all. I do admit that the methods of that particular H.S. were harsh; and we all know the media loves to manipulate a story. I have no doubt that your friend loved those animals dearly and did the best she could. But honestly, it sounds like she was over her head. We have over 40 cats at the the shelter, and even in the facility, it takes a *staff* to take care of them properly. Not just one person. What I really don't understand is why she hauled so many cats across country, and put them through that trauma, instead of enlisting the aid of a rescue org. or shelter to help her re-home them in that state. |
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