It was not there at 7:30 when I put my post up and I never saw it, but she is very truthful & was no reason to lie about this. At least it gives you a window of time to check.

A dear friend once said that in order for evil to triumph all that must happen is for good people to sit on their hands and do nothing. We will continue to fight for the voiceless both animal and human. Dr. Meloche’s statement in a sworn deposition that it part of a federal court record, when asked”[s]o you don’t think that the fact that they have to pay a fee- a higher fee discourages people?” He replied , ” No, not poor people. First, we know one thing, they barely go to veterinary clinics. Should the fee of the veterinary clinic be lower to accommodate them maybe, maybe not. But it’s everything, the kind of food that they’re going to buy, if they buy some. Most of the cruelty that I’ve seen-that we see are from, of course poor neighborhood, and it’s a dynamic”. That statement speaks volumes. For all of the people who have lost their pets to his reign of terror, for all of the pets euthanized before their holding period expired , for all of the people whose pets were spayed when they were already spayed, for all of the people who reclaimed their pets or adopted pets who were so sick they either died or incurred huge vet bills, for all of the people whose homes were entered and animals seized under an alleged provision in the Ordinance that even the sponsors say was never their intention, for all of the people who run for cover when animal services comes down the street, for all the animals who have been left to suffer and die there, for all the good and caring employees who have been made to endure this horror and for all the good employees who have done the right thing and sought protection under the “Whistle Blowers Law”, we WILL continue to fight.

Believe it or not there are Animal Control Directors who have success under the Nathan Winograd Model. There are those who have empty shelters because they do it right- look at Shelby County. There are those whose officers are welcome in neighborhoods because they are true public servants and ride in the summer with coloring books and popsicles for the children and educate them along the way. There are Directors who are involved in a positive way with their communities providing shelter for the pets of women and children or other homeless people entering shelters and then returning them clean, well fed and smiling when the human crisis is over. There are Shelter Directors that are so uniformly loved by their communities that they don’t have to ask for donations, food, toys, and supplies are overflowing. I could go on and on. Wake up! The solution will not begin until Dr. Meloche and all that abide by his controlling draconian philosophy are gone and Louisville Metro has a Director that we can be proud of.

It’s like being in Germany in the 1930′s and trying to point out to folks that fellow with the funny mustache might be two lagers short of a full Oktoberfest.

We are doing everything we can to provide a voice for those who don’t have one: the animals that are suffering and dying needlessly at the hands of a madman.

I’m glad to know that you spend your time volunteering and helping out whatever way you can. We do the same. One of our missions is to keep the name Meloche ever in the media any and every way we can in the hopes that people will read it, see it and start to talk about it and then, maybe, demand something be done about him.

We do it because too many animals have suffered (even died) at his hands, and those animals can’t speak for themselves.

So, yeah. We blog. We raise all the heck we can. We don’t have lots of extra time on our hands. We do this because nobody else is out there doing it and because as long as Meloche remains, money goes missing, people’s pets are illegally confiscated and animals are subjected to disease and death.

BTW, you might check out today’s Front Page for more Meloche news–seems Rick isn’t the only one with a slippery d#*k in this town.

And, just for fun…you might Google “Giles Meloche” sometime. Just ignore the hockey goalie with the same name…

And, while you’re out there helping (which is admirable) please note that the shelter overflowed with a mix of water and SEWAGE and, due to the nature of the building materials, it cannot be properly disinfected. Add to that the recent panleukopenia outbreak which required that all the cats be euthanized (and after which, once again, no disenfecting was done) and you are now putting back animals that were soaked in RAW SEWAGE and not properly bathed…..EEEEWWW!

That’s what having a DVM in charge of your shelter gets you: Superior care and optimum health.

I think Mother Nature delivered her own Poo Award to a man who truly, truly deserves it. I’m only sorry that–as usual–the animals are the ones who have to suffer at the hands of this maniac.

And JTT, you’re right about Abramson being ultimately responsible for the guy being here and staying here long past his sell-by date. They both need to be replaced.