This puppy was born at the shelter, the mother and litter mate was on hold for “SAFE KEEPING” the owner was in jail and the Director (Linda) removed the dew claws by forcyps and spinning them off, the litter mate to this puppy died at a later date.
-Susan Leavens
Tag Archives: Animals
Ashley Paulk is a big man again
This was about a contract with Black Crow media. Last night Ashley Paulk told various people after the County Commission meeting that when he went down to Black Crow to do the morning radio show he usually does before the board meeting, he wasn’t even allowed in the building. I asked him, so does this mean you’re going to keep quiet? He answered,“These contracts are invalid, and the same employees who did this did the same thing last year and we told them then not to do it again. They seem to think the Authority doesn’t run Parks and Rec., but we do, and since this was done illegally, with prior warning not to, these individuals should be fired for insubordination.”
“No, not when I’m right!”Remember, Ashley Paulk was a big man back in April Continue reading
The horse from the shelter Ruby —Susan Leavens
Continue readingThis 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 had
Falsified logs at the animal shelter?
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“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
“Once the investigation is complete and closed all documents will be provided to you.” —Custodian of Records
—– Forwarded Message —- From: “King, Shirley”The attached PDF is here on the LAKE website. Interestingly, although that message from Patricia Mitchell, “Animal Protection Office Custodian of Records” says
To: “sleavens4@bellsouth.net”
Sent: Wed, October 27, 2010 2:21:02 PM
Subject: Open Records Request
Ms. Leavens, as you requested under the Georgia Open Records Act, please find message from the custodian of records for Animal Protection attached.
If we may assist you any further, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Thanks.
Shirley J. King
Open Records Coordinator
“Once the investigation is complete and closed all documents will be provided to you.”it also says:
“By policy the department only retains 2 years (2008 & 2009) inactive files and 1 years (2010) active files.”So if the investigation takes more than 2 years, do the earlier files about it start to vanish?
-jsq
All employees were drug tested and interviewed —Joe Pritchard
John, this is the first open records reguest I did with GDA. The rest will be in order of date of the request.The document Shirley King attached for Item #2 was this PDF of a letter from Joe Pritchard of 27 August 2010 telling
Documents about the animal shelter are appearing here on the LAKE web pages. Here are the messages Susan Leavens forwarded along with this particular letter.
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I tried following the chian of command —Susan Leavens
Concerned Citizen,Continue readingPlease understand that there are state laws that people get arrested for each day also; the county ordiance mirrors the state law(s) however if you have not read the statements no one was arrested either. And do you think the bulldog was the first incident? Keep reading!! Below are some other things which have occured in the shelter.
Page 3 #15 Cruelty,
Page 5 #23 hoplesly disable animal,
page 5 #26 humane care,
page 7 #36 records,
Section 5 page 10 Emergencies involving animals,
to name a few of the Lowndes County Ordinance.So when you say why didn’t I(Officer Leavens)end
How to bring a case to the Sheriff’s attention
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Remember who code enforcement is in Lowndes County. Continue reading
Animal shelter open records from Susan Leavens
These are the open records that me and another animal control officer sent to GDA and I also have Amanda Jordans Statement if you would like that. Please excuse some of the language in my statement she (pat smith GDA inspector) told me to write it like it was said….Here they are on the LAKE web pages.
These records include much more detail than what we’ve heard before.
After reading them, do you think installing a few cameras is adequate to deal with this situation?
-jsq
Why make it hard to obtain the budget? —Jessica Bryan Hughes
This is ridiculous.This comment came in yesterday on Proposed Lowndes County Budget published by LAKE.
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- Why make it hard to obtain the budget?
- What is the “Bird Supper”?
- Why is the County Attorney $100k over budget?
- Why don’t I see those cameras listed for the Animal Shelter?
-Jessica Bryan Hughes