Carroll County has been gassing dogs for about a decade. Prior to that, they were simplyshooting the dogs in an open corral. This is rural dog pound unwilling to entertain other options of euthanizing animals by lethal injection.
This is Fritz on his graduation day from obedience school. Fritz traveled all the way from the Carroll County Dog Pound to his new forever home in Massachusetts.
In an attempt to achieve the needed change required to humanely euthanize, we have offered to go with the warden to the veterinarian of his choice to explore the use of lethal injection. He has not accepted our offer. “He appears to have lethal injection confused with intracardial injection”, states Robin McClelland, Ohio SPCA Eastern Counties Coordinator. In the fall of 2008, we served upon the Carroll County Commissioners our formal records request and are evaluating the voluminous materials supplied in response.
This is a county that works with rescue to an extent, (a rescuer’s access is limited and not available during all public access hours). The fact remains that without rescue efforts, Carroll County would most certainly revert back to the “high kill” facility they once were. The residents of the community adopt only a very small percentage of the dogs. With the drop off pens, Carroll County gets its share of owner surrenders and most likely from some of the surrounding counties that actually do charge a fee. Until the drop boxes are gone, Carroll County will continue to be known as “Owner Surrenderville.” We will continue our fight on behalf of the dogs that continue to suffer in the gas chamber.
A grassroots organization has generated a Petition, which we wholeheartedly endorse. Some drove from MA and NY for the presentation in January 2009 to the County Commissioners, which was also attended by Robin McClelland. It has been reported that no response from the County has been received to date. Therefore, the Petition effort continues, and you will find it at Petition at http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/carroll-county-ohio-stop-the-gassing, and we encourage you to voice your opinion by signing it.