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Citizens urged to help stop animal mistreatment at city shelter
Following numerous firsthand observations of animal care & treatment violations at Indianapolis Animal Care & Control (IACC) which were dismissed by IACC Administrator Steve Talley, a group of citizens has prepared an official grievance to be filed with the IACC Advisory Board for hearing/resolution at the IACC board meeting scheduled for 6pm, August 13th at the IACC shelter, 2600 S. Harding Street.
Humane Society announces new director
Humane Society of Indianapolis (HSI) announced on Friday the hiring of their new executive director. Seemingly in keeping with the criticism that has plagued the society for years, this decision is already facing skeptics.
IACC says suffering of maggot-infested kitten not excessive
In a response to an inquiry from 7/21/08, Indianapolis Animal Care & Control Administrator Steve Talley issued the agencies "official" conclusions about the 2-day suffering of a seriously debilitated, maggot-infested kitten discovered by volunteers on June 24. The circumstances surrounding this are outlined in a letter of complaint filed with the IACC advisory board on July 4th. You may read the entirety of the letter by clicking here.
IACC breaks record for 2008, kills over 1,000 animals in June
Indianapolis Animal Care & Control has released their kennel statistics for June. Normally, I take the time to compile them and summmarize on the ACCess page, but some quick math impressed me so much that I had to present the raw data now (click here to download the PDF file).
Director's Involvement Raises Questions
While we applaud progressive changes at Indianapolis Animal Care & Control proposed by Public Safety Director Newman, we have to ask why it requires the intervention of such a high-level person to get things accomplished at IACC? Are we mistaken in assuming that the management and improvement of the IACC division is the responsibility of the IACC administrator, and not the Director of Public Safety? So why would Director of Public Safety Newman want/need to be personally undertaking changes/improvements at IACC?
Humane Society of Indianapolis CEO Boden Resigns
According to Bobby King, reporter for the Indianapolis Star, Humane Society of Indianapolis has announced that their CEO, Martha Boden, has resigned. They (HSI) apparently plan on replacing the CEO position with an Executive Director position at a salary level about $30,000 lower than the approximately $105,000 received by Boden.
More information will be posted when it becomes available.
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