Why can’t volunteers photograph adoptable pets at this “shelter”?

February 4, 2012

by Michelle “ex-parker paws volunteer” Kays -

If the average citizen visits the municipal (i.e.; tax-payer funded) Weatherford/Parker County Animal Shelter and sees a cute dog or cat they’re interested in, they’re likely to use their cell phone to take a photo to share with their friends and perhaps post on a social media site.  So why are volunteers stopped by shelter staff and told they can’t photograph adoptable pets at the shelter and share on Facebook for potential adopters?  This seems like harrassment, unless they’ve started a new policy of collecting all cell phones and cameras from visitors to the shelter.  What exactly is their Mission Statement?  Why wouldn’t a shelter’s mission statement include encouraging adoptions for the homeless pets?  Shelters across the U.S. are posting their dogs in hopes of them making it out alive….why is this shelter so opposed to it……what are they afraid of?

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Incidentally, don’t go to the Weatherford/Parker County Animal ”Shelter” with thoughts of adopting any of these cute little puppies. These adoption ready puppies were part of the 30+ puppies that were killed at the animal “shelter” days before Christmas. Why were they killed? Was it because:

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Animal Shelter Always Last ~

February 3, 2012

by Michelle “ex-parker paws volunteer” Kays -

We know from history that the animal shelter is the last to get a boost……if it is a choice between the library or the shelter, the library will win……..they have crazy long hours:

Monday – Thursday

10:00 am to 8:00 pm

Friday – Saturday

10:00 am to 6:00 pm

Sunday

2:00 pm to 6:00 pm

And the shelter closes at 4pm, about an hour or more before anyone gets off work, doesn’t open at all on Sunday and Monday…..

So if someone wants to go check out a book they have 7 days a week and well into the evening…..if they want to go save a life and adopt a new family member they have to take off work………oh and if a holiday falls on a Monday? They close that Saturday…..why not Tuesday?

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The TRUTH About What Has Been Going On At The “Shelter”

February 3, 2012

By Lee Ann Adams

If I am never allowed to step foot on that property again, it will all have been worthwhile to expose the TRUTH about what has been going on at the Weatherford/Parker County Animal Shelter for YEARS. There are MANY wrongs that have occurred (and still occur) on that property.
Things like:
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Steve Bates trying to replace the Parker Paws volunteers?

February 1, 2012

On February 1st, a meeting is being held by Steve Bates, the director of the animal shelter, to recruit new volunteers to replace the Parker Paws volunteers. He and the shelter management have some measure of CONTROL over volunteers, and I think that’s why he’s try to corral all of us who want to see changes at the shelter into that category.

Here are a few things I’ve heard about how things are done at the shelter.

Steve Bates had a meeting with several Parker Paws volunteers last week. During that meeting, someone mentioned that the Plano shelter could take some of the Weatherford shelter’s dogs. One of the former Parker Paws volunteers said she would drive the dogs to Plano. Steve Bates told her they didn’t need her, that the shelter employees would take the dogs — but he said he wanted to see if this volunteer was a “talker” or a “doer.”

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Can the Weatherford/Parker County Animal Shelter Become a NO-KILL Shelter – If not, why not?

January 30, 2012

Rush Limbaugh often says, “It’s not what they say, it’s what they do that matters”.  City and County officials may ‘say’ all the right things, but what are they actually doing at the Weatherford/Parker County Animal Shelter that will create and sustain a cordial and productive working environment for both staff and volunteers?

My perception as an observer from the outside looking in, and after talking to many volunteers, is that the volunteers are frustrated and sickened by all the needless killing of adoptable pets, and that they routinely experience interference by the ACO with their efforts to rescue helpless animals and move them to safer environments.

How many other pet loving tax payers have formed the same opinion due to the ‘all talk – no action’  ”leadership”  of city officials?

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Time For An Outside Audit Of The Weatherford/Parker County Animal Shelter ?

January 29, 2012

Do you think an audit of the animal shelter by an independent agency should be conducted –

Why?

Why Not?

Do you have first-hand experience involving the Weatherford/Parker County Animal Shelter that causes you to believe an audit is warranted?

Could an audit be used to confirm an acceptable level of accountability as well as exposure of any possible wrongdoing?

What do you think? Speak up – it’s your taxes!

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Parker Paws – Another victim of the Animal Control Officer (ACO)

January 29, 2012

By Stephanie “Parker County Taxpayer” Wright -

Having fostered and re-homed over 30 wonderful dogs from the shelter and as a tax payer I am ashamed and sickened at what is taking place at this shelter. Plain and simple it has been a power struggle between an ACO who has a god complex and volunteers who work countless and thankless hours giving of their hearts, souls and pocketbooks even though they have already paid once with their tax dollars.

Wherever there is corruption and control issues, the only way to clean it up is to clean house. Many of the pets I have fostered were on the euth list and the ACO practically snarled at me as I took them home to work with them and bring them back from the brink of death and they became wonderful loving and loyal pets for families all over the DFW metroplex area. We had people driving from Dallas, Lubbock, Abilene adopting from our shelter and from our foster homes because of the great reputation we had gained.

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What Was This Puppy’s Crime

January 28, 2012

By Lenny Leatherman -

Why has virtually everyone associated with the Weatherford/Parker County Animal Shelter, including Veterinarians and volunteers walked away in disgust?

Can it be attributed to the helpless animals that are killed, sometime as many as forty or more at one time?

Or, is it due to callous and or incompetent management at the “shelter” AND management at higher levels in City Government?

How long should the citizens of Parker County who care deeply about the care and treatment of helpless animals, wait for the hostile working environment at the shelter to improve to an acceptable level for all concerned – including the animals?

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Parker Paws calls it quits with shelter -

January 28, 2012

More distressing news, especially for the animals left behind at the shelter… 

From The Weatherford Telegram, By Lance Winter, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 -

It appears that the relationship between Parker Paws and the Weatherford/Parker County Animal Shelter has taken another turn and this time for the worse.

An e-mail sent to the Weatherford Telegram on Thursday said the non-profit organization, which has provided volunteer services and other programs to benefit the Weatherford/Parker County Animal Shelter for four years, is “changing their focus.”

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Shelter cancels spay, neuter clinic

January 24, 2012

From Weatherford Democrat, by Sally Sexton (CNHI), January 24, 2012 - 

PARKER COUNTY — Parker Paws has canceled at least one low-cost spay and neuter clinic, according to a post on Facebook, provoking even more questions regarding the relationship between the non-profit organization and the Weatherford/Parker County animal shelter.

“Today’s clinic was canceled due to the vet, Dr. Pamela Kaiser, no longer working for the city,” said Parker Paws president Barbara Pursley via email. “Parker Paws’ low-cost clinics at the Weatherford/Parker County Animal Shelter are being suspended. I’m not at liberty to discuss changes made by the city regarding vet services at the shelter for our low-cost clinics, but because of these changes, we’re not sure how long the suspension will last.” Read the rest of this entry »

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