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LIBERTY HUMANE SHELTER, GEORGIA
Reviews: 131 |
Posted: 1 year ago |
Avg Rating: 4.5
Supporting Shelter: LIBERTY HUMANE SHELTER, GEORGIA
Pros: The staff REALLY wants to make this a better place seperate from Animal Control.
Cons: Rusty cages, poor ventilation, oldest buildings, no dog runs, understaffed, and Animal Control animals housed in same areas.
I have been trying to get help for this shelter for over a year now. I have written to main organizations (SPCA, etc) with no responses. Just last week, I went by because I wanted to adopt a kitten. It was closed down due to a parvo outbreak. However, the manager turned me onto ZooToo. I have written the Coastal Courier Editor about this, and he has said he will help. I have practically lived on this site this week.
This shelter needs SO much. It is worse than any puppy mill you might see on "Animal Planet." I adopted my dog, Precious, from here in 1987. Nothing has changed except for a poorly ventilated puppy building. As this is a military town, we take the overload demand when men are deployed and the post shelter becomes full. It is heartbreaking to know our boys have to worry about leaving their animals in this appalling place AND worry about going to war.
It is not the staff's fault. It is a no kill shelter and, simply, does not have the funds. They NEED to win the makeover, especially since the main goal of our town is to assist our military while they are here away from home. Some say they should not get dogs, but I feel they need dogs even more than we do as they ARE away from home.
Please, please help this shelter be what the community and staff so desperately want it to be.
Julee
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[updated on 2009-04-07 22:10:59 GMT]:
YES, YES, YES! I KNEW we could do it! I feel like a winner from just being involved in this wonderful process. I feel for the other shelters, but view them as winners, too. I can't think of anyone who deserves it (and needs it)more. Faith, Belief, and Community are an unbeatable combination. I'd like to say thank you to ALL our affiliates and friends, especially our military families. We couldn't have done it without you. NOW, let's get to work:-). Julee
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by dstrykr
1 year ago - Flag this
How many thousands of people did your letter to the editor reach? Didn't you ask people in your letter to come onto to Zootoo on their behalf? Do you see the lack of response? Now do you see why Liberty Humane Shelter is in the condition that it is? The community doesn't care; only a handful of dedicated staff and volunteers.
I sure hope Zootoo cares. And since this is a military community, where is the military, since the majority of the abandoned pets come from them? What a shame. Thanks for your referral in the newspaper, but please, don't cut their throats in the process of trying to help them.
Please do stop by and see the conditions of the facility under the new President. Yes, the building is atrocious! But the animals are healthy and the facility is clean. Just because the paint is coming off the floors (see my picture review) doesn't mean the floors are dirty. Just because they can't afford pretty paint, doesn't mean the walls are dirty. Just because the washer needs to be hit to run doesn't mean the laundry isn't done.
By the way, do you know an electrician? They need their larger hot water heater hooked up as the old one rusted through at the bottom. They are desperate for that. I bought all the supplies, I just need an electrician to hook it up.