Calif. group gives Texas dog national hero award
The Associated Press, By SUE MANNING, May 7, 2012 – LOS ANGELES — Three years ago, Bear was a 100-pound Shiloh German shepherd nobody wanted at a Texas shelter. Debbie Zeisler came to his rescue. She has lost count of the times since then that he has come to hers. On Monday, Bear was honored [...]
Great day for homeless dogs at Weatherford Blooms
By Michelle Kays, April 29,2012 – If you were at Weatherford Blooms on Saturday you may have seen the adoption trailer there filled with pets looking for homes. If you were there at the end of the day you saw an empty trailer. Yes, that’s right, over 12 pets found new homes that day. Animals, [...]
Parker Paws seeks solutions while City Officials justifiy failure
For additional information, go to Help Weatherford Shelter Pets. ______________________________________ Sadly, city officials continue to play shell games with personnel and become even more proficient at their evade and elude tactics!
Saving Face Instead of Saving Lives
By Judith Fairly – This is an election year. In a matter of weeks, local residents will have an opportunity to exercise their right to vote. Historically, the turnout for city elections has been cringingly low, which works in favor of the incumbents. I’m sure those on the City Council who are up for re-election [...]
Promises, Promises ~ until the election is over
UPDATE: by Harry Wilfer, April 11, 2012 – I attended the city council meeting last night for the first, and probably last, time. My impression was that of egoistic little-league politicians who actually believe that Weatherford is some kind of metropolis. And as far as blaisdell goes, I can no longer stand the sight of [...]
Feed Your Pets Right
from YoungAgain.com, byRoger Mason, April 3, 2012 – About one third of American households own dogs and cats. Almost all of these people feed their pets commercial dog food because they don’t know any better. Commercial dog food is junk, even the expensive brands. This includes the expensive “natural” brands. There are almost no laws [...]
More accusations of wrongdoing by Animal Shelter Management
by Judith Fairly - I have spoken with eyewitnesses to abuse of power at the shelter by Dianne Daniels, to those who have first-hand knowledge of shelter staff stealing food and other donated goods, of shelter staff playing games on their computers, never knowing what animals were in the kennels or interacting with any of [...]
Euthanisia ~ How do we compare to national average
by Lenny Leatherman – The Humane Society of the United States states on their website that: “In the 1970s, American shelters euthanized 12-20 million dogs and cats, at a time when there were 67 million pets in homes. Today, shelters euthanize around 4 million animals, while there are more than 135 million dogs and cats [...]
-Animal “Shelter” ~ shelter from what???
by Judith Fairly – When I read about the crisis at the animal shelter back in January,I called City Manager Jerry Blaisdell and Steve Bates, who was then Director of the shelter. I asked what I could do to help. Both of them advised me to become a shelter volunteer. That was almost 3 months [...]
