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A sad story out of Gallia County, OH last week. Columbus TV station NBC-4 is reporting that the shelter has been killing animals in an inhumane way, by injecting drugs directly into their hearts. Evidently this causes extreme pain, sometimes for as long as 30 minutes, when it is done without any sedatives.
Continue reading Don’t we owe it to shelter dogs to at least euthanize them humanely?
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Kudos to the Fairfield County (OH) Animal Control Team
When Todd McCollough took over as dog warden in Fairfield County, Ohio, he knew there would be some challenges to overcome, and any way you look at it, it seems he’s having overwhelming success.
Continue reading Kudos to the Fairfield County (OH) Animal Control Team
Family Dogs
Allow me to brag just a little. I spent this past weekend visiting my sister and brothers in Fairfield and Greenhills, Ohio (two small suburbs of Cincinnati), so I wanted to introduce you to our family’s dogs.
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Circovirus Ruled Out In Ohio Dog Deaths
Now that the Ohio Department of Agriculture has ruled out circovirus as the cause of the mysterious dog deaths in Ohio, canine activities are beginning to return to normal in parts of the state. In my home county (Stark), a dog park has re-opened, but a recent Humane Society Mutt Strut was cancelled due to the risk of infection.
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Prison Dogs
From the Hamilton, Ohio Journal News: Project Free Inmate Dog Obedience (FIDO) is matching dogs from the humane society to prisoners at the Butler County Jail for obedience training. The prisoners are screened to make sure they have not abused animals, then they are matched to a dog from the shelter.