On March 15, 2007 , The Greene County Daily World proclaimed Darlene Clark, puppy miller extraordinaire, a "HERO" for saving herself and her "Kennel Dogs" From a fire that engulfed the shed she used for breeding puppy Mill dogs. Even though the fire was reportedly caused by RATS infesting the building that chewed through the wiring, the newspaper apparently could not see a PUPPY MILL staring them in the face.

Greene County Daily World: Local News: Kennel owner saves her animals, herself from fire (03/15/07)

FAST FORWARD to Dec 1, 2010...forces from OUTSIDE GREENE COUNTY finally acted on IRS charges and seized 129 dogs , many in horrific condition. FOR SOME REASON....local authorities and press can't seem to see the obvious. Maybe they truly don't see situations for what they are, or maybe they don't care, or maybe they condone them...but THANK GOD someone else took action. Greene County Daily World: Local News: UPDATED BREAKING NEWS: State officials raid rural Bloomfield puppy mill (12/01/10)

**NOTE TO NEW READERS**
If you scan back to the beginning of this blog, you will see about the time we started posting our notes from the GREENE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY meetings, they promptly banned people from attending...set up a quiet, poorly announced meeting to change their bylaws and thereby closed the door to the public's involvement and /or knowledge of what happens inside the GCHS.

It seems like there is some surprise on their part, that their donations and community support have greatly decreased.

Greene County Daily World: Local News: More than 70 dogs and puppies rescued from eastern Greene County mobile home (07/28/10)

At the link above the Greene County Daily World reports online on the latest sad story involving animal hoarders in Greene County Indiana.

While few people believe that anyone would start hoarding animals with the intention of anything but helping them, it can't be done on a large scale without many problems that in the end, rob the animals of the help the person is trying to provide.

**In the Comments Section**of this Story online there is a palpable anger and refusal to support the current Greene County Humane Society in Linton Indiana from the public. As the newspaper routinely censors comments and has long refused, in some opinions, to impartially review and report on this shelters activities, we will post some history here, for those interested.

***FOR THOSE WHO ARE SINCERELY INTERESTED IN HOW THIS SHELTER OPERATES , THEY ARE REQUIRED AS A NON PROFIT TO RELEASE THE LAST 3 YEARS TAX RETURNS TO THOSE WHO ASK , to either review on site or pay for copies.

We have in the past, used this blog to document the ongoing problems at this shelter, which refused a large number of volunteers wishing to try to help the many animals in the shelter, as the same would be volunteers watched in aggravated dismay as the GCHS board embraced highly unethical and unprofessional manners to 'refuse information/participation' and even refuse 'membership fee's' and membership to a large number of people in the community. (In an apparent effort to stop the community involvement with VOTING for the board of director members at the GCHS. Seems like a long way to go to stop people wanting to volunteer to help animals).

The community of Greene County citizens needs to demand transparencey of records, accountibility of staff and board before they throw more money behind this never ending problem shelter. The reputation of this shelter , in many people's opinion, has been irretrievably damaged by their own actions/inactions. The GCHS needs a clean sweep, a new board of directors (whoever they maybe now?) and new operating procedures, an open door policy and a change of name. The name of "Greene County Humane Society" has been forever soiled both locally and nationally, by it's own hand.

The only ones suffering from the inability of this 'shelter' to do it's job effectively, are the many, MANY animals that have no where to safely be held until either a good home can be found or they can be released from this world in a painless manner of death.

THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH GOOD HOMES FOR THE AMOUNT OF ANIMALS in GREENE COUNTY. THE POPULATION MUST BE CONTROLLED.

LINTON WOMAN FACING CHARGES FOR DUMPING KITTEN IN LINTON WALMART POST OFFICE BOX.

A Linton woman who was unsuccess in trying to give a kitten away at the Linton WalMart last week is now facing charges because she allegedly disposed of the kitten by dropping it inside a U.S. mailbox.

Breanna Kay Russell will receive a summons to appear in Greene Superior Court.
A preliminary charge of abandonment or neglect of a vertebrate animal, a class A misdemeanor, was filed against her on Tuesday.

