I visited Maricopa County Animal Care and Control and searched for My Way.... by law, if someone "found" My Way they are legally supposed to turn the animal over to MCACC within 6 days .... but if it is as I suspect theft and malicious intent to harm me by taking my dearest little puppy, then the perpetrators don't care what the law or ethics indicate what they must do. I sense futility at even trying.However, it is psychologically helpful to at least try to find her despite the odds against recovery. By stealing my puppy, I realize the criminals also would laugh and enjoy my attempts to recover my puppy, and I would just be adding to my own injuries while the guilty parties are enjoying the "play" of it all. What a fool I am! Here I am desperately seeking My Way hoping to find her.
I spoke with Supervisor for Adoptions because the Lost and Found door way was now funneling all their persons over to Adoptions line. I was displeased with the Supervisor's answers and asked to speak to her superior, Linda Soto, Shelter Division Manager at 2500 South 27th Avenue .... I was angry and she knew it .... "Why can they not take photos of their intake animals which with time also become their animals for adoption , like Arizona Humane Society does", I asked? I felt I needed to let her know how she is endangering my life, my time and theirs, by requiring me to drive in traffic and adverse weather to come in person every 2 days (forever) to try to find my stolen pet which they prefer to call "lost pet". She replied exactly as I guess... "limited staff and budget just not possible to do that because of the numbers of animals we process daily" .... ??????????? Apparently there is little automated inventory management supporting their intake and holding area also .... I also asked why their isn't more educational programs via their web site and perhaps a newsletter posted there with interesting shelter stories .... again she replied, "would you like to volunteer to help us?" I did volunteer and gave her my web site so she could learn something about me while deciding just what I could do for them. I told her I was interested in developing their web site with photos of their animals.... I have since learned from Jeri, my friend and Azpekelist member, that someone is currently photographing all intake animals for both the East and West side and posting it to Craigslist to facilitate re-homing or recovery by their owners. It seems if that person is already doing that then why can't she work with MCACC directly and post the photos on MCACC web site?
It seems I smell some animal "shit" even thought the quarters for the animals at MCACC are remarkably clean and comfortable for the duration of animal's stay. Something is not as one would expect. Yes, MCACC does put down their animals despite the goals when their new facility was opened 3 years ago to become a no kill shelter.... and I did not want to inquire more information since I had already knew so many ways MCACC could better serve the county animal owners' needs.... http://www.maricopa.gov/Pets/LostFound/Default.aspx
Taking a tour through their facility guided by "Chris" who has been there 1 year and half, I saw 3/4 were Chihuahuas, lots of them (hundreds)... in fact everywhere I looked there was a little Chihuahua face looking up at me questioningly, the remaining breeds were prime health pit bulls, miscellaneous large dogs, a few poodles and other small mixed breeds, and 1 nice looking parti-colored Pekingese, elderly adult, which Chris said they rarely get Pekingese.
I saw a lot of animals at MCACC.... but I didn't find My Way. My Way where are you? I know you want to come home if only you could.... I will go back Sunday to search again.
http://www.maricopa.gov/pets/pdf/annualreport.pdf
Maddie's Fund Shelter 2009 statistics .. The 3 sets of numbers are for Dog, Cat, then Total,,, (almost 4 times the number of dogs to number of cats)
NAME OF ORGANIZATION: Maricopa County Animal Care and Control... Dog, Cat, Total
I spoke with Supervisor for Adoptions because the Lost and Found door way was now funneling all their persons over to Adoptions line. I was displeased with the Supervisor's answers and asked to speak to her superior, Linda Soto, Shelter Division Manager at 2500 South 27th Avenue .... I was angry and she knew it .... "Why can they not take photos of their intake animals which with time also become their animals for adoption , like Arizona Humane Society does", I asked? I felt I needed to let her know how she is endangering my life, my time and theirs, by requiring me to drive in traffic and adverse weather to come in person every 2 days (forever) to try to find my stolen pet which they prefer to call "lost pet". She replied exactly as I guess... "limited staff and budget just not possible to do that because of the numbers of animals we process daily" .... ??????????? Apparently there is little automated inventory management supporting their intake and holding area also .... I also asked why their isn't more educational programs via their web site and perhaps a newsletter posted there with interesting shelter stories .... again she replied, "would you like to volunteer to help us?" I did volunteer and gave her my web site so she could learn something about me while deciding just what I could do for them. I told her I was interested in developing their web site with photos of their animals.... I have since learned from Jeri, my friend and Azpekelist member, that someone is currently photographing all intake animals for both the East and West side and posting it to Craigslist to facilitate re-homing or recovery by their owners. It seems if that person is already doing that then why can't she work with MCACC directly and post the photos on MCACC web site?
