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Apparently the Animal Cruelty people, like Ed Boks, do not like cats. Look at the cat being strangled at the end of a pole. This is what Dana Bartholomew did not write about in his October 12 article on the fine work (sarcasm) the taskforce is committing.
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(Click on Photo for enlarged picture.)
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I quote from Dana's article:
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Armed with gloves, nooses and nets, police and animal control officers scrambled in and outside the house to rescue Mason's cats.
Before the day was done, officers reported rounding up 50 cats for medical care and quarantine at the East and West Valley animal shelters, where they will be released for future foster care adoption.
Police Detective Linda Ortega helped free an angry orange tabby caught in some debris. "Poor thing: It's just a real sick-sounding kitty. If you don't laugh, you're gonna cry."
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I wonder if Linda Ortega didn't think that being strangled by a noose might make a cat sound sick.
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The article does not explain how several cats were tested positive for panieukopenia earlier in the week. Had Animal Services been at the home previously and entered his "fenced in yard," abducted several cats, all of whom had panieukopenia, and then got a search warrant? Something is fishy here.
The photo is of a "large malecat" adult cat hanging by its neck from an animal control pole during a raid by the Animal Cruelty Task Force. The animal control pole is only to be used to "move an OBS (observation for bite) or fractious dog from place to place" as per the employee manual. The purpose is to "keep animal under control at a safe distance from the handler and others." It is only to be used on dogs walking on the ground to help lead them. It is not supposed to be used to hang an animal in midair as they can break their neck or cause strangulation from the loop tightening. You may not drag an animal with this device.
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The handler is supposed to place the loop around the neck and one foreleg. You may never only loop it around the neck as the animal may break it's neck trying to free itself or it may die from strangulation.
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Animal control poles are NEVER to be used on cats as they can easily break their neck trying to free themselves or strangle themselves. Using an animal control pole on a cat is considered animal cruelty. Nets and cat graspers are the employee recommended device to use on cats.
Animal control poles are NEVER to be used on cats as they can easily break their neck trying to free themselves or strangle themselves. Using an animal control pole on a cat is considered animal cruelty. Nets and cat graspers are the employee recommended device to use on cats.
I wonder how many of the 50 cats will ever be released for "foster care adoption."
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THIS IS SO FUCKING DISGUSTING!!!
ReplyDeleteThe task force also has been giving back animals to their abusers, and giving days to hoarders to "clean up conditions", which means they get rid of the animals to unknown conditions, and that seems to be fine with them.
ED BOKS is written all over this criminal activity.
Even the volunteers were taught never to use a catch pole on a cat. They made us all sign a statement saying we took the animal handling class and will follow all recommendations.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone remember Tigra the cat? She was grabbed by a catch pole in her cage, then swung into the wall. She died days later in her cage from her injuries.
That cat looks healthy to me. Why did they confiscate him? Looks like he would have been better off left at that guy's house instead of swung around a room by his neck.
Don't forget. The Department allowed almost 1/3 of all animals in the shelters to die from illness in August and September of this year. 900 "other" animals died from illness, others were euthanized because they were dying. That is criminal animal cruelty to allow animals to die in pain from disease.
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning of August there were 1,100 other animals. If you scanned the other photos, they were mainly red slider water turtles. Within 30 days there were only 198 other animals. All the water turtles died or were euthanized as all their photos were gone. 900 out of 3,000 animals in all six shelters dead from disease within 30 days. How does an animal rescue organization manage to let 1/3 of all animals die from disease?That is animal cruelty, not animal rescue.
If you or I did that, we'd be in jail so fast. That guy just had too many cats and some were sick. At least he didn't hang them with a pole by their neck and swing them around.
ReplyDeleteJacque Lynn Schultz, ASPCA Director of Special Projects wrote the following in her article "Animal Handing Safety Tips" : "Make use of your animal control pole with dogs and cat graspers or net with cats. Never use an animal control pole on a cat."
ReplyDeleteI've been using the as you say "catch pole" for many many years as an ACO for LA. On a fractious cat hiding in a mattress,or in the rafters, under a vehicle, behind a heavy piece of equipment or furniture, its the only way to get the job done. NEVER have I seen a cat injured by doing this.
ReplyDeleteThe previous comment shows what is wrong with the mentality of the desensitized workers in our shelters.
ReplyDeleteLA ACO: Please, refer to your animal handling class literature which Captain Dedeaux provided. Do not use poles on cats. If an animal is hiding under a bed, nudge it out then net it or use a grasper.
ReplyDelete"I've been using the as you say "catch pole" for many many years as an ACO for LA."
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable!...It's against policy...but they do it anyway- AND glibly ADMIT IT!