Yes, it's the same place.

On their website: THIS IS NO LONGER A NO-KILL SHELTER

Updates:

Last week, control of a no-kill shelter in Mason County was turned over to county officials because it was operating at six times its capacity. More than 300 dogs lived there, and many were stacked in cages or tied up outside.
August 04, 2007

Mason set to take over animal shelter
# Some animals still need homes

By Alison Knezevich
Staff writer

Mason County commissioners will take over control of the county’s overcrowded animal shelter Aug. 15 after the shelter’s managers said they wouldn’t euthanize any animals.

On Thursday night, commissioners unanimously voted not to renew their contract with the Mason County Animal Shelter Group Inc., said County Commission President Rick Handley.

For about a year, the county had contracted with the group to manage the shelter. But the group’s no-kill policy had led to overcrowded and “very inhumane” conditions, he said.

More than 300 dogs and lived at the shelter, which was designed for no more than 50 animals. Last week, commissioners announced they would find a team of veterinarians to assess which animals at the county’s shelter should be euthanized and which can be adopted.

“We had no choice,” Handley said. “One hundred [animals] became ... 300.”

In May, representatives of the Humane Society of the United States visited the shelter and recommended that a team of veterinarians look at the situation and possibly use euthanasia to reduce overcrowding.

On Wednesday, Teresa Lynn Chagrin, an animal care and control specialist for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, sent a letter to county commissioners urging them to follow the Humane Society’s recommendations.

“Animals are dying at [overcrowded] shelters, though not from painless injections given by shelter staff,” Chagrin wrote. “They are suffering slow, painful deaths every day...”

The county will hire two current shelter employees to manage the facility, Handley said.

Angela Roach, president of the Mason County Animal Shelter Group, said commissioners have ignored the Humane Society’s recommendations to provide more funding and improve the facility.

Since last week’s announcement about the impending euthanasia, hundreds of people have contacted the shelter to adopt animals, Roach said. “We’re down to about 130 dogs,” she said.

People from as far away as Minnesota and Maine want to adopt the animals, she said. Today , rescuers are scheduled to take 54 cats to North Carolina.

“We’ve been working really hard,” Roach said. “It’s just a matter now of getting them to all these different places.”

http://www.huntingtonnews.net/local/...alshelter.html

Aug. 6, 2007

Rescue Me!
Broken Water Line, Sewage Adds New Hurdle for Mason County Shelter; Animals Standing in Green Sludge; Some Near Death; Adopt Now or They Die

By Tony Rutherford
Huntington News Network Writer

Huntington, WV (HNN) – Another crisis threatens to bring a closure to an already struggling no-kill animal shelter in Mason County. Having recovered from a disastrous explosion, the shelter faces eviction and the mass murder of dogs and cats left behind.

Some of them, like the big Labradors and Shepherds have been waiting a year for their ‘forever home.’ Unless enough people adopt or rescue, they will soon be at the Rainbow Bridge (i.e. Pet Heaven).

According to an e-mail from Pat Van Osten, a dog rescuer in Roselle, Ilinois, “some county workers were filling in low places and crushed the sewer system. The workers have gone home leaving the mess.” Osten pleaded for assistance.”The dogs are standing in green sludge, covered with feces, urine, and blood.”

Some of the canines stand tied outdoors in the near 100 degree heat. “There is no clean water,” Osten said.

Sadly, the Mason County Commissioners do not plan on doing anything until Aug. 15. That’s when their extension runs out. When it does, the county plans to “take over and have a mass killing at the shelter.”

Representatives from the Humane Society of Parkersburg visited the shelter Saturday afternoon, Aug. 4, 2007 attempting to take pictures of the environment and animals on their cell phones.