The incident was reported to the Linton Police Department (LPD) on June 8.
LPD Officer Thomas Jerrels was dispatched to the store area around 9:15 p.m.
A postal clerk also responded to help retrieve the cat from the box. Upon opening the box, she found an orange and white kitten inside. Without the key the mailbox could not be opened, nor the kitten rescued.

Officer met with store employee in asset protection and viewed a video which showed a female, later identified as Russell, placing the kitten in the mail box.
Police also had information about the incident from a person who called in to report that Russell was trying to give the kitten away but when she could not, she placed the cat in the mailbox.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Russell admitted she put the kitten in the box because she couldn't have it at her residence. She said it had just been fed and watered, she knew the postal box was checked on a daily basis, and knew someone would find it.

DOG KILLED WITH SNOW SHOVEL IN LYONS, INDIANA- COMMENT IN LOCAL NEWS STORY ON STRAYS-

My family suffered a tremendous loss on Wednesday. Our dog Sugar was brutally murdered by a man who blatently admits to killing multiple dogs in the last 2 years, one of which he ATTEMPTED to kill with a bow and arrow. The poor little helpless animal survived, but only after the owners paying a surplus of vet bills. Our Sugar was 9 months old. We loved our pet. She got out while we were taking my 16 month old to the park. On our way back we saw the man and his son walking away form Sugar with a snow shovel. The dog had a punctured lung and died in my husband's arms. With my 16 month old in the car, watching, horrified as he cried out to God to save our puppy. But the biggest smack in the face is not that the man can walk around freely after committing such an offense, not that he offered no remorse or apology, not that he LIED of his reasons for killing these defenseless pets, but that the wonderful officer of this town has turned his head to this man's crimes for 2 YEARS!!! We just moved here in January, and we respected everyone in this town until this happened. When the victims of a crime cannot go to law enforcement, where is the justice in that?? I understand the leash law or whatever, but it was an ACCIDENT!!! No one in this community has ever seen a violent bone in my dog's body, and she has played and frolicked with much of the population's dogs and children and never harmed ONE!! Loved by all who are here, and beaten by a murderer in cold blood. Please, if you have it in your heart, do NOT let these crimes go unnoticed. She was our family. I wouldn't harm your children, your mothers, fathers, grandparents, or even your pets. What gives this man the right to make mine suffer and leave her to bake in the hot sun while she choked and suffocated in her own blood. WHO THE F*** DECIDED THAT THIS IS JUSTICE! I WANT ANSWERS AND I WANT MY FAMILY TO NOT HAVE TO SUFFER THIS PUNISHMENT!! I WON'T STAND FOR THIS AND IF YOU HAVE ANY MORALS Y'ALL WON'T EITHER! LYONS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SAFE PLACE! PLEASE, LET'S TURN IT BACK TO THAT!
-- Posted by Wronged on Fri, Apr 16, 2010, at 12:08 AM

LACK OF ANIMAL CONTROL STILL A PROBLEM FOR GREENE COUNTY: Via Greene County Daily World blog by Nick Schneider.

