Andrea Rosebrock 
UPDATE – See Pictures from the Rally Below
For those of you not familiar with the story of Jamie Glandon and Gabby, the puppy that was euthanized and found four days later in a Rushville, Indiana shelter freezer, alive and buried under the bodies of other dogs, please read the story HERE.
There will be a 2 Rallies on Tuesday, 12/4. One at noon outside the courthouse and the second at 5pm outside the City Council Chambers located behind the Police Department, 270 W. 15th Street.
The council meeting with Jamie is being held at 5:30pm. This is a PUBLIC meeting which is not being publicized. Those in attendance, as long as they are respectful and orderly can not be asked to leave.
The Rally participants will gather prior to the meeting. It is imperative that this be a peaceful demonstration.
“If anyone starts egging anything or screaming profanity they will be asked to leave, or bounced out on their butt,” per Linda who is organizing the rally. “We plan on the rally beginning earlier to generate support, the early part of the rally would be most effective held in front of the Courthouse. “
She also requests those coming to the rally to put a slogan such as “Justice for Jamie” on their car windows. White shoe polish is what the car dealers use for painting on windows.
As of this writing, Jaime Glandon is on administrative leave from the Rushville Animal Shelter. The shelter is shut down pending the investigation.
eBay Auction & Donations
Linda has set up an eBay auction to help raise funds for Jaime’s legal expenses.
You can check it out at eBay.
For those who would just like to make a donation to help, you can do so here – Justice for Jamie
Even a dollar or two would help. Jamie took a stand and now she can use your support… at the rally… with a donation… anything you can do to help.
News Stories and More Information on Jamie Glandon and Gabby.
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Justice for Gabby – this website was created by shelter volunteer supporters and friends of Jaime Glandon
The Justice for Jaime and Gabby Rally
Excerpts from an article written by Linda Wissel on the Rally originally for USAP forum. For the full article – Click Here
Justice for Jamie and Gabby Rally in Rushville
My partner Teri and I rolled into town horn blaring, around 11am, windows painted “Honk for Jamie and Gabby”, “Stop the Inhumane Killing in Rushville”, car laden with signs, USAP donated buttons and banner, dog mascot costume. It was a sunny day but cold, we were bundled up for a long haul in the day time high of 34 degrees. I had the support of Marj and Dawn on the phone, quickly giving me advice as to what to do if the police showed up with riot gear! LOL There was a winter weather advisory posted for that night, snow was expected.
Two members from Adopt-A-Pet, coming from Cincinnati as well, were delayed a bit by problems with the donated RV.
Teri and I were the first ones there so I donned my dog mascot costume and was lead (you can’t see out of those costumes) to the corner, sign in hand. I’ll tell you I felt so alone until I heard Teri’s voice, one lone voice, cracking as she began to shout “Justice for Jamie, Justice for Gabby“. That’s courage folks, at least I was under the dog costume! We weren’t alone long before the crew in the RV arrived, quickly following were three member of Adopt-A-Pet out of Liberty Indiana.
Of course, one of the news stations from Indianapolis arrived right at noon when we were still setting up and not out in full force. Taylor had the sign that seems to have peeved the people in Rushville off the most, it read “Welcome to Rushville, We Kill Dogs Here….But Not Very Well“. Our mascot was an inflatable Scooby Do. The USAP banner read, “Stop the Inhumane Killing at the Rushville Shelter! The United 
States Animal Protection Demands Justice for Jamie and Gabby!” Our USAP buttons read, “Stop Inhumane Killing of Animals in Shelters, U.S. Animal Protection”. One of our signs said “Mayor Bridges, You’ve Been Naughty” and the person carrying it had a Santa hat on and was ringing cow bells. Some of our other signs; “Don’t Kill Gabby AGAIN!”, “HONK for Jamie & Gabby!”, “Let Gabby Live!” Some of our chants were “Rushville….Suport Your Shelter!”, “Mayor Bridges Tell The Truth!” , “Justice For Jamie, Justice For Gabby!” “Mayor Bridges, Tell The Truth!”.
