First off let me begin by saying THANK YOU!!!! Thank you everyone for your support!! There has been some media attention, online blogging and certainly a lot of outrage shown (rightfully so). When I first started the petition it was most certainly to get the word out and hopefully open some eyes at the situation of The Columbus County Animal Shelter, Rossie Hayes’s, mismanagement and abuse of power. I had no idea how much it really needed to be heard as the events unfolded. It seems Rossie has a track record of doing these things in the past and nothing has been done about it to date. He seems to be a member of the “Good Ol Boys Club” that is taking place in this county. Hopefully that is about to change. There has been a lot going on in the last few days. Mr. Rossie Hayes stated to WECT his excuse was The dogs we had in the animal shelter are already on Facebook, and Im sure the rescue groups are out there raising money to get them adopted, and vets to come pick them up. All I have to say is this is the most ridiculous reason I have ever heard in my life. This was also reason number 234,506 at this point as he kept changing his story. His initial claim was the dogs were “unhealthy”. The heirs to the owner beg to differ as they were all up to date on shots etc. The paperwork from the shelter (now confirmed) shows that there were actually 14 open kennels at the time (initially thought to be 11) when he decided to euthanize the 13 out of 15 dogs from the single home and not tell any of his staff of his intent. That was beyond plenty of room for dogs that knew each other and could clearly be doubled up if need be. He apparently missed the 2 puppies that were now known to be placed in Kennel 19 because they came on a different truck and he did not realize they were part of the group. (Thank god for small favors) The puppies have since been removed by a Rescue Group and are now in good hands. The Shelter staff has opened the facility this weekend a couple times to ensure animals got out to safety and into rescue groups. I must also state that the paperwork on the two Hounds that were euthanized on October 17, 2013, seems to not exist. Therefore, they do not exist in the eyes of the county. Not the first time dogs brought into this shelter by this man went nonexistent. WECT has interviewed Mr. Hayes, and not to our surprise the whole story was not told. We have come to find out the lady said to have been the owner whom surrendered and signed over the dogs was neither his wife nor his daughter. The daughter was actually the heir and legal guardian. That being said since an owner never signed over the dogs they were to be considered strays and should have been placed on 72 hour hold. Mr. Hayes is still claiming the animals were not healthy. The news story can be seen here tinyurl/np6hts4 I have personally spoken with Nicole Cartrette of The News Reporter, Whiteville. Nicole previously ran a story about Mr. Hayes on May 21, 2010 found here tinyurl/q6qro5z Jefferson Weaver a reporter from the same paper seems to have a very different opinion of Mr. Hayes even to the extent of lying and bashing us on his personal Facebook page and bringing it to the Volunteer/Shelter Facebook page Urgent Dogs of Columbus County Animal Shelter, NC. He must belong to the same “Good Ol Boys Club as Mr. Hays. I do find it quite ironic that after one of his “friends” states “Jennifer Witkowski There have always been lots of rumors about Columbus animal control. Sigh. Stupidity in mass”, Mr. Weaver replied by saying “Jefferson Weaver And some have, regrettably, been true. But Rossie has always been willing to admit when he was wrong, and willing to work with folks who will work with him. Im glad we have a good relationship with him now with the USERL.” So apparently, Mr. Hayes has been such an “honest” Law Abiding man in the past that surely he could not have done anything wrong now right? That being said, I can only pray that Nicole is the one running the story that Mr. Weaver claims his paper is putting out on Monday because if he is the one writing it … sigh. whiteville From WECT “Hayes tells us his shelter has one of the lowest kill rates in our area, and that statistic shows he’s dedicated to saving animals.” Well here is some eye opening information on that one found here tinyurl/on79ej4 ... You tell me how that adds up at ALL? The County does NOT pay for the food and medical expenses at all for these dogs. The community of over 4,000 people on this Facebook page does. If the kill rate is down and cost is down that is thanks to all the good people on that page that help and NOTHING at all to do with Mr. Hayes or his management skills. There is a County Commissioners Meeting being held tomorrow night, Monday, October 21, 2013 Courthouse Annex, 112 W Smith St. Whiteville, NC. I have been informed it was too late to get on the agenda, but there is a public forum that people are going to speak at. If you are in the County or close to it I urge you to please go and show your support to remove this man. The Family did NOT know this was Mr. Hayes’s intent with the dogs. This was posted tonight “Jennifer Delong-White Exciting news about tomorrow evenings Columbus County Council meeting. The owner of the dogs is planning to speak about her outrage that all the dogs were killed. She was told that 2-3 older dogs might have to be put down due to their Senior status, but she had no idea that CCAC would kill them all. She will reiterate that the thirteen dogs were healthy and that sadly, they were turned in to animal control because the family could not afford to feed that many dogs. Another sad note: the family learned about the mass killing on the evening news. They were heartbroken and said that they would not have turned them in to animal control had they known the consequences.” Sadly, I have mixed emotions. While I am elated the family feels the way we do, I am saddened by the lack of compassion of Mr. Hayes and it only makes it more important to get this man removed even more. Some of you have asked where you can send letters too. This is the information I received on who we should write to from Lynn.. Please consider using this contact information to let County officials know we are not giving up on Mr. Hayes removal. Please be polite and factual in your communication with these officials - let them know what we do, what YOU do personally, and how you feel about their lack of attention to this matter: Mr. Bill Clark, County Manager, [email protected], 910-640-6600 Amon E McKenzie, County Commissioner P.O.Box 1884 Whiteville, NC 28472 (910) 738-6281 Work [email protected] James E. Prevatte, County Commissioner P.O.Box 905 Whiteville, NC 28472 (910) 642-0400 [email protected] Giles E. (Buddy) Byrd, County Commissioner 1941 Giles Byrd Rd Hallsboro, NC 28442 910) 646-3365 Voice (910) 646-3365 Fax buddybyrd@gmail P. Edwin Russ, County Commissioner 1123 South Madison Street Whiteville, NC 28472 (910) 646-1366 Home (910) 642-3444 Fax edwinruss@embarqmail Trent Burroughs, County Commissioner 209 North Lewis St Tabor City, NC 28463 (910) 653-2928 Business Ricky Bullard, County Commisioner Vice Chairman 215 Bullard Lane Cerro Gordo, NC 28430 (910) 654-4833 Charles T. McDowell, County Commissioner Chairman P.O. Box 59 7691 Seven Creeks Highway Nakina, NC 28455 (910) 642-3709 Home cmcdowell53@yahoo Thank you all! Your support is greatly appreciated. Please continue to spread the work as we are not backing down we implore you to not either. I will continue to update when we have more information. Thank you , Heather Leicht
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 05:25:57 +0000
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