Greene County Daily World: Blog: Stray animal problem won't go away on its own


Stray animal problem won't go away on its ownPosted Friday, June 4, 2010, at 10:42 AM
I'm going to share a couple of interesting things that have recently came across my desk.
A Linton resident, Michelle Hollingsworth, called me the other evening upset about an experience she had with a stray, injured kitten that she had taken under her care just prior to a major thunderstorm moving through the area.
Michelle noticed this small yellow kitten trying to move along the sidewalk on A St. (State Road 54) near the old Pizza City building in Linton.
It was dirty, bloody with some obvious injuries. The kitten was unable to move its back legs.
Michelle thought maybe it may have been struck by a passing vehicle, but doesn't know for sure.
Nonetheless, the kitten needed a friend and some help.
Michelle admitted to being an "animal love" and was in tears when she called me about the dilemma she faced.
The Linton woman already had eight cats and four dogs, but said her heart went out to the small kitten that she estimated was three or four months old. She didn't need any more, but she had to help.
Her first moves were to call the Linton Police Department and then the Greene County Sheriff's Department for assistance.
She says she didn't get much help at either place.
She was even told by one dispatcher to just take the kitten back where she found it.
That's hardly a viable solution.
It was also suggested that she contact the Greene County Humane Society.
Well during daytime hours, that might be some OK advice, but after-hours that is another story.
There is no after-hour pickup offered by the mostly volunteer agency that is supported by private donations and yearly contributions from the county, cities and towns in the county.
Regular operating hours "Tuesday through Saturday vary from 11 a.m. - 3 or 4 p.m.", according to the Humane Society's website.
The animal facility located on Atlas Road, west of Linton, is closed on Sunday and Monday.
To Michelle, there needed to be an answer for her problem the other night and sadly to say there wasn't.
"We clearly need something after-hours," she told me. "I think it is sad we have nothing we can do after-hours. If I would have left it (the kitten) there, it would have drown.
"Do we just all just walk away and let it go? I just want this problem to be taken care of in a sensible way."
Unfortunately, this story doesn't have a happy ending.
The following morning, Michelle was able to contact the Linton Veterinary Clinic and they agreed to take a look at the kitten.
The injuries were serious -- a broken pelvis and both back legs were broken.
The kitten was "put down" because of the extent of the injuries at no cost by the vet clinic, which was very much appreciated by the Linton woman.
Michelle's experience begs for some answers that might lead to some common sense solution to this problem.
I realize it takes money and manpower to run an animal shelter and both are tough to come up in this economy where county and municipal agencies are struggling to make ends meet and they are reluctant to expend much money on services like a Humane Society.
Stray animals are a problem that every community in this county faces.
What's the solution?
A wolverine?
While we're talking about animals, I also received a recent telephone call from Ron Sparks of Linton inquiring if anyone else in the area may have reported seeing what he contends was a wolverine.
No, not a White River Valley High School Wolverine, a real live stocky and muscular animal with short legs, broad and rounded head, and small eyes with short rounded ears -- a wolverine.
The critter was spotted the other afternoon along the fairway on Hole No. 5 at Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton. The animal was running toward the back of the Elks Lodge building, according to Sparks.
He wasn't sure what it was, but after playing his round of golf, he got on the Internet and found a photograph of the animal and he swears it was a wolverine.
"I am sure that is what it was," he said.
I did some checking myself and found that the wolverine lives primarily in isolated northern areas, for example the arctic and alpine regions of Alaska, northern Canada, Siberia and Scandinavia.
I didn't read anything about Indiana, but who knows?
We recently had a report confirmed and photographed by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources in Greene County northeast of Bloomfield of a mountain lion and they aren't supposed to be in this neck of the woods either.
So there might be some validity to this sighting.
Who knows, there could indeed be a wolverine lurking around this golf course for this weekend's big tournament.
One note of caution.
The wolverine has a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to its size, with the documented ability to kill prey many times its size.
So if you see one, it's probably a smart idea to stay away from it.
Nick is the assistant editor for the Greene County Daily World. He can be reached by telephone at 847-4487 or 1-800-947-4487 or by e-mail at schneider.nick@gmail.com .
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After knowing some of the people that have recently worked in the Humane Shelter at Linton and hearing how they euthanize animals long before they are required to (we're talking within hours of being brought in)I can see why no one would want to donate to that place. The explanation for the immediate euthanizations was that they get paid for destroying the animals and sending them off to God knows where. Pure greed and no heart.It's a shame someone like Squirely isn't still around to take the animals in and care for them like they should be taken care of until they find a home.
-- Posted by whatanut on Fri, Jun 4, 2010, at 2:37 PM

I don't even know where to start to comment on this subject because there are so many problems in this county when it comes to animals. However, I will say this, the dispatcher that told Michelle to take a hurt animal "back to where she found it" should be so ashamed of him/herself. If the people at the sheriff's department can't do the RIGHT thing how the heck are the rest of us. OMG, how terribly sad for this county...
Thank you Michelle for doing the right thing even though it didn't work out for the kitten. There will be a extra special place in heaven for you because you had a heart!
-- Posted by Polar Bear on Fri, Jun 4, 2010, at 5:47 PM