I guess alot of the afternoon traffic were retired folks who have known the Mayor and
thought of us as “outsiders”. We had the privilege of being flipped of by an un-named, soon to be named, member of the Republican Party in Rushville. He made the mistake of bragging about it to a loyal Jamie supporter. You know who I’m talking about Marj! Lisa from Adopt-A-Pet in Liberty left to pick up her three daughters from school and then returned. Sadly, I can’t tell you how many times those little girls, one of which was wearing a Santa hat, were flipped off and told to shove it in their ass.
Read more HERE
If you do come out please remember this is a small town. They aren’t ready for any sort of “No Euthanasia” stuff. That may well be the final goal, but for right now we need to do two things,#1 make sure Jamie keeps her job so she can continue to help the animals in this community, and #2 Get the euthanasia policies for the shelter to be more humane.
Remember, if the rally gets ugly, then Jamie will be the person that it gets taken out on by the city.
CloseToTheSituation, thank you for adding that.
The idea is to help, not make matters any worse than they already are. A consolidate front of support for Jaime, for Gabby and for reform. There is enough suffering from this situation already.
This is heartless, euthanasia is a way to deal with unwanted animals and i had to put one of my pets down due to sickness and let me say it’s not suppose to be have assed like i’ve read here the vet or vets should lose their licence and the people that caused this should be fined and then fired. Thank GOD for people like Jamie Glandon and if anything is done toward her for bringing this out in the open the community needs to raise up and put a end to it.People who get animals then decide they dont want them then drop them off to be done with whatever happens happens these same people need to be held accountable also. Thank You Jamie for taking this stand. As for as the Mayor and the rest of the politcal misfits need to be held accountable also.
People need to look at the entire situation. How can this puppy live in a freezer for 4 days, under several other dead animals in a barrel? Wouldn’t this puppy have sufficated? There has been several past incidents with Jamie and her intergrety. I believe she is out for the local warden’s job myself. Some of the facts as she claims don’t add up. I have had personal experiences with this young lady. Most have been misleading, not telling the whole truth. Let a vet take a blood sample and see if there are traces in the blood to confirm her story. I feel the whole mess is politically motivated. Rushville is a very small town and to claim these allegations without hard proof is out of line. Jamie, stand up and tell the whole truth, not your version. This story is smelling “fishy”. Sorry Jamie, your discrediting alot of honest, hard working people and turning away professional services that could prove once and for all what happened to the puppy.
Animal abuse is a felony in most states anymore and the perpetrators of this horror should be presecuted to the fullest extent of the law. These abuses should be turned over to the local area prosecuting attorney and if he/she does not respond please provide us with names of local officials such as council members, judges, humane investigators, so that we can begin a writing campaign in assisting Jamie to relieve this institution of its abusers. Pet animal abuse can no longer be tolorated. People who abuse animals are 5 times more likely to abuse humans.
Littlejonny, I, for one, do not ‘know’ anyone involved in this personally and so far the only people I have seen question Jaime’s integrity and those siding with the Mayor and his political agenda. On the other hand, there are many, many comments here, on the Rushville paper’s story and on the petition that speak very highly of Jaime, her integrity and her unwavering dedication to the animals. She has stated on more than one occasion that she has no interest in the Warden position at the shelter as well.
As for the puppy surviving, if you have read the comments on the other story, that has been explained numerous times. The unit is old and no doubt the seals’ integrity are questionable which would allow air into the unit, not to mention that it is sizable enough to hold a substantial oxygen supply. The puppy’s body would have been insulated from the extreme cold by the bodies of the other dogs and due to the cold and the injections, there’s no doubt the puppy’s bodily functions were suppressed which would actually encourage survival.
I also do believe the puppy is or will be examined by outside vets and have her blood tested and analyzed.
As I said, I am not basing what I am saying on anything Jaime has told me because I have not spoken with her as of yet. I am basing my conclusions on the comments and words of many people who know her and have commented about her.
Personally I am not ‘bashing’ anyone, I just want to see the situation with the animal shelter fixed. My side is the side of the dogs’ and animals’ welfare and those that stand up and speak for them. That’s it!
Deanna
This blog is absolutly crazy. People are questioning not 1 but 2 vets that say it’s highly unlikely the animal could have survived the freezer. YOu have both vets that offered to exam the pup and Jamie refuses to allow a vet to take blood sample. Sure, maybe the animal shleter has issues, what shelter doesn’t. If you poeple truely cared about these animals then why don’t you get off your lazy a** and adopt one or two or 5. Then you can sit around and badger and degrade people.
