JUST LOVE THE LOOK ON STEPHANIE MOORE FACE WAY TO GO OHIO> GAS CHAMBER GONE! ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST! youtu.be/CWsJcg-g1pg MEDINA, Ohio — The Medina County commissioners voted this morning to sell the county animal shelters gas chamber to the Medina County SPCA for $1. The SPCA will remove the chamber from the shelter at 6334 Deerview Lane, disassemble the chamber and have it hauled away for scrap metal, SPCA director Stephanie Moore wrote in a memo presented to the commissioners. The SPCA will issue a check to the county for the amount of the scrap metal. The SPCA will receive an anonymous donation of $10,000 to be used for the expansion and enhancement of the county cat program based on this agreement, the memo states. Moore said the public will be invited to a demolition party to help destroy the chamber. The party has not yet been scheduled. Commissioner Pat Geissman said after this mornings meeting, I hope everyone is pleased with our decision. Certainly, I am pleased with the outcome. We heard what people had to say and responded. The offer of $10,000 came in response to the commissioners unanimous decision at last weeks meeting to sell the gas chamber on an Internet auction, a move that met with much public criticism. That resolution was rescinded this morning in order for the commissioners to accept the terms of the donation -- the chamber had to be destroyed and the donation would go to the SPCA. Teresa Landon, the director of the Ohio Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said last week that she was horrified that the Medina County commissioners would even consider selling the county animal shelters gas chamber at auction. moore-jakabjpg-dd333ed043c0836c.jpg View full size Medina County SPCA director Stephanie Moore, left, attends the commissioners meeting to hear the vote on a resolution to sell the countys gas chamber to the SPCA for destruction. County Administrator Chris Jakab, who oversees the county animal shelter that used the gas chamber for decades, sits behind Moore. Donna J. Miller, The Plain Dealer The death box must be destroyed, cut up and sold as scrap metal, she said. Moore, director of the Medina County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, last week called the chamber a thing of the past that should be destroyed. The anonymous donor called Moore last Wednesday and said the donation would be given to the Medina SPCA for the care of cats. The local non-profit began taking in more cats last month, after the commissioners voted to stop accepting cats at the county shelter that killed them in the gas chamber. Thousands of dogs and cats, including 289 cats last year, were killed in the 20-year-old chamber before public outcry led the commissioners to stop accepting cats at the shelter built for dogs. The county stopped killing dogs in the chamber several years ago due to public opposition. The commissioners paid $13,000 to the SPCA to take in owner-surrendered and friendly stray cats. The SPCA wont accept feral cats, as they are not adoptable. The $13,000 came out of the countys profit on the sale of dog licenses. The dog kennel fund surplus stands at more than $300,000. The county shelter has also been criticized for using improper drug doses to kill dogs by lethal injection. In response, county officials said the shelter workers will be retrained.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:53:12 +0000
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