My husband and I came across a large dog in a ditch along the hiway one evening, he had been hit and was about to drown from the rising water from the storm we were having. We called the police (could not help outside the city limits) called the Humane society (they were closed). We managed to get him into the back of our SUV and took him home, we ran an ad in the paper and left our phone number with the shelter in case someone was looking for their pet. We recently had his back leg fixed and fenced in our back yard. He's the best natured animal I have ever had and its amazing to us that we found him, we had been talking about getting a puppy, and apparently this "puppy" needed someone. We're the lucky ones to have this mild creature and I want to say to the lady with the kitten story, thank you for caring, there should be more people out there willing to help the less fortunate, be it animal or human.
-- Posted by annie1 on Fri, Jun 4, 2010, at 6:19 PM

Your blog raises very complex issues with no easy answers. A fully staffed humane society, most would agree, would be an asset to such a large and rural county. However, there have been several issues with this particular humane society that opens an entirely different can of worms.
Those are issues that, without really "tearing" the current HS apart and rebuilding from the "ground" up, will not be answered. THEN we can discuss issues like funding, oversight, and staffing.
Certainly the issue of the poor kitten is a sad one and kudos to the woman for her compassion.
-- Posted by Sasha_Christopher on Fri, Jun 4, 2010, at 6:43 PM

why can't we have a "no kill" shelter? Other areas , like Sullivan, have one. Another issue, why is it so hard to get help with spaying or neutering costs? Iknow people that have been told there were no more vouchers to be given out by the Humane shelter, and why in the world won't the Humane society come into town to check into issues when they are called? Several times I have called requesting help with neglected animals and have been told they will not come into town. Why not! Don't they recieve some of their funding from the surrounding towns? Wow, there are alot of issues with the way things are now.......
-- Posted by annie1 on Fri, Jun 4, 2010, at 7:11 PM

Sorry to burst your bubble annie1 but Sullivan is not a no-kill shelter. They put down over 300 animals in the the first 6 months of opening. I have a friend that volunteered there for a while. They also adopted out a heart worm positive dog without telling the family. All animal shelters have problems.
-- Posted by just2cents on Mon, Jun 7, 2010, at 1:34 PM

The ONLY place to start is with mandatory spay/neuter ordinances that are enforced. FORCE PET OWNERS TO BE RESPONSIBLE. Many people have tried for years to bring about change in this area, only to be attacked by the 'good old boy' network that doesn't want anyone interfering with their money making operations involving animals. So we all pay the price for their 'entitlement'. Greene County had requirements on their books up through at least 2005, maybe still do, that said the county MUST HAVE an animal control board to address these kinds of problems, but it was never acted on. County Commissioners including the current president- Bart Beard- shot it down when citizens brought it up. SO, until citizens ask their elected officials to take a stand on this issue, we will have to continue to witness extreme animal suffering and neglect and thousands of needless deaths.
-- Posted by STILLHOPEFUL on Tue, Jun 8, 2010, at 1:01 PM

The current economic situation for our entire area has had a tough impact on all creatures great and small. To get to the heart of the problem, you need for residents to have access to affordable, available spay/neuter resources. My name is Emily Reynolds, I'm the Administrator for the Indiana Spay/Neuter Alliance. We are based out of Bloomington and I have taken a special interest in Greene County. Since beginning work with spay/neuter, I have come to understand the dire need for low-cost (if not FREE) spay/neuter services in the Greene County area. I now offer a transportation program for the residents of Greene County. I visit Greene County twice a month to register pets and strays for surgery and to pick the animals up for surgery. This is a non-profit service and the cost of the surgery is $20, and in cases with barn and stray cats we can fix them for FREE. I have been saddened over the past two months at the lack of participation in this program by residents of Greene County. I know that the need is there, and this story confirms my thought. So please, spread the word that we are here to help! Prevent the unwanted litters in order to cut back the population issues you are seeing, I will provide services for spay/neuter. My information runs in the Community Info section of the Daily World each month. You can also track our services down online. We are the Indiana Spay/Neuter Alliance and we are here to help!!
-- Posted by EmilyReynolds_SpayIndiana on Tue, Jun 8, 2010, at 2:37 PM
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LYONS TOWN COUNCILMAN BREAKS NUMEROUS ANIMAL LAWS BY DUMPING DOGS IN COUNTRYSIDE

Greene County Daily World: Local News: Stray woes trouble Lyons Town Council (03/16/10)

