Mayor and Animal Control Officer Take Council Members on Tour of City Pound
Published by Joe Burgess July 10th, 2008 in City.
City Council members Carolyn Brown and Claudia Hartness were recently given a tour of the City Dog Pound by Animal Control Officer, Franklin Maddox. Monticello Mayor Joe Rogers was also present, as were members of the media.
This friendly pooch was trying to make “friends in high places” by getting the attention of Mayor Joe Rogers.
But back to the story, The Monticello City Pound is located in the area of the transfer station, near where the pine straw is stored.
The general appearance of the facility seems to be in good repair, with good air flow, daily feedings, and an automatic watering system. The pound is also sprayed every 5 days, as a protective measure.
Maddox explained that the pound currently has around 12 dogs, and has a maximum capacity of around 30.
The pound has a 10 policy to allow for pick-up or adoption of dogs, but animals are almost always kept for longer periods of time, except for injured or diseased animals.
Council member, Carolyn Brown desctibed the pound, “It’s clean out here, and the dogs are fed.” Alderperson Claudia Hartness seemed satisfied with the conditions as well.
This little fellow paid attention for awhile, but decided to demonstrate how the automatic watering system works, so that I was able to take a good photo for everyone to see.
I think he’s looking for a home, if you’re interested.
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are the doggies free ???????
“are the doggies free?????”
I sure hope not. “Free to good homes” is basically a death sentence for dogs. I am not attacking you but this article and that question opens up a huge can of worms that plague Monticello.
“Free to good home” Im glad we don’t give babies away like that. Imagine not screening people for adoption. Well actually you don’t need to imagine, just look at my videos and pictures of Paws “Animal Shelter”. Monticello as well as southern Arkansas is failing their dogs. If “mans best friend” is true, Monticello treats their enemies better.
I wish this article was about PAWS where as you can see Dogs are in a whole lot worse shape. This is where dogs are dropped off city and county wide. I have personally rescued and adopted out 9 dogs in the last 2 years and could not have done it if there were not responsible people out there adopting instead of buying.
The answer to the problem is simple -GET YOUR DOGS SPAYED AND NEUTERED!!!! and ask your neighbor to do so too. Letting your dog get pregnant which seems to always be an accident increases the supply and decreases the demand. Just ask Buddy a small puppy I found by the Transfer Station that had a severe case of the mange. He was almost adopted until the couple adopting him found a irresponsible owner who had a litter of pups giving them away. Giving a dog away means that dogs chances of getting spayed or neutered are extremely rare so that means those 5 puppies will go on to multiply and the next thing you know we have a organization like PAWS with too many to manage and worst of all imagine those 50 or so at PAWS in a few months when those numbers hit the hundreds and we have a major crisis.
I am writing this to call attention. I would like the city council members to go to PAWS and see the real problem in Monticello. I also am asking the city of Montiicello to step up. Spay and neuter your dogs and make it a city ordinance to mandate it for the irresponsible people out there.
A trip to Paws alone is half the story. Check with the owner and find out its policy before you donate your food or money blindly. Those dogs need to be socialized and posted for adoption. This is something that the owner of PAWS is not willing to do. She is against portals such as petfinder.com that seek out good owners for the dogs. She only adopts out locally where she can personally check on them. This greatly limits adoption policies and since Northern states have better animal control polices.
The typical fee of $150 charged by adoption agenceis covers the spaying or neutering of the pet (which happens before the dog is released) and gets them current on all shots. Which if you know is typically more than $150. It also helps screen people getting dogs that cannot afford them.
I do not want to encourage you to quit donating food and money to PAWS because this would obviously can them to starve. But I just want to inform people of the situation.
I think this article is a huge asset for the Monticello Animal Shelter. I have personally been involved in the situation and the changes the shelter has gone thru in the past 3 years. The Monticello High School EAST Lab has also played a MAJOR part in the progression of this animal shelter.
Many of the dogs end up being euthanized because adoption in Monticello and surrounding areas is scarce but, if more people where made aware of the AMAZING dogs available at the shelter they would not think twice about looking at the shelter first. I am a huge animal lover and know how many wonderful dogs there are at the shelter… I urge anyone who is looking for a loving family dog to explore the shelter and find the perfect one for them. The dogs at the shelter are spayed and neutered so there is no need to worry about that after the adoption is complete.
I’m very sorry to hear about the problems at PAWS and I do think that people should always spay or neuter their dogs but, adoption itself is a huge problem. Allowing dogs to be adopted for free can be very irresponsible but its not the leading cause of animal shelter problems. Maybe instead of criticizing the Monticello Animal Shelter article you should draw more positive attention to shelters in general, just a thought.
My vet in McGehee has a paws behind her office, the dogs and cats are taken very good care of.I saw the kittens inside her office.If you feel so bad for them.Take them some food Justin.
Paws in Monticello located just outside of city limits on Cherry and Old Wilmont road is NOT the same as paws and claws in Mcghee.
Justin, I am confused by your reply. Are you saying the dogs that are left at Paws are in bad shape because they are being left and there are so many of them? Or, are you saying that PAWS is not taking care of the dogs they have due to a lack of funds and/or number of pets adopted?
I understand what you are saying about a dog being “free” versus an adoption fee as well as the spay/neuter information.