Andrea Rosebrock 
Unbelievable!! After seizing 28 dogs from a South Dallas home, animal services returns the dogs to the owner even though pictures of the animals show the dogs to be emaciated and covered with sores.
Is this the way an animal shelter is supposed to operate? Look at the pictures of these dogs and if you can come up with one sane, reasonable reason why they would be returned, please, tell me!
They were not treated for their numerous wounds and open sores, they were not spayed and neutered which is supposed to be mandated, they were not microchipped which is supposed to be mandate. No animal cruelty investigation was ever initiated. Two days after 28 dogs, dogs in terrible shape, living in horrendous conditions, all but one were returned to the owner. And no only were 28 emaciated, injured dogs found, there were also the remains of dogs that were left to die, just piles of bones. And they returned dogs!! I just do not even know what to say about such unbelievable incompetence!!
Whoever made the decision to return those poor dogs needs to be charged with animal cruelty because that’s exactly what this was! This shelter needs to be investigated and a serious overhaul undertaken. If dogs found in these conditions, in this shape, is considered acceptable, what does count as abuse? If pile of bones, dogs left to die, is not considered abuse, what is??
Contact info for Dallas Animal Services
1818 N. Westmoreland Road
Dallas, Texas 75212
Phone – 214-670-8246
Fax – 214-243-1855
Why would they return these dogs to these horrific owners? That is absurd. Serious action needs to be taken here.
please tell me that they will be doing something about this, those poor dogs where just sent back there to die
OMG Someone has to get those dogs out of there and put them somewhere safe. AND, not at that damn animal shelter (to call it that is a joke). They do not shelter animals, they murder and abuse them just like the owners have. Oh! And what is this? They are kept in pits????? WTF How in the world can anyone treat them this way and worse these idiots that released them back. They should all be shot! Please, if anyone in Dallas can help them, please, I’m begging you all out there to go over to the owners and/or shelter and DEMAND these dogs be taken out of this situation and quickly! Before there is anymore cruel suffering. I want this POS’s name. How come we don’t have the wners name or the shelter’s name D? I want the world to know who this is and do something about it. Nameless makes it difficult to go after anyone.
I think Dallas animal services should be charged with stupidity , are you kidding me , again nothing more surprises me
Money under the table. Somebody knows somebody. These shelter workers PLUS the veterinarian should be FIRED.
Boy, did I have a rough time with this one. I cannot believe they call themselves a “shelter”, because it is deplorable with the conditions the dogs are in, not to mention the living conditions that they are in. What the hell are they doing? Apparently no one there knows what they are doing and they all have their heads up their a**.
Something has to be done, whether it is the district attorney going in and filing charges of neglect and cruelty to this shelter, and to the idiots who have returned the dogs to the horrific conditions that they previously lived in, all of you, including the previous owners should be under scrutiny. They should all be ashamed of themselves.
I’m stunned…this is just so horrible. I watch Animal Cops – I can’t believe anyone who works for Animal Services could justify returning these dogs!! I hope they are not affiliated with the ASPCA. Have they been contacted about this (ASPCA)???
My God! All these beasts from Dallas Animal Service are either Blind or Heartless! The decision maker of the Service should and must be fired and be put behind bars. How is it possible that such a heartless creature work in this field?
Can anyone one … anyone association do anything? I hope so.
All those poor dogs need medical care and the the scums who have them should be put in jail for cruelty!
Please HELP!
Gina, trying to work on it from Chicago!
Gina, sometimes its not whats right or wrong but who you know : (
Okay folks we need some contact imformation so we can flood this poor excuse of a place with emails, phone calls, letters. This place needs to do some serious house cleaning! Some serious house cleaning. And ever who is behind this needs to face jail time.There is something rotten going on here. I’ld be willing to bet my bottom, dollar : (
As I posted to Gina, I am working on it from Chicago. Have some emails out to contacts in rescue with whom I have worked with and know me personally. Very busy transporting weekend, so I am hoping to get answers by tonight or tomorrow. Will post the info as soon as I get some names, emails, phone numbers and addresses.
Contact information has been added to the bottom of the post. Hope there’s only one DAS.
D.
“Happy, socialized dogs”????!!!??? My heart is breaking! One look from a half blind person would see they are not happy. They are starving and clearly in pain!! Someone needs to investigate this. What organization would have oversight of this? I’m not from Texas, but I will certainly make phone calls if needed. This is disgusting. Those poor babies. They thought they had finally been rescued and then they have to go back to the nightmare. That’s more cruel than if they had never been taken in the first place. OMG.
I have sent my letter via Fax to DAS. How about if we flood them with faxes in the next 24 hours?
