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Comment on Follow-Up: Chronicle Reports More Bad News Out Of BARC by beni

beni — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:46:54 +0000

Was there reason to suspect an outbreak of canine distemper or was this an excuse to euthanize? This organization is in serious need of help, folks. Band aids won’t cut it anymore.

Comment on Dog Locked In L.A. Shelter For Four Years; Could It Happen In Houston? by beni

beni — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:23:23 +0000

YES! This could happen in Houston just as it happens in many more places than you know. For example, it is happening to Brindi in Nova Scotia and Bruce in Northern Ireland right now, just to name a couple.

Ohio has enacted a “vicious breed” ban that apparently allows officers to confiscate dogs that look like pit bulls and euthanize them.

And in most cases, the owners are given few options to save their beloved companions other than expensive legal filings procedures which lag on into infinity. A pet’s life is finite.

You owe it to yourself to take the time and read the animal control laws/by-laws of your community carefully and imagine how they read if it’s your pet that has been impounded. Then you need to marshall to change those that unfairly seize, impound and/or euthanize your pet.

As an update on Stu, if action is not taken quickly, Stu could die on July 23, 2009 for simply defending himself.

Comment on PetsHouston Blogger: “Dogs Under BARC Care Are Starved” by EMME

EMME — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:03:38 +0000

Former Employee - I beg you to report your experience to the Office of the Inspector General. We are constantly called liars and accused of hysteria. I understand the difficulty in stepping forward, but you can make a difference.

Comment on PetTalk TV: Check out video of the Project Derek Dog Competition by Network With Other Dog Lovers At Derek Dog Day Out | Houston PetTalk

Network With Other Dog Lovers At Derek Dog Day Out | Houston PetTalk — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:24:30 +0000

[...] Dog Day Out is an extension of Project Derek Dog, an annual event held at Hotel Derek each [...]

Comment on PetsHouston Blogger: “Dogs Under BARC Care Are Starved” by Follow-Up: Chronicle Reports More Bad News Out Of BARC | Houston PetTalk

Follow-Up: Chronicle Reports More Bad News Out Of BARC | Houston PetTalk — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:53:27 +0000

[...] blogger for PetsHouston also had bad news out of BARC last week about dogs who were clearly underweight at an adoption event in the Heights. The post [...]

Comment on “Unleashed” at Hotel ZaZa Was ZaZa-Abulous! See Photos Here by Michelle Pretai

Michelle Pretai — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:59:26 +0000

This is THE cheeziest thing I have ever seen! Houston, yes we know you are the #1 fatest city in the US…. But do we have to couple this with a stripper and dog show? EWWWW

Comment on Use Your Photos To Celebrate Cancer Survivors And Their Feline Companions by Kirsten

Kirsten — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:16:26 +0000

It saddens me that a publication like PetTalk, which is focused on animals and pets, would publish an article like this.

The Susan G. Komen organization tests on helpless, defenseless, innocent animals EVERY day in order to find a cure for humans. Torture and kill animals to try and save other animals (us)? Does that sound right?

I guess Houston PetTalk only cares about SOME animals, and not all.

This article should EXPLAIN to people where the donations are going when their cute pictures are uploaded.

“In one recent experiment, mice were injected with cancer cells and forced to grow huge tumors. The “lucky” ones were bombarded with radiation and infected with modified herpes. Others received no treatment at all. Their blood was collected by jabbing needles directly under their eyes, which causes blood vessels to rupture and other deadly complications. The mice were then killed when their tumors grew to a certain size. In other experiments, rats were killed so that their mammary glands and fat could be removed and studied.”

Do your readers really want to upload a picture so a mouse can grow a tumor, get poked in the eye with a needle and then die? This reader does not.

https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1061

Comment on PetsHouston Blogger: “Dogs Under BARC Care Are Starved” by Former Employee

Former Employee — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:11:43 +0000

I am a former employee who actually cared about the animals and fed them plenty…BUT can tell you that I pretty much was the only one who cared. The others only want to feed, ‘A little’=less than half a scoop, just so they wouldn’t have a ton of feces to clean. I tried to bring this to the managers attention and nothing was ever done about it. BARC needs to seriously do a FIRE-REHIRE!!! Get rid of all the old people and bring people in who actually care. All the dogs that come in do get weighed at in-take though…they just never get weighed again. Animals there are not taken care of like they should be. And another reason a lot of them look super skinny is because you can tell them the dog has worms…and nothing is done. I hated working at BARC…due to the way they treated me and the dogs. I feel very sorry for the dogs and go up there on occasion and adopt a dog and try and rehome it. Also I don’t see the mayor or anyone who works at BARC ever going to stand up and actually are able to make a change…You would have to hit them close to the heart to get them to listen…

Comment on PetsHouston Blogger: “Dogs Under BARC Care Are Starved” by S. Connors

S. Connors — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:49:47 +0000

This is outright inhumane abuse !!! Can’t someone get the ASPCA or HSUS involved ? This CANNOT and SHOULD NOT be tolerated under ANY circumstances and the director should be charged with abuse and neglect.

Comment on “Unleashed” at Hotel ZaZa Was ZaZa-Abulous! See Photos Here by Ruthy

Ruthy — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:27:07 +0000

This event was great! I and my Chihuahua, FiFi, had a great time. The Battle of the Pet Boutiques was very entertaining and everything coordinated by Hotel ZaZa was top notch. It’s great to attend events like this that support the SPCA. I will be there next year, hopefully with more pet friends. Congrats again to Jen and her fabulous Pawty Palace Team. They did a great job and definitely earned the grand prize award.