We are spreading the word about a situation in a Abbeville, Louisiana where dogs have 4 days to be claimed from Animal Control before they are killed in a gas chamber.
How is this situation different from any other town or parish/county with a pound, you ask?
This facility is strictly about animal and rabies control, this pound does NOT have an adoption program to the public. What this means is that pets brought to the pound are DOOMED. No way out alive! Once they are brought to the facility, unless they are reclaimed by their owners or rescued within 4 days, they will be KILLED, since this is the purpose of the place.
Thanks to an agreement between the Parish and Animal Aid for Vermilion Area (AAVA), pets can be “pulled” from the facility by 501(c)3 organizations.
What this means is that the lives of the pets in the facility depend solely on animal welfare groups.
If you are with a rescue group, please consider helping them save these pets. AAVA simply cannot handle the situation alone.
Many more pets would be housed in other pounds with the same number of kennels but this facility is under an older court order forbidding it from overcrowding. One Dog Per Cage! which makes it even more urgent to pull pets from the facility.
And here is the link to all the animals at their pound.
http://www.petfinder.com/pet-search?shelterid=LA26&preview=1
Please spread the word - Animal Aid for Vermilion Area can arrange transport.
Thanx!
~Maria