I was not kind, but I was polite. When writing your letters, please refrain from using harsh swear words. We as a group will be able to get further with honey than vinegar.
Let’s flood their fax machine people!!!!
Susie, wish I could, but I can’t – no fax. But I did find some email addresses, which I put below and also they have a comment space so I also left a comment on that.
I can’t believe that authorities are that ignorant to this situation. Those poor babies need to be removed pronto. They should also never be allowed to own another animal again. Give us the number to send a fax and I sure will. How could anyone in their right mind return these animals? We need to start letting off some steam here. Not just on this site, but by sending mail, faxes, phone calls and e-mails. I sent one off to Gov. Arnold and got a response. Bet he was shocked to get my e-mail all the way from MI. On this site we are growing. Tell your friends about this site and your neighbors. Tell everyone. We NEED to get people involved.
D. did give us the contact info above. But here it is down here as well:
Contact info for Dallas Animal Services
1818 N. Westmoreland Road
Dallas, Texas 75212
Phone – 214-670-8246
Fax – 214-243-1855
I’m drafting my letter to fax now. You probably got the same response from Arnold that I did, and mine came from Florida. I’m sure he’s not paying a bit of attention to where the complaints come from, and someone in his office is sending out the “canned” replies. I’m circulating this through the Yahoo animal rights groups that I belong to, asking them to also fax letters and call. We need to flood that place like a tsunami until this can’t be swept under the rug any more.
I googled the place and here are some email addresses that be usefull mjkaden@spca.org- Senior Director of Communications mdavies@spca.org-Communications Specialist nhowery@spca.org-Webmaster
They ( SPCA of Texas) also have a comment spot of you google them and go to find us at the botton of the page. Same page the above addresses can be found in. I already left my comment.
jadizdax says- How could this people from the animal shelter do something as horrible as that?? What were they thinking of???? Don’t they care about animals anymore?? Sure doesn’t seem like it. Something needs to be done and fast.
How could this people from the animal shelter do something as horrible as that?? What were they thinking of???? Don’t they care about animals anymore?? Sure doesn’t seem like it. Something needs to be done and fast.
This is dispicable! I am in shock. Does anyone have any updates on this?
Has any more infor. become available on the injustice of this betrayal of innocent animals by a agency that is supposed to protect them from abusive “owners”? When you watch the program “Animal Planet” the officier’s always are taking animal’s out of horrible situations. Is this just for TV?
Barbara, I haven’t been able to come up with any more info on this atrocity. Probably yet another political mess being swept under the carpet
D.
I found this one article about it:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/070509dnmetanimalcontrol.3ce59ef.html
It says they had launched an internal investigation about why these animals were allowed to go back to this monster, but it doesn’t say a word about doing anything to get those animals away from him again. It says he moved the dogs to Kaufman County. I wonder if that county falls under the jurisdiction of another humane organization who could help? Or maybe the HSUS could get involved. I’m going to send a letter to them, though I doubt they would get involved with a single owner situation. It’s worth a shot. My heart breaks thinking how those dogs had a tiny ray of hope, albeit very tiny considering the shelter they were taken to, but then to be taken back to that subhuman must have been terrifying for them. They KNOW what awaits them there. It just makes me sick.
I read the report and all of these comments can be considered slander by the new owner of these dogs.
It seems to me that none of you read the report as this case does not warrant these slanderous accusations. This man was picking up his fathers pets after his father had died. This man has moved the animals to his location. Obviously the father was ill and no one was near by to take action. But by removing these animals from the son who is more than willing to take care of them, all this does is put these dogs closer to the killing room at the shelter. Old dogs do lose weight when their owner dies as they also grieve and some old dogs refuse to eat without their owner. Everyone is so quick to judge this situation without all the proper information. These pets are better off with this son than waiting to die in an over crowded shelter. Only a few were in the condition pictured and that is primarily age and the ill health of the father. It is very easy for the animal rights people to claim perfection and slander people, but when one of their own leaves a dog to die in a hot car while working at a shelter all kinds of excuses are made for such behavior. These dogs did languish for a while during the ill health of this man, but with a family member coming into town and realizing the state of these animals he did not abandon them but stepped up to the plate to move all of them closer to where he can oversee their care. This cost money and time. He did not shirk his responsibility. All of this is nothing more than slander against the shelter and against this man who has acted responsibly once he knew the state of his father’s affairs. All you people want to do is punish people for how life is, did any of you step up to help this old man while he was alive? No all you people can think about is taking away people’s pets and punishing people with more fines making life more difficult. These dogs were as old as their owner and he had been taking good care most of his life, but when he needed help his neighbors let him down and with his family in another county a proud man dies on his own and you people want to punish this family. It is so easy to condem from afar. That is why older people don’t ask for help anymore with young people like you all calling for fines and condemnation. You don’t offer help you offer punishment. The Texas Humane Legislative Network is just another group that wants to end all pet ownership. They tried to pass a law that made every dog over 40 lbs be declared vicious to be confined for life. Is that compassionate care! That would end adoptions for all over weight and large breed dogs in Texas. Is this compassionate, no this is evil in disguise. Another one they tried to pass would force surgery on animals at 4 months of age that causes no health benefit to the puppy. A decision best left to the owner and its doctor. How would you like it if the state said you had to undergo surgery that would end your life earlier or your chiild’s life earlier just for a social policy. This lack of compassion for both the owners and their pets is disgusting and certainly unamerican. I am not talking about real abuse such as dog fighting. I am talking about the Dallas county inhumane society stealing pets from the old and the poor. Pets in obviously good condition and taken care of to the best of their owner’s ability. Dogs are dogs and children are children and no amount of social change can change biology. Animal rights people keep saying they are for compassionate care when in reality they have no compassion for the elderly or the poor. They feel its alright to trample the constitutional rights of pet owners by making laws onerous and expensive. Shame on all of you who condemn without a thought to what really happened.
