It is a very frustrating and sad situation. And it isn't the only one going on in Centre County. I have been working with some people on another situation here that has been going on for many years. I just can't get into in much detail right now because we are about to get the police involved and I don't want to compromise the situation at all. It is one that John has been aware of for 3 years and yet the conditions remain. There are many reasons why...not all of them John's laziness and incompetance. Some of them are just the crappy animal protection laws we have here in PA. They are minimal at best. Cats have almost no protection at all. Most of the vet clinics also take in food donations for the SPCA. I am also sickened by the fact that other dogs were put down to make room for these. Yet I doubt that John even made any attempt to contact any rescue organizations in the area to find out if there were room for any animals. It is just easier for him to put them to sleep. Going to an effort to help the animals or actually save them isn't in his vocabulary. But he is sooooo good at putting on the sympathetic face for the press and say how this will...."haunt him for the rest of his life". yea...right. Just like it haunts him about all the pets he has put to sleep when he knows who owns them and that they are going to come to pick them up...but hey....they don't hold animals for people you know.