Miami County, IN Animal Control Shoots Dogs as Euthanasia at “Shelter” September 28, 2010
Posted by iaacwo in : Animal Cruelty, Inhumane "Sheltering"It’s unfortunately not the first time “shelters” in Indiana have been exposed using less than humane ways to euthanize animals. Most recently, Fox 59 helped reveal this very situation in Miami County, Indiana. (more…)
Indiana Gaming Commission to Receive HSUS Humane Law Enforcement Award September 24, 2010
Posted by Indiana Alliance of Animal Control and Welfare Organizations in : Animal Cruelty, Cockfighting, Dogfighting
Larry Rollins, Director and John Bolin, Officer, Division of Gaming Control- Indiana Gaming Commission will be honored by the Humane Society of the United States for their diligent work to stop dogfighting and cockfighting in Indiana at HSUS’s Humane Law Enforcement Awards Oct. 22 in Washington DC.
Casa Del Toro’s Kennel Enrichment Program Changes Lives for Shelter Dogs at IACC September 20, 2010
Posted by Indiana Alliance of Animal Control and Welfare Organizations in : Innovative Programs
Laurie Adams, Founder, Casa Del Toro Pit Bull Education and Rescue
Casa Del Toro Pit Bull Education and Rescue is a central Indiana-based non-profit animal rescue and welfare group dedicated to the rescue, placement and public education of pit bulls and ending the suffering caused by animal fighting in Indiana while also improving the quality of life for shelter animal, particularly “pit bulls”.
Laurie Adams, former Indianapolis Animal Care and Control Animal Control Officer founded Casa Del Toro and has since created the Kennel Enrichment Program. While many shelters are stretched to the limits, dogs being held deserve to be as comfortable as possible during their stay. And Laurie is working to see that it happens. (more…)
Fox Pens up for vote at Sept. 21st Natural Resources Commission Meeting September 19, 2010
Posted by Indiana Alliance of Animal Control and Welfare Organizations in : Animal Cruelty, Wildlife
Indiana must ban fox pens. In these pens, dogs compete in chasing down fenced-in foxes and coyotes, often killing the captive animals.
Please ask the Natural Resources Commission to consider a ban at their next meeting.
Thank the NRC for examination of the issue. Florida recently banned these pens. The NRC should move forward with prohibiting them in Indiana at the Sept. 21 meeting. Unethical pursuing of fenced captive foxes that are often sick and weak from being held captive is cruel and serves no conservation purpose.
