RUMORS CAN KILL

Back during the summer, the internet was hot with announcing that the Riverside shelter was having to euthanize a thousand dogs because they were overcrowded. One example of an email:

Please rescue dogs out of Riverside County Shelter located at 6851 Van Buren Boulevard, Riverside, CA 92504

They have over 1000 animals and will begin mass euthanasia on Wed, July 13th in an effort to try and reduce to only 300 animals.

Call Sue Zucker at 951-232-7727 for information on what dogs, cats, and other critters need out and also for ease in rescuing. Sue can help you at her office so that you do not need to deal with the regular cashier line, etc.

If you go in person, ask for Sue Zucker. She's the one to deal with if you are rescue. She'll help you in her office.

Another example of this "rumor" getting out of hand via the internet:

http://shelter-tails.blogspot.com/2011/07/1000-up-for-adoption-in-riversaide.html

Friday, July 15, 2011

1,000 Dogs and Cats Up For Adoption in Riverside California, or They Will Be Euthanized

Folks. This. Is. Your. Chance. To. Do. Something. For. Shelter. Animals.

Go here. Get on a plane, get your dog or cat. Or give, and make it possible for a rescue to pull a dog or cat. Due to overcrowding, Riverside California is euthanizing (already begun) a staggering 1,000 animals.

Who's to blame? We can thank stupid movies that picture dogs that can talk, or celebs that carry around dogs like accessories, sheeple, and those looking to make a quick buck. And let's not forgot people who adopted a dog, bought a dog, and then disposed of them like trash.

Please, act now. Go get your dog or cat. I did it with Mr. Wiggins (from a gassing shelter in Louisiana) and have never regretted it. He's such a light in my life I cannot imagine not being with him.

All breeds and mixes are available.

The story link is now offline but the story has been saved. http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_wshelter18.3f4c79a.html

"This week, they faced another kind of rush: a flood of calls and emails from the animal rescue community responding to rumors of "mass euthanasia."

"For Welsh, the flurry of misinformation is frustrating because it could discourage rescue groups from working with the county shelter, he said. He noted that despite numerous calls and emails claiming urgency, only a handful of rescuers have arranged to pick up animals.

"It hasn't equated to people knocking down our doors looking to help us," he said."

Here is an example of what happens when you cry wolf once too often. Note how this urgent plea refers to how no one is coming forward. You fill the rescues with these urgent pleas, there's no more room, and now shut down. I note on one Facebook page of the Devore activists the number of small dogs, those least in danger of being euthanized. Easy to rescue these little guys, much harder to pull the large dogs, the pit bulls, the ones in real danger of being euthanized.

URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT

NO ONE HAS BEEN RESPONDING AND DEVORE IS A KILLING MACHINE!!! SO MANY ADOPTABLE AND WONDERFUL DOGS HAVE BEEN KILLED BECAUSE NO ONE HAS COME FOR THEM. PLEASE, PLEASE HELP NOW. EVEN IF YOU CAN'T RESCUE, PLEASE AT LEAST NETWORK LIKE CRAZY, OR DONATE TO GIVE THESE GREAT DOGS A SECOND CHANCE. AND, THE KITTIES NEED HELP, TOO. PLEASE HELP!!!

These types of rumors are detrimental to the shelters yet these actions and others are being leveled at Devore constantly. Have these activists seen people flocking to Devore and emptying out the kennels and cages? What about when you stand outside of Devore with hateful signs, do you think you are serving the shelter animals by turning away the public? This blog is devoted to showing many things, one of which is how these misguided self proclaimed animal activists are doing much more harm than Devore could ever do to the animals.

It is one thing to make accusations with credible evidence but quite another to make accusations without credible evidence and voice those accusations to the public. This kills animals, it doesn't help them.