Mar 26
Columbus County doesn’t participate in a state program that helps finance low cost spaying and neutering of cats and dogs. Do you think the county is doing enough?
Columbus County doesn’t participate in a state program that helps finance low cost spaying and neutering of cats and dogs. Do you think the county is doing enough?
March 30th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
As a member of Columbus Humane Society, I know that our group has worked countless hours on spay/neuter issues. We provide low cost programs and transport the animals out of county for the public in order for the average citizen to be able to afford the surgery. There are many,many people who love their pets but find it difficult to finance this medical expense.
Our county animal control adopts animals for a very low fee which only covers the cost of a rabies shot at one of the county vet’s offices. What normally happens is that that cat or dog either has a litter or if male, fathers a litter. Then those puppies or kittens wind up back at the pound (many times the female, too) to be either adopted out to begin the cycle again or be gassed in the chamber on Friday mornings. If they are not taken to the pound or picked up at the owner’s request by animal control, many times, they are allowed to roam, disturbing neighbors or getting killed on the road. Since dogs, by nature, are pack animals, they can join with others and actually become dangerous and distructive. Cats form colonies that become ferral, wild from no human contact. These animals all can spread parasites and disease. They can also cause accidents, fight with other animals, kill livestock as well as wildlife, and even hurt people.
All animals that are adopted from the animal shelter should be altered before they are allowed to go to a new owner. It is a travisty that there is money avaliable for a program in which our county does not participate. Shame on those in charge!!!! A little more “bookkeeping” is probably all it would take to help curb this cycle.
April 2nd, 2007 at 8:48 am
The I Care money is available to all counties who apply. Our county is in bad shape, alway’s borrowing from the contingency fund. We need all the money that is available to us. So they have to do a little book work, will not hurt them. In the long run will give them more time because they will not be out picking up stray’s, if all animals are spayed and neutered before leaving pound. This would also assure that each one is receiving a Rabies Shot. The pound does not check to see if all the Rabies Certificates they give to people are being used or not. Also cut down on the number of animals be gassed each Friday. So I say get this money for the good of the county and the animals.
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:06 pm
I have lived in other states and cities. All of the shelters/control agencies I have seen require the animals to be fixed before the adopting owner takes possession of the animal.
I have always thought that Columbus County kind of defeats the purpose of animal control by allowing intact animals to be adopted.
If there is money available , they need to take advantage of it. Otherwise they need to be more aggressive with their euthanasia policies. It may sound cruel, but what is worse? one dog being humanly put to sleep? or a bunch of puppies starving to death or worse?
April 17th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
can we spay/neuter the teens of Columbus Co and reduce the out of wedlock problem? we have been unwilling to take care of our children and find shock that we don’t take care of our animals.
What does it say about us?