Too this day, Dr. Fred and Dr. Rob both hold degrees in animal care and are simply stating the facts.
Jamie may or may not be after a job for the new elected mayor of Rushville. Regardless, Jamie is stretching the truth. I do believe there may have been some type of screwup in the early fall but see this as an attention getter and a ploy to remove the current dog warden and be replaced with what hopes to be Jamie.
Jamie, even your own mother, Debbie stated to a me in person, that she didn’t believe your story. If your mother is suppose to know you best and says the truth is being stretched on your end, what does that tell the rest of the world.
Jamie, do the right thing here. Standup, tell the whole truth, and allow Rushville to get your mess you created under control.
Personally, i would have shoot the dog and make sure it was dead. But as people see it, it’s not the proper way.
What nonsense, if i got a wounded hog in the pen, i don’t suger coat the bullit hitting him in the head i just do it and move on.
People have issues with putting down animals every day, but they are the same people that eat a hamburger, steak, hot dog, or other meats. Where do you thing the meat came from? How do you think that animal died? They sure didn’t give it a needle full of drugs.
Grow up and move on people.
I would love to see criminal charges filed against Jamie for removing the pup against direct orders. As well as theft for removing the puppy from the city of rushville animal shelter and still won’t return the animal.
Heck, if i went to the city and removed any animal, dead or alive, i’d be in handcuffs and getting 3 hots and a cot at the county jail.
Paul Barada Jr, your the prosecutor, this is a simple case of theft from the city of rushville.
We electeed you as prosecutor, step up and do the right thing. Throw Jamie in jail for theft of an animal belonging to the city of rushville, throw jamie in jail for slander against Jack hill, against the mayor, and most of all throw her in jail for just being JAMIE
This is not the first time a dog has survived being in a freezer for days. And this is not the first time an animal has survived euthansia. Jamie has no reason to make this up. I am from a different state and I see whats going on. The truth will come out. I know small town politics. The mayor is a creep and needs to lose his job.Small cities always cover up the truth.
We at USAP would like to see the arrest of Jack Hill the animal control officer for Rushville animal control for killing animals inhumanely. We believe Mr Hill has committed animal cruelty. This was not an isolated incident. in fact many incidents have occurred where animals have been put in the freezer alive. Mr. Hill never checked for death in fact when he found animals alive after botched euthanasia attempts he would inject the animals with the cruel heart stick while they lie in the freezer dying several times over until they would die. These animals should have been placed on a table sedated and then euthanized by IV. When a vein cannot be found IC can be used as a method of euthanizing but, after speaking with knowledgeable veterinarians there is no reason to kill by IC. IC can be used to sedate if absolutely necessary but IV should always be the method used on a routine basis.
Jamie Glandon should get a medal for coming forward not be berated by the local Mayor and fired. She has nothing personally to gain her sole purpose in coming forward is only for the animals to be treated humanely.
Injection by the Cruel Heart Sticks are a last resort and should only be used after the animal is comatose. These animals were not sedated before euthanasia was administered. This is considered animal cruelty.
death can take up to several hours. It is a very painful way to die.
AVMA recommendations consider the IV the most humane.
We at U.S. Animal Protection want justice for animals.
Dawn Bechtold
President and founder
United States Animal Protection
http://www.USAnimalProtection.org
USAPSPCA@aol.com
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rushville rocket, you’re right, people do stand by claiming to love animals while they sit and order a big fat steak at a Steakhouse. An animal is an animal…pain is pain. just because an animal cannot say “I feel pain” does not mean it cannot, no matter the animal. I love all animals, and struggle w/ my conscience b/c I contribute to their suffering by eating meat. i hope someday not too.
This all seems a little weird to me. Why not just inject the shelter animals as humanely as possible, no need for an IV, count to 10 and listen for a heartbeat. It is sad, but true, there are just too many, and not enough kind hearted, responsible people to save them all.
Hmmmmm, I often wonder how fast one of these cold hearted people would piss themselves if it were them at the mercy of someone just like them. Remember, they are all God’s creatures, and maybe what goes around, someday may come around. Maybe someday in some life you may be a pig in a pen, w/ no voice. just be merciful, bottom line, no need for any added cruelty.