the attached is the drug test every employee had after the GDA turned the statements over to the county manager… he “Joe Prichard” stated some employees were interviewed EVERYONE even Linda was Drug tested… she was the only one that showed concern for the drug test, she stated because she mixed the pentasol she may test positive to the drug. But all employees were certified to euthenis and we get it all over our fingers and some of us have even had the syringes explode from the needles and get in our eyes and mouth and we were not scared of testing positive. And “all” employees were interviewed not “some”! And I might add we all passed! Notice it is also under reasonable suspicion not random…-Susan Leavens
Tag Archives: animal shelter
Graphic horse case —Susan Leavens
On 05-07-2010 horse was euthenisedContinue readingThis 18 month old Tenn. Walking Horse was refused vet care or euthensia not only by its owner but by my Director as well. I was alerted through 911 dispatch on a Saturday while working. I spoke to my director (Linda) about the colts situation and she advised me she was not going to WASTE COUNTY FUNDS picking him up, euthenising him or disposing of him. Five days later with a Lowndes County deputy and Officer Ronnie Ganas and Dr. Mary Rogers, he was darted (colt was not halter broken) and euthenised; Tifton Diagnostic Lab found a high utensil wire embedded in the left hind leg (pastern) which had severed his deep flexor tendon. PLEASE REMEMBER vet care or euthenising was REFUSED
Arrests for speaking in an Arizona town
Ben Popken wrote for the Consumerist 15 July 2011, Small Arizona Town In Furor After 2nd Citizen Arrested For Speaking At Town Meeting:
The town of Quartzsite, AZ, population 3,466, is in disarray after a video showing police hauling away a citizen for speaking at the town meeting podium went viral. The woman was saying that the town council had been violating open meeting laws.What’s all this about? Continue readingIt was the second citizen arrested at a Quartzsite town meeting in two weeks.
Return of the Sock Puppets!
Someone commenting as lowndes county tax payer and resident yelled and screamed a bit, concluding
“DAMN.”Less than an hour later, long time citizen as well commented:
“I certainly can agree with you on that….”Guess what? They both posted from the same IP address and supplied the same email address. And then lifetime citizen of lowndes county, not just a visitor complaining posted
“STOP BOTHERING THOSE PEOPLE”with a different IP address, yet the same email address. You may have suspected that just from the same kind of ALL CAPS INVECTIVE.
This is a sock puppet:
sock puppet: the act of creating a fake online identity to praise, defend or create the illusion of support for one’s self, allies or company. — New York Times
As I pointed out back in April, Sock puppets may not be such a good idea, because: Continue reading
If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything
Alot of times, the local county residents are too afraid of retaliation TO bring forth allegations of cruelty, or corrupted officials. So I’m all for outsiders tossing in their two cents. I don’t live in Lowndes Co – far from it – but I do know how corruption can fester in these rural counties when the residents choose not to speak out.Many other comments have appeared on that and other recent posts, some of which will probably get reposted here, but meanwhile you can go to the blog and see for yourself. In general, saying who you are will greatly increase the chances your comment will get reposted, as will sticking to issues and avoiding personal attacks.Kudos to ALL of the Lowndes Co taxpaying residents who speak out – not only for the animal’s rights, but for their own human rights, as well.
Corruption corrupts. Period. And if you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.
-An Outsider Looking In
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Somebody has gotten fired at the animal shelter
On 16 June 2011 Susan Leavens got a letter from Shirley King, with attached PDF, containing:
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complaint from Susan Leavens (unknown date):
“Employee working with Lowndes County Animal Services euthanizing animals wihtout certification.”
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2011-06-03 PDF notice of violation from Ga. Dept. Ag. to Lowndes Co. Animal Services
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a long handwritten statement by Pat Smith, also annotated:
“Copy of report received by [signed] Joe Pritchard 6-3-11”
hold for safe keeping mother and puppy’s born at the shelter —Susan Leavens
The horse from the shelter Ruby —Susan Leavens
This was Ruby, she was seized from her owner by me because she had a hole in her back and her body condition was a one (1) on the Henneke scale per the American veterinarian standard rating scale. There was no feed or grass/hay on scene. While in the protective custody of Lowndes County Animal Shelter she got maggots in the wound on her back. Ruby also hadContinue reading
Falsified logs at the animal shelter?
“And it was time for the abuse, neglect and deceitfulness to stop.”
Susan Leavens stated:
“On 4/28/2010 I came in from checking traps around 1030 am, I was told while euthenizing a cat, the syringe I was draw pentosol out didn’t matter what mattered was the 10cc syringe, so if it was not enough to euthenize the animal then set it aside it would die. But the 10cc one is the one that needed to come out right. I said “WHAT!” Tim Cook explained that to me he went and got Ryan Curtis and he explained the very same thing, he said even if you don’t have a full cc of pentosol, say it’s a cc on the log because the 10 cc syringe mattered not what we were using to euthenize with! It was very apparent that human[e] euthanasia was not important that the numbers were. This was very disturbing to know we were being made to make the animals suffer because the numbers might be off!”In the statement she names multiple people she says were witnesses to the falsification of euthanization log entries, and even to the complete rewrite of a log and shredding of the previous copy.
Her statement also describes: Continue reading
Lowndes County has transparency issues —John S. Quarterman @ LCC 28 June 2011
I asked him how he recommended citizens provide input to the budget process? He said at every meeting.
So I said I wondered why the county attorney seemed to be overbudget. No response.
Then I got to my main point, which was that the county seems to have a number of transparency issues, such as the missing ordinances he’d just heard about, or Vince Schneider’s Foxborough McDonald’s issues, or the animal shelter issues, or the T-SPLOST list that the Commission approved on the basis of a one page list of one-liner with no details that turns out to include things like $10 million to widen New Bethel Road to Lanier County.
I said I would like to compare the county’s submissions for T-SPLOST funding to the county’s Thoroughfare Plan and the Comprehensive Plan; if I could find those plans online. The Chairman said my five minutes were up. I said “Alrighty” and moseyed back to my seat. As you can see for yourself, it was actually 4 and a half minutes.
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Here’s the video: Continue reading