Dr. Rosset, I do not think you understand where any of us are coming from. First of all, this web site is a web site provided by D. for us to vent, say whatever the hell we want to say, and show our anger and disgust in regards to any dogs health and welfare.
Secondly, I, as most pet parents, have written wishes for my dogs in my will and trust. I am 99% sure that all of us here have made their wishes known about their fur babies should anything ever happen to them, ie death. In addition, don’t ever tell us we do not understand that an animal greives, just as a human does. We are not blind and ignorant to the capabilities of our canine companions, least of all myslef. I know the devotion, and unconditional love that our four leggers have towards human partners, and most of those on this blog will tell you that our canines are a hell of a lot smarter than us humans.
How do you know if any of us are out there helping the elderly with their canines? And furthermore, most of us here are probably middle aged or older, so we are not a bunch of young people, as you call us. We are out in the forefront, rescuing, fostering, being the voice of these animals who cannot speak for themselves.
Slander? Don’t even go there buddy. You might have your own version of what went on there, but facts are facts, and the conditions of that shelter ARE deplorable.
I think you picked the wrong site to voice your opinion.
Pretty big words there buddy. Pick a fight with the original reporters on this situtation, that is, NBC Dallas-Forth Worth and The Dallas Morning News. That is our source of information. Blame them for the lack of *proper information*.
Once their lawyers chew you up and spit you out into little tiny pieces, then we’ll talk.
Susie, Andrea, thanks so much, knew I wouldn’t have to say a word.
That is what we are here for! Anytime D!!!
They should had check out on the son BEFORE giving them back, if they were to go back. Still they shouldn’t had gone back in the conditions they were found. If it was just dirty water and food and if they were in good conditions then they might of gone back to the son. BUT they conditions are unreal and beyond the limit of abuse. Even if the father was in bad shape, it still shouldn’t had gone this far on the animals.
You make such a valid point and I would have helped this man if I was aware of his situation. I for one do not wish to punish anyone even those who abuse, for it is not my right and I am not an abuser of any kind. That would make me like them. I believe in educating people on the welfare of animals and doing my part in a responsible, ethical and compassionate way to help abused animals.
I also feel we should not jump to conclusions and judge without all the facts and evidence. We need to stop criticizing the situation and take action to prevent this from ever happening again. Talk to the person who is caring for them now and offer him support and our hand in providing the proper care and love to these animals. That’s what needs to be done instead of waiting around to see what happens.
I will be the first one there to help him and offer my assistance when I can find out how to reach this person.
I just spent 20 minutes on the phone with the animal shelter that returned these dogs. They expressed to me to contact the City Mayor at 214-670-4054 and so that will be my next call. I urge you all to call as well and voice your concern. Yolanda Ramirez is the lady that works at the shelter and they were very nice and courteous to me. I am still trying to find out what else I can do since I live so close.
Please call and express your opinion for those who can’t be heard and just maybe we can save these precious pets.
Just left a message with Dogtown to see if they can lend a helping hand or advise.
I just spoke with the Dallas Mayors office and expressed my concern and offered my home to foster one of these dogs. They were very nice and polite and understood my concern. I was then told I will get a call back ASAP with information on how I can help. I URGE you all to please call so they do not forget the seriousness of this situation and because they are dogs, it probably will be swept under the table if we don’t keep on them to do something.
So we need to keep on reminding them and calling them so they don’t forget that these are lives we are talking about and that these animals feel pain and suffering as we do.
Please call and express the seriousness of the situation.