Winslow dogs

**shepgirl** · 12-27-2008, 04:10 PM

Unbelievable. Don't you have animal contol where you live?

**lute** · 12-27-2008, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by shepgirl

Unbelievable. Don't you have animal contol where you live?

No, there is no animal control. There is a no-kill shelter in the next town, but they won't help us. They say the Winslow dogs are too much trouble for them. Myself and some others have made efforts and had petitions signed to get one, but not enough people care. We did have a small fenced area with four kennel runs we used as a pound for a while. The girls running the place asked the town for money to help spay/neuter some dogs and help feed them. The town officials got upset and shut us down. We are back to square one and nowhere to keep stray dogs we pick up. Me and three other women take in some of thee dogs if we have room and get them spayed/neutered and find them homes. We just can't keep up with all of them.

**lute** · 12-27-2008, 05:27 PM

Here another pic I found. This poor guy breaks my heart. I've talked about him on here...

This dog is 10yrs old...I talked to his owner last year and offered to bathe and cut his mats out for her. She was an elderly woman. She acted like I was crazy. I offered to give her another cord to put this dog on as he can reach the road on the chain he's on.

**lizbud** · 12-27-2008, 05:25 PM

I had no idea where Winslow, Indiana was and I had to look it up.

Since this is such a small town, you would have to contact your State
Representative to launch a complaint about lack of animal care facilities
to serve your area. It's pretty bad that so many lack even basic care.

**lute** · 12-27-2008, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by lizbud

I had no idea where Winslow, Indiana was and I had to look it up.

Since this is such a small town, you would have to contact your State
Representative to launch a complaint about lack of animal care facilities
to serve your area. It's pretty bad that so many lack even basic care.

Yeah, Winslow is VERY small.

We did contact the state last year. We were told every county has to have a humane society for strays to go. The no-kill shelter in the next town that won't take our dogs is in our county so they won't enforce anything. We are stuck. All I'm aware of that I can do is keep helping as many of these dogs as I can. I don't know what else I can do. Out petition was never taken serious and the county just laughed and rolled their eyes when it was presented to them. Our county is relatively poor and they say they can't afford to build and staff a humane society. Even after I offered to run it for free.

**Karen** · 12-27-2008, 06:25 PM

That is so, so sad!

**lizbud** · 12-27-2008, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by lute

Yeah, Winslow is VERY small.

We did contact the state last year. We were told every county has to have a humane society for strays to go. The no-kill shelter in the next town that won't take our dogs is in our county so they won't enforce anything. We are stuck. All I'm aware of that I can do is keep helping as many of these dogs as I can. I don't know what else I can do. Out petition was never taken serious and the county just laughed and rolled their eyes when it was presented to them. Our county is relatively poor and they say they can't afford to build and staff a humane society. Even after I offered to run it for free.

Please don't give up entirely. If the next county is supposed to help &
doesn't, tell that to the State Rep for your area. Let him or her know that
local PD is not set up to help with animals & This is a county wide problem.

Most State Reps are very good at answering their letters & hearing from
those they represent. It's worth a try anyway. Good luck with this.

**IRescue452** · 12-27-2008, 07:15 PM

Maybe you could make more efforts to transport them out of the area, or get them online for adoption in other areas. I don't know if truckers come by but there is a website where truckers run trains for homeless dogs. If I ever had the money I would come to areas like yours myself and bring dogs back to where I live and the chances of them being adopted would be much greater. I had wanted to start doing this with my sister in TN but she had to move back here.

**lute** · 12-27-2008, 08:13 PM

lizbud, I'm not giving up. I just don't know what else to do. I'll try and get in contact with the state rep again.

IRescue542, I wish there were more people like you that are willing to help bring in strays from other areas. I hope you someday get to help homeless dogs.