A slew of stray dogs are posing a pressing pooch problem for Lyons, with officials concerned at the rates the Greene County Humane Society would charge per animal to take them in.
"Our little grandkids are scared to death," Michael Bruner said, while his wife Joleen noted their small dog had been attacked by a larger stray.
Now, town officials are pondering the most humane way to deal with the hounds, though some residents threaten to shoot them.
Town Board member Daniel Grant said Tuesday he'd collected about five strays and attempted to deliver them to the humane society.
Grant noted the town has a stray ordinance, but can do little because state statutes undercut what can be done, given the humane society must charge to take in the dogs.
He balked when he learned what the cost would be from the society.
"I drove them down a county road and turned them loose," Grant said. "They wanted $25 a shot."
One angry resident, however, said another sort of shot awaits any dogs who strays into his yard.
Ed Wright said he intends to shoot stray dogs who threaten him, adding he'd readied to gun down a yowling cat recently which troubled him outside his window.
"By the time I had gotten my shoes on and gotten the gun, it was gone," he said. "The best response is a single shotgun shell. I'm not kidding."
While Indiana law does allow threatening stray animals to be put down, state law also considers animal cruelty, torture and neglect crimes.
Town Board President Scott Powers and Kimberly Nickless both called for non-violent solutions to the stray problems.
"I'm not condoning shooting somebody else's dog," Nickless said.
Powers agreed, adding "The best solution is to just take the dogs to the humane society and pay the $25. You don't want to take them out on some country road. They might get lost and starve." Also Tuesday, Powers raised the question of whether the Lyons Fire Department should accompany emergency medical technicians on every run.
Town officials agree the firefighters can prove helpful, especially since they've undergone CPR training recently and can be used to help lift those in need when first to the scene.
However, Powers said some fire department volunteers had raised concerns about accompanying emergency runs.
"If there's nothing for you to do on a run, then we shouldn't have a bunch of guys standing around," Powers told Lonnie Emmons, the sole firefighter present at Tuesday's meeting.
"I want it understood that this has nothing to do with whether we are paying the fire department on these. We will send you on those runs if the fire department decides they are essential."
The town board referred the question to the fire department, who will discuss it and report back later this year.
In other business:
* Town clerk-treasurer Kim Flynn announced the town is seeking applications to compete for grants which will allow homeowners to improve their properties. The town must receive applications through the water office by the end of the month. About 30 homes have previously qualified, she said.
* The town will also seek bids for mosquito control. Thus far, only City Pest Control, which handled fogging for the town last year, has bid on the work.
* The town awarded a contract for pest control work at town buildings to Haseman Pest Control, which bid $110 per quarter. Johnny Howell, LLC, had also competed for the work, bid $215 per quarter.
* Flynn told the town board that she believes she can find $42,000 to cover cost overruns on the town ditch projects, drawing money from various funds including the town's water operating budget, its motor vehicle and highway budget, and savings from sewage costs.
* Flynn also won permission from the board to purchase a new town seal to stamp official documents, explaining hers is worn and would cost $110 to repair, but only $40 to replace.
* Flynn also sought input from the town to "create a brand -- like when you think of McDonald's, you think of the Golden Arches" to help promote Lyons, along with a website.
"The best I could think of is lions, when we talk about Lyons," she said, though town board members noted the town's former sporting teams were the Braves, and White River Valley is currently the Wolverines.
Nickless and Grant noted some web designers in college and high school have done work for class credit, while Flynn said she would seek community input at the Strawberry Festival.
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There are humane ways to "solve" the stray dog and cat problem and it's not dumping them on a
lonely road. That's just moving the problem and
getting out of sight maybe but citizens cannot
resort to such practices. We are supposed to be a civilized society. Pay the $25.00 and be a part of the solution and not a part of the problem.
I'm speaking from experience. You won't regret
doing the right thing even if it is an inconvenience. For the money, Just skip a couple of meals at the local fast food and you'll feel good about helping the animals.
helping with this problem.
-- Posted by Carnac on Tue, Mar 16, 2010, at 10:52 PM

You have to pay the animal shelter to take a stray that isn't even your dog... How does that make any sense???
-- Posted by citizen474 on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 2:27 AM

