Comments for Animal Outreach of Shelby County: improving the lives of Shelby County's cats.

Comment on S’Kitty Needs Your Support by Brianna

Brianna — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:49:30 +0000

Hey, just a comment on the purring thing: I’m sure you probably already know this but cats may pur as a sign of pain.

Comment on Frequently Asked Questions about Feral and Stray Cats by angela schonfeld

angela schonfeld — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:39:36 +0000

My husband and i just became foster parents for a beautiful mama cat names savannah.we got her a petsmart in greenwood indiana on saturday. we thought becoming a foster parent would be hard to start but it was super easy.The shelby county outreach program helped us with so many questions and supplies.If at any time any person goes out to spend money on things that they dont need to have, i feel that they shouldntake a second and think about the little kitties out there that could use a bowel of food and maybe drop by to give them a hug on saturday or sundays at petsmart in greenwood.You never know you might become a foster parent and not even know it angie and chris schonfeld 7-11-2011

Comment on Kill the cat…or transfer the cat? by Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:50:31 +0000

Can you request “manditory” (buaha?) donations for the cats? Seems awful double sided, I wish you could throw back a “altered contract” for them to read with these explanations.

Comment on City Shelter Lacks Compassion by Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:47:22 +0000

I have adopted several animals from the Shelby County-Shelbville Animal shelter and I have never had a problem. I have received food from the shelter to feed stray cats and when my roommate lost her job, they gave us a bag of dog food. They were great to let me foster a dog so I could see how she’d fit into my family. There are some great people there who really do care about the welfare of the animals!
I think they are in a bind because they are controlled by the city/county, so they have to abide by city laws/ordinances. In Shelbyville, it is legal to chain your animal. Most of us know that chaining an animal is horrible, but they have to go by the law, so they cant take an animal away just because it is chained. It is a tough situation. I just wanted to share my experience.
I just also wanted to add that I purposely try to adopt from this shelter, because I know that they are not a “No-Kill” shelter. There are so many loving animals there that need a good home!

Comment on Gibson, minus a leg by admin

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:28:42 +0000

Gibson, and sister Kashi, were adopted together by a loving family with two small terriers! Thank you to everyone who played apart in his rescue and adoption!

Comment on Get Your Car Washed and Support Homeless Cats by Jess

Jess — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:22:25 +0000

Love it! I am very amused with the picture, it is like lookin at my pikachu!!

Comment on City Shelter Lacks Compassion by Victoria Hall

Victoria Hall — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:23:15 +0000

I run a rescue in Indianapolis. We pull our breed of dog from local shelters and find them homes. We are all foster volunteers with no facility. We have a good reputation and work with Indianapolis Animal Care and Control along with many central Indiana smaller shelters.

Having said that we were contacted a couple of years ago by the Shelbyville Shelter to take a senior dog. We did, no problems. I found the staff person handling working with rescues to be very nice and seemed concerned for the animals. We pulled another dog a couple of weeks later and had no problems again.

A few months later I noticed a particular chained dog while visiting a relative in Shelbyville. It was December, a short haired dog and it was very cold, shivering and had nothing by a crappy little dog house and mud surrounding it as far as the chain would go. I reported it to Shelbyville Animal Control and they visited I am told but found nothing wrong. I did not accept this as it was an obvious disgusting situation, not uncommon, for that dog. I contacted the shelter director, the mayor and all city council members via email with some documented information about the dangers of chaining dogs and why it is inhumane treatment. No response at all. I did this in my name not the name of the rescue.

Since then the shelter does not return our rescue’s emails and because of that would appear to not want to work with us any longer even though we work to help animals by pulling them and finding them homes.

I get the feeling if you speak up and complain or push an issue you are blacklisted as a rescue despite the fact that we may be able to prevent killing our particular breed.

Too bad there are petty people who don’t seem to care in charge of this, or any shelter.