Robeson County Animal Shelter North Carolina. Is anyone nearby that can verify this?

chager

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I was just reading on one of my rescue sites that the Robeson County Animal Shelter in North Carolina is going to kill all the animals over the next two days so the workers can all have the holiday off!!:mad: I can understand an over crowding issue or having to euthanize due to illness/injury, but just so they can have the holiday off!! How is this any different from a person killing their pets becuase they are going on vacation and can't be bothered to find someone to care for them? That is considered animal cruelty according to the laws in Ohio. (Just ask the firefighter that is currently being charged!) I guess if you are a shelter you don't have the same rules! If anyone knows of any rescues that can take any of the animals please contact them. Several of the puppies are going to rescues due to the frantic call for help. Unfortunately most of the adult animals are not spkoen for. I wish I lived closer I would take care of the animals. How do you enjoy a holiday knowing you just killed animals just so you could have a vacation.
Here is the petfinder link http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/NC523.html
Maybe I am not seeing things clearly. I have been sick and am very touchy right now about alot of things. I just can't understand how this is not animal cruelty. Am I right?
 
This makes me very angry!:mad: How can they possibly get away with this? I hope someone will step in and take care of these animals! I also hope they fire the people who came up with idea. Please keep us updated.
 
I am in tears! This is just horrible! Surely there are folks in the area that can do something to make this not happen?
 
Where did you hear about this story? I went to the link you had in your post and it is the animal shelter site. I would like to see a link to the story about this.
 

It actually came to me in an email from one of the rescue groups I belong to. The shelter is trying to keep it quiet and in order to protect the rescuers I can't post the email or the shelter may retaliate by not allowing any rescues to take the ones already spoken for. (This has happened with other rescues over the last few months at other shelters. The shelter found out the rescue told about how things were being done and next thing we all knew the rescues couldn't get the animals they had agreed to take.)
Here is part of ther email. It doesn't mention the rescue so it should be ok.

"*All of these kitties and dogs are being killed for the holidays. THEIR LAST
DAY ALIVE IS MONDAY 12/22 UNLESS THEY ARE RESCUED OR ADOPTED!
PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG QUICKLY!!

The shelter is going to be closed from the 23rd through the 28th and
everything that hasn't been euthenized Monday dies Tuesday. Please, please,
take a look, help, cross post, and do what you can. There are 45 puppies up
there right now, as well as adorable cats, kittens and dogs of all size.
Please consider some of the plainer dogs and kitties too - they are just as
sweet.

** please contact shelter or the volunteer, Tina, - I am not in St. Pauls -
please do not hit "reply" - thanks very much!***

If you can help one of these poor babies, you must call the shelter and
leave a message and also e-mail the volunteer ASAP!!"
 
OH, and if you look through the animals listed EVERYONE has the 22nd listed as their last day if they are a shelter animal.
 
I couldn't enjoy any time off from work if I knew the only reason I had that time off was because a bunch of pets were killed.:sad2: :sad1:

What is the matter with people?
 
That is outrageous, shocking & disgusting!!!!

What kind of heartless people are running this shelter? Who can we contact to save these animals? I am going to call this shelter tomorrow even though I live nowhere near this awful county that would allow this.

There are over 50 pets listed and they all have tomorrow as their last day to be adopted.

OK I feel quite ill now. The animal caretakers of this county should be absolutely ashamed of themselves.

I am going to contact everyone I can think of tomorrow to stop this. If anyone else can help, please do!!

Thank you chager for bringing this to our attention.
 
I can't believe this is really happening. I hope someone can come through for those poor little ones.

Ann
 
I don't care one bit. They're animals. Animals which have been overbred by all the idiots who just have to have kittens and puppies and think its mean to spay and neuter. Who cares, they will have a full shelter in a month.

Now saying that I think this is all a fake story anyway. They don't say anywhere on that site that the animals will be killed. They say to contact by the 22 because they are going to be close for Christmas. I don't know many shelters open on everyday, that doesn't mean they kill their animals every time they close.
 
I don't care one bit. They're animals. Animals which have been overbred by all the idiots who just have to have kittens and puppies and think its mean to spay and neuter. Who cares, they will have a full shelter in a month.

Now saying that I think this is all a fake story anyway. They don't say anywhere on that site that the animals will be killed. They say to contact by the 22 because they are going to be close for Christmas. I don't know many shelters open on everyday, that doesn't mean they kill their animals every time they close.

WOW! I am speechless and am hoping you are being sarcstic.
 
Thats a bit harsh...Animals or not, its not there fault they have been put in shelters, or have been overbred...It's people fault, plain and simple.

I also hope this is just a misunderstanding. The thought of THAT many animals being put down seems a bit much, and what do they do when they re-open, and people come in looking for an animal..

Say sorry, we killed them all on 12/22, you should have come in then?
 
That's the way it goes in shelters. I blame the people who dump the animals off in shelters that are not no-kill, not the people doing their jobs.
 
I don't care one bit. They're animals. Animals which have been overbred by all the idiots who just have to have kittens and puppies and think its mean to spay and neuter. Who cares, they will have a full shelter in a month.

Now saying that I think this is all a fake story anyway. They don't say anywhere on that site that the animals will be killed. They say to contact by the 22 because they are going to be close for Christmas. I don't know many shelters open on everyday, that doesn't mean they kill their animals every time they close.

Oh my goodness. I...don't know what to say.


OP - this is just outrageous. Surely someone in the community will step in. Perhaps all the animal lovers will volunteer. Will they even let them do that? I pray this is just a hoax of some sort.
 
Nope, not sarcastic. They are animals! I don't really care. Is it really that horrible that I don't think anything more of a cat or dog than I do about the mice I'm poisoning in my house?

Doesn't change that I'm about 90% sure this is a hoax or mistake based on people not being able to read.
 
Nope, not sarcastic. They are animals! I don't really care. Is it really that horrible that I don't think anything more of a cat or dog than I do about the mice I'm poisoning in my house?

Doesn't change that I'm about 90% sure this is a hoax or mistake based on people not being able to read.

I'm not an animal lover, but that seems a little cold to me. I agree that this is a hoax, but you're gonna tick off an awful lot of people saying that.
 
Available NOW!! Last day 12/22!!!

PLEASE NOTE: The shelter will be closed Wednesday, 12/24 - 12/28!!!!!!!!!!!!! If interested in this pet, please call the shelter, leave a message and go to the shelter Monday (12/22) to pick him/her up!!

OMG...the thought that this is true and that is what their going to do is horrifying.
How can we help these animals? Please let us know!!
 












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