This is happening in Jax right now and it is TOTAL BULLSHIT. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - ACPS will NOT help these dogs. They wont pick the dogs up, wont authorize overtime to help the dogs...........one is probably already dead. The other 3 are on heavy chains and malnourished. On the Westside. Well, here is what I say to you ACPS............f you, thats what. I will NOT support you, you pathetic excuse for AC. You tout yourself as such an example of how to run a great shelter..........yet YOU WILL NOT GO GET THOSE DOGS WHO ARE STARVING RIGHT IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. Its been on the news, and no one has helped. Why do we allow this to happen? Why isnt there some kind of outcry here? AND WHY ARE WE BRAGGING ABOUT OUR AC WHEN THEY CLEARLY DONT GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THESE 3 DOGS..........THE FOURTH WAS SO WEAK IT COULD NOT STAND UP. WAS GONE THE NEXT DAY. ACPS...........DO YOUR JOB!!!! A captain with Jacksonville Fire-Rescue is concerned about what she says is animal cruelty at a Westside mans home. At Fire Station 31, crews respond to dozens of calls a day, but fires and medical call outs arent the only emergencies they encounter. While responding to a medical call, Capt. Tammi Reyes says she noticed four pit bulls that she said were malnourished in one mans yard. I know what a malnourished, underfed dog looks like, said Reyes. Reyes said three of the emaciated pit bulls caught her attention, and the fourth one she said appeared to be near death. It was so crippled it could not even walk, said Reyes. It had one of those big chains around its neck. On Wednesday, that fourth dog wasnt there. The homeowner was also not at home and didnt respond to phone calls. Investigators with animal control said they dont know what happened to the dog that appeared to be in the worst shape. Reyes said she called animal control Sunday, but was told by a city worker they couldnt authorize overtime hours for an investigator that day. Shes hoping the delay didnt cost the missing dog its life. If we feel the animal is in imminent danger of dying, we can take it, said Nikki Harris with Animal Control and Protective Services. If the animal is in poor health, than we cannot. Harris said she cant talk about cases that are active and under investigation, but she did say the dogs owner has been given specific instructions on nursing the dogs back to health. If he doesnt, he could lose custody. ”Typically we follow back up with the things we need to be completed, some officers ask them to fax the records from veterinarians, said Harris. Investigators have given the dogs owner until Monday to take the dogs to a veterinarian.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:45:23 +0000
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