Leitchfield, KY 42754
(270) 230-8839
03/09/2010 07:07 PM
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Grayson County Humane Society/SPCA Animals Killed and Beaten - Help Desperately Needed to Rescue, Foster, Adopt,
UPDATE - March 1st, 2010: The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the person responsible for breaking into the Grayson County Humane Society's animal shelter, resulting in the death of two cats and the serious injury of one dog.
"This incident is a tragedy, not only for the animal victims, but for the hard-working shelter staff trying to do the best for the animals in their community,’ said Pamela Rogers, The HSUS' Kentucky state director. "We hope our reward helps identify the perpetrator of this cruel crime so he or she can be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." The Leitchfield Police Department is investigating. Anyone with information is urged to call 270-259-3850 during regular business hours and 270-259-3131 overnig ********** On Wednesday evening, February 24th, 2010, someone broke into the shelter, stole the cash box containing checks and cash, and let a number of the dogs out. Sadly, they then locked a dog that is known to be cat-aggressive in the office with the cats that were in there. Two of the cats in the office, Darrell and Athena, were killed. They then turned their attention towards the dog and beat her. She is now being treated for her injuries.
A similar incident occurred at the shelter several weeks prior when ALL of the dogs were turned loose and several were injured. These senseless tragedies have deeply upset the onsite volunteers and also traumatized the animals that are at the shelter. The police are investigating and hopefully the person or persons involved will be brought to justice. If anyone knows ANYTHING that you think could help catch the person responsible for these incidents, please contact the Leitchfield, KY Police at 270-259-3850. Even if you don't know anything about the break-in, there is something else that you can do. Security options are being implemented, but in the meantime, whomever did this is still out there, and there are cats and dogs housed in places in the shelter that can not at this time be secured any further. Please, if you can take just one - to rescue, foster, or to adopt, let the shelter know right away and we will work on arranging transport. In the short run, this will definitely help save lives. You can contact the shelter at 270-230-8839 or you can email dwhite@ Please help if you can and please keep the volunteers and the animals in your thoughts and prayers.
UPDATE - February 27th, 2010: THANK YOU.....
The outpouring of support for the volunteers and the animals at Grayson has been overwhelming and we thank you for that.
The money that was stolen has been replaced and more.
The lives of the two precious cats can never be replaced and we mourn for them. Our beautiful, loving Athena, who would have left this weekend for rescue and our handsome boy, Darrell, who was becoming more trusting and loving every day. We will never forget you and we are grateful that so many mourn along with us and understand that your lives had value.
The dog involved is going to be fine. This is a wonderful dog and it should not be blamed in any way for what happened.....this poor dog was used as a tool for this sick, senseless act of violence.
It helps to know that people, throughout the world, are thinking of us, praying for us, and standing with us. Sometimes we feel like we stand alone.
We value each and every animal that comes through our doors, the sick and injured included. We love them and care for them to the best of our ability. It gets overwhelming and, when something like this happens, we lose hope. Thank you for giving us our hope back.
Thank you for also reaffirming to us that there are people who care and support us in what we do. Thank you for helping to ease our pain and our burden a bit.
The next time the workload and the bills become overwhelming, the next time someone dumps kittens in our parking lot or ties an injured dog to our gate overnight..... ***************
UPDATE - February 20th, 2010: The City of Leitchfield, KY has now kindly offered to match all funds raised in "The Power Of 1" campaign. Any donation you make will literally go twice as far to help us pay down our vet bill. As the next City Council meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 15th, all donations must be received by then to count for the matching funds. We can't thank the city (or each or you) enough for helping us with this critical and truly life-saving fundraiser. Grayson County Humane Society's vet bills are over $7,000! Recently, there have been many dogs and cats surrendered to the shelter that could not make it without medical treatment. We need help. We receive no county, state, or federal funding to assist with our bills. We are dependent on those who share our mission and believe in what we do. We believe that every pet that enters our doors deserves love and care, regardless of their physical condition. We work hard to get them on their way to becoming healthy, happy, and headed for their forever homes.
The number of our friends on Myspace is now almost 1,000 and the fans on Facebook now number over 3,000. If each fan or member donated at least $1.00, we could pay off over half of our vet bill. If each of you found just 1 other person to donate at least $1.00, we could pay off the entire vet bill AND if that 1 person found just 1 other person to donate at least $1.00, we could pay off the vet bill AND start a fund for future vet bills. Please donate in whatever manner works best for you. You can either use the Paypal "buttons" that are found here on our main website (on the left side menu of each page), via the Grayson Facebook Cause donation page at http://apps. Thank you!    ***************
Please consider joining our Facebook Group page, Facebook Fan page,  *************** Galaxy, Prince, Quinn, Rosco, and Ty Cobb. to obtain more information about them. Please consider adopting or rescuing one of these wonderful dogs             Highlighted Animals
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Update February, 2010: Sadly, Bentley is once again available for adoption. The lady that adopted him late last year had to return him to the shelter due to her current living conditions. It had NOTHING to do with Bentley. We'll be working on getting updated photos and videos of him, as well as...read more about Bentley - TWO YEARS LATER - sponsored
Hi, my name is Second, a male tabby kittycat (short coat), about seven years old. The volunteer (I call her "the angel of Second Street") saw me walking along the road like I was on a death march, and I really was on my last legs. I couldn't remember when I'd had my last meal and I thought, sheesh...read more about Second-sponsored
Wanted: Distinguished senior "gentle"man - one whose legs have carried him many miles and whose hips have probably had better days - is in search of a home to live out his remaining doggy days. Recently applied for entrance to the local senior center in town, but his "howling for a home" routine was...read more about Woody Watkins
Highlighted Events
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SNIP Clinic Day -- Thursday March 18th, 2010
Adoption Day at Feeders Supply -- Saturday March 20th, 2010
SNIP Clinic Day -- Wednesday April 7th, 2010
SNIP Clinic Day -- Thursday April 15th, 2010
Adoption Day at Feeders Supply -- Saturday April 17th, 2010
************** PLEASE, if you rescue or are thinking about adopting, consider rescuing or adopting our pets. While we do not have a specific kill date, when we are full, we have to euthanize. When we are not full, we do our best to love and care for each pet with all of our abilities. However, our work force is too small for the number of pets we currently care for. Our shelter is full and when we look at these trusting faces we know the end is near for many of them. They are our friends and they desperately need adopters or rescue. Our area simply does not have many adopters. Please consider offering a safe place to one of them today. Grayson County Humane Society 213 William Thomason Byway Leitchfield, KY 42754 270-230-8839 http://www.graysoncountyhumanesociety.petfinder.org/ www.graysonhumane.org http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofgraysoncohumanesoc/ http://www.myspace.com/graysoncountyhumane |
