This was posted on one of my Katrina
boards—I went to the Website and they do say in their section on euthanization
that for a small fee, they will NOT sell the animal for research! I know
they are not the only animal control facility that does this but for folks in
MI, a heads up!
http://www.co.jackson.mi.us/Agencies/animalShel/Support.asp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March
26, 2006 3:26 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Eric
Rice; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Kathryn Bloomfield
Subject: [svlegal] Do We Have Katrinas
Here
I just received this email from Peggy, of
my local rottie rescue group. I don't know if they took in any Katrina
pets, but thought I would post just in case.
Sent: Sunday, March 26,
2006 10:27 AM
Subject: Fw: Animals sold
to research from Michigan shelter
PLEASE SPEAK OUT ON THIS!!!!!! Crosspost,
call and write the shelter and any city officials we can find to stop the
selling of shelter animals for experiments.......
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Subject: Purebred senior GSD and other animals sold to research/Michigan
Owners must pay fee up
front to "insure" their animal is euth'd. Otherwise, it is sold
to reseach lab. I assume all strays end up being experimented
on......Please crosspost everywhere. Thank you! If pets cannot be pulled,
then maybe fees could be called in and paid to have them euth'd. very sad.
Jackson Co. Michigan Animal Control
2004
Blackstone
Jackson, Michigan, 49203
Phone: (517) 788-4464
Fax: (517) 780-4750
Office: Monday through Friday 8 a.m.
- 5 p.m.
No money transactions will be started
after 4:45PM.
Kennel: Monday through Friday 10
a.m. - 5 p.m.
(from Co. govt. website)
It has recently been publicized that Jackson County Animal Control Shelter has
a high kill rate and that we sell animals to Class B research facilities. We
wish to re-enforce to the public that we do everything we can to find homes for
the animals that are in our facility.
As of July 2003 there has been 933 dogs and 1,583 cats turned into the shelter.
Of these animals 560 dogs and 146 cats have been picked up by an Animal Control
Officer. Thankfully, 80 of these animals were claimed/returned to their owners,
and the adoption rate, for animals available for adoption, was at 30% as of
July 2003. This is an amazing figure for Jackson County Animal Control Shelter
since in the previous year the adoption rate for the entire year was 31%.
It costs about
$16.36 dollars to euthanize and cremate a 50 pound dog, which is the size that
is usually taken by research. It cost about $3.42 dollars to euthanize and
cremate a 8 pound cat, which is the size that is usually taken by research. It
is a fact of life, revenue must be generated in order to keep a facility
operational. One way that Jackson County Animal Control Shelter is able to produce revenue is by selling
certain animals to research. By selling select animals to research we have been
able to generate over $4,000 in revenue over the 2002 - 2003 years. Where the
cost of euthanization and cremation would have been over $6,000.
We at the Jackson County Animal Control
Shelter respect the thoughts and/or feelings of the public on this matter.
Therefore we find it is important to stress that not all animals that come to
the Jackson County Animal Control are sold to research. No animal is sold to
research until all other avenues have been exhausted within the holding period
to find these animals a home including adoption to the public, rescue groups,
US Customs, Paw for a Cause and human societies. Additionally, if an animal is
turned into the Jackson Animal Control Shelter the person dropping off the
animal is given the option of paying a fee to ensure that the animal will not
be sold to research.
We hope you find our website useful. Jackson County Government strives to provide service to the people we are
privileged to serve.
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