Mugsy's on a mission!!!

[mugsy]

OK guys....it's letter writing time. I was told that Ingham county, MI's shelters are forced by their elected officials to sell unclaimed animals to research facilities. I'm enclosing my email that I sent and the contact info. Please, please, please, write them and tell them of your outrage.



Ms. Bennett,

I am writing from Allen County, IN. I am appalled at your county's policy of selling unwanted animals from the county shelters to research facilities. I belong to a pet bulletin board that has members all over the world and your policy has been posted on that board for all to see. Please be advised that I, for one, will never visit Ingham County and spend my tourist dollars until that awful policy has been amended and that the county will do what it can to educate its people instead of just throwing away living things so that your county government doesn't have to deal with it. I will be urging the other members of the bulletin board to do the same and email or send letters expressing their outrage.

Thank you,

INGHAM COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Chairperson John B. Czarnecki, District 7
Chairperson Pro-Tem Victor Celentino, District 1
Vice-Chairperson Pro-Tem Tom Minter, District 11


Debbie De Leon, District 2
Mike Severino, District 3
Mary Stid, District 4
Randy Schafer, District 5
Curtis Hertel, Jr. District 6
Mark Grebner District 8
Amy Krause, District 9
Lisa Dedden, District 10
Chris Swope, District 12
Calvin Lynch, District 13




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The Ingham County Board of Commissioners is the governing body for the County of Ingham, exercising legislative and administrative functions. There are thirteen members on the Board, each elected on a partisan basis for two year terms from districts that are approximately equal in population. The City of Lansing, which is the Capitol of the State of Michigan, is located within Ingham County. Board Leadership is elected each year by the Board which consists of Chairperson, Chairperson Pro Tem and Vice-Chairperson Pro Tem.
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Contact Person:
Becky Bennett
Board Coordinator
Board of Commissioners
P.O. Box 319
Mason, MI 48854
Phone: (517) 676-7200
FAX (517) 676-7264

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Mugsy,

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Mugsy,
Thank you!!! great info...letter written and sent!!! i was also appalled to hear of this place...i wonder how many animals a year that they sell to research???? theres' a thought....how horrible!!!!
you are the best dear mugsy!!!!!

[ramanth]

grrrrrr!! Will write a letter asap.

I live in Ingham Co.

The shelter is in Mason, MI, 30 minutes from my parents house.

[mugsy]

Ok, now I'm officially LIVID!!!!! I just went to Ingham County Shelter's petfinder website and there are 4 dogs listed on there that have been sold to research facilities. OMG!!!! I'm so angry right now I'm shaking. Now, not only am I writing, but when I get home I'm calling. Not that I'm a huge fan of PETA, because I think they're a little extreme sometimes, but I'm going to contact them too. HMMMMM....maybe I can make use of the ACLU too. What other animal rights places can I contact to make their lives miserable??? How about Heart's United??

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Mugsy,
I know that this is starting to sound like a standard answer from me....but i find them to be a great resource...Best friends...Bestfriends.org.

they have connections everywhere.....and are always so involved and willing to help...if they don't do themselves...they always know someone who can.....

what about the national chapter of the S.P.C.A ???can they do anything????aspca.com?????

or even the NSAL.org

they might have a contact....

[zookeeper]

Thank you Mugsy for bringing this up. Where I live the city has just now stopped selling pound dogs to the university for research. People here didn't really know it was going on and than it came out in the papers, the city officials were pressured by their voters to end this and now it has been done

Are the people of this county aware of this? Maybe go to the local paper and have them put a story about what is going on in the paper and hopefully the same results will follow as in my city.

Good luck