It seems I smell some animal "shit" even thought the quarters for the animals at MCACC are remarkably clean and comfortable for the duration of animal's stay. Something is not as one would expect. Yes, MCACC does put down their animals despite the goals when their new facility was opened 3 years ago to become a no kill shelter.... and I did not want to inquire more information since I had already knew so many ways MCACC could better serve the county animal owners' needs.... http://www.maricopa.gov/Pets/LostFound/Default.aspx
Taking a tour through their facility guided by "Chris" who has been there 1 year and half, I saw 3/4 were Chihuahuas, lots of them (hundreds)... in fact everywhere I looked there was a little Chihuahua face looking up at me questioningly, the remaining breeds were prime health pit bulls, miscellaneous large dogs, a few poodles and other small mixed breeds, and 1 nice looking parti-colored Pekingese, elderly adult, which Chris said they rarely get Pekingese.
I saw a lot of animals at MCACC.... but I didn't find My Way. My Way where are you? I know you want to come home if only you could.... I will go back Sunday to search again.
http://www.maricopa.gov/pets/pdf/annualreport.pdf
Maddie's Fund Shelter 2009 statistics .. The 3 sets of numbers are for Dog, Cat, then Total,,, (almost 4 times the number of dogs to number of cats)
NAME OF ORGANIZATION: Maricopa County Animal Care and Control... Dog, Cat, Total
DATE OF REPORT: (January 2009 - December 2009)
A BEGINNING SHELTER COUNT (1.1.2009) 1049 506 1555
INTAKE (Live Dogs & Cats Only)
From the Public
Healthy 9063 2721 11784
Treatable – Rehabilitatable 10133 5479 15612
Treatable – Manageable 7639 2180 9819
Unhealthy & Untreatable 14201 3682 17883
B Subtotal Intake from the Public 41036 14062 55098
Incoming Transfers from Organizations within Community/Coalition
Healthy 2 0 2
Treatable – Rehabilitatable 0 0 0
Treatable – Manageable 1 0 1
Unhealthy & Untreatable 1 0 1
C Subtotal Intake from Incoming Transfers from Orgs within Community/Coalition 4 0 4
Incoming Transfers from Organizations outside Community/Coalition
Healthy 0 0 0
Treatable – Rehabilitatable 0 0 0
Treatable – Manageable 0 0 0
Unhealthy & Untreatable 0 0 0
D Subtotal Intake from Incoming Transfers from Orgs outside Community/Coalition 0 0 0
From Owners/Guardians Requesting Euthanasia
Healthy 0 0 0
Treatable – Rehabilitatable 0 0 0
Treatable – Manageable 0 0 0
Unhealthy & Untreatable 0 0 0
E Subtotal Intake from Owners/Guardians Requesting Euthanasia 0 0 0
F Total Intake [B + C + D + E] 41040 14062 55102
G Owner/Guardian Requested Euthanasia (Unhealthy & Untreatable Only) 0 0 0
H ADJUSTED TOTAL INTAKE [F minus G] 41040 14062 55102
ADOPTIONS (only dogs and cats adopted by the public)
Healthy 7037 1900 8937
Treatable – Rehabilitatable 3008 1283 4291
Treatable – Manageable 941 122 1063
Unhealthy & Untreatable 124 20 144
I TOTAL ADOPTIONS 11110 3325 14435
OUTGOING TRANSFERS to Organizations within Community/Coalition
Healthy 1099 551 1650
Treatable – Rehabilitatable 1115 1647 2762
Treatable – Manageable 458 164 622
Unhealthy & Untreatable 119 55 174
J TOTAL OUTGOING TRANSFERS to Orgs within Community/Coalition 2791 2417 5208
OUTGOING TRANSFERS to Organizations outside Community/Coalition
Healthy 768 244 1012
Treatable – Rehabilitatable 1295 577 1872
Treatable – Manageable 1193 124 1317
Unhealthy & Untreatable 458 25 483
K TOTAL OUTGOING TRANSFERS to Orgs outside Community/Coalition 3714 970 4684
L RETURN TO OWNER/GUARDIAN 4758 99 4857
DOGS & CATS EUTHANIZED
M Healthy (Includes Owner/Guardian Requested Euthanasia) 0 0 0
N Treatable – Rehabilitatable (Includes Owner/Guardian Requested Euthanasia) 938 1904 2842
O Treatable – Manageable (Includes Owner/Guardian Requested Euthanasia) 4894 1767 6661
P Unhealthy & Untreatable (Includes Owner/Guardian Requested Euthanasia) 12628 3428 16056
Q Total Euthanasia [M + N + O + P] 18460 7099 25559
R Owner/Guardian Requested Euthanasia (Unhealthy & Untreatable Only) 0 0 0
S ADJUSTED TOTAL EUTHANASIA [Q minus R] 18460 7099 25559
T
SUBTOTAL OUTCOMES [I + J + K + L + S] Excludes Owner/Guardian Requested Euthanasia
(Unhealthy & Untreatable Only) 40833 13910 54743
U DIED OR LOST IN SHELTER/CARE 207 152 359
V
TOTAL OUTCOMES [T + U] Excludes Owner/Guardian Requested Euthanasia (Unhealthy &
Untreatable Only) 41040 14062 55102
W ENDING SHELTER COUNT (12.31.2009) 1049 506 1555
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