Remember that 25.00 when the towns are all omitting help to the shelter from their budgets. No one whats to pay for it but everyone wants to use it or needs it at some point, then it becomes important to them. The only way things will improve is educate the people to spay/neuter their pets and don't get a pet unless you can handle the responsibility financially. They cost money just like kids! They rely on their owners to do the right thing by them. Humane Society should also make sure they are responsibly adopting their animals out. Used to be they would do it just to get it out the door. I hope that has changed.
-- Posted by peanut338 on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 3:15 AM

Let's not think about the people that live in the country. There are stray dogs dumped all of the time on us. So you are just taking the problems that you are having in town and dumping them on us in the country. I have children and I don't appreciate that. I don't want a stray dog coming in my yard and biting them. So now, I will know who to look for, for so kindly dumping the strays on us. I can send Mr. Grant the bills for any medical bills we incur for stray dogs attacking.
-- Posted by daisylover on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 6:56 AM

Mr Grant, Don't dump your problems on us, who are in the country, we get enough of them dumped out here the way it is! You must not want your position next term huh? That is just pathetic! To admit that you did this on record!!! Unbelievable!! What a hero... remember you are setting examples for children! Do you want them to grow up and collect dogs and take them out to the country to dump? What a moron
-- Posted by just my opinion 3 on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 9:56 AM

First we need to think about the animal is it their fault they have owner's who dont care enough about them that they just turn them loose to bite, get hit exc..its not the animals fault, if he or she is running loose.chances are they are lookin for food,water,affection. so the owner is the one who you need to take it out on, but then would you go out an shot the owner,?
I totatly agree thou they do NOT need to be running loose, i belive there is a leash law,an as far as dumping them off in the country try finding the owner maybe they got loose on accident,
-- Posted by fishhead on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 1:00 PM

If I would have posted on here, that I took five animals and dropped them off on a country road, I would be in trouble for "dumping" and "mistreatment" of an animal.....How can that man just get away with dumping that many dogs in the country? I am sure they will wander to "someones house" and now they will be their problem? Way to go Lyons!! And beware little towns near by, your town may be the next dump site instead of a county road!!!!!!!!!!
-- Posted by teenythomp on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 1:03 PM

Snake Eyes would you please point me to the community in the county that is perfect and maybe we all could use that community as a model. For future reference please dont judge the whole town on one mans stupid actions.
-- Posted by nutzz6934 on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 4:43 PM

It's not just stray dogs that are a problem in Lyons. It's also people that don't keep an eye on their dogs and let them run freely all over town. We have a lot of dogs running and hanging out in our yard, including 4 HUGE German Shepherds that run in a pack and sit in our yard. I have mentioned this to the Lyons police officer and the owners of these dogs, and still they run freely around town and in our yard. If these dogs interupt my family enjoying the outdoors this summer, threaten my 2 year old, 11 year old, my wife or myself, they will be taken care of by myself. I will not feel threatened in my own yard by someone else's dogs or anything else for that matter. If no one else will take care of this problem, I will have no choice but to put these dogs down myself. So, keep your dogs OUT of my yard.
-- Posted by nj8782 on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 5:57 PM

I didnt mean to offend you there nutzz. Its the people who run your town from the top down that gives you guys a bad name in other parts of the county. Maybe you could be a role model for them.
-- Posted by Snake Eyes on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 6:08 PM

Why has my first comment not been posted?
-- Posted by nj8782 on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 8:55 PM

Never mind!!!
-- Posted by nj8782 on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 8:56 PM

Mr. Grant,
You want to come out here and pick YOUR dogs up that you dumped?
I have enough problems with slobs throwing trash out on my property let alone being a dump site for strays.
Or how about this, I gather up all the strays I find & dump them at YOUR house!!
-- Posted by hunter_47443 on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 9:10 PM

I dont tend to disagree with you snake eyes but it is hard to get a concrete pillar to move if oyu know what I mean
-- Posted by nutzz6934 on Wed, Mar 17, 2010, at 9:57 PM

I say Dissmiss Mr Grant of his duties on the town council board!!! What he did was illegal, and he is a representative of Lyons. This makes it look as if "all" of Lyons is behind what he did by not dismissing him of his duties. He also should be charged with animal neglect! This affected others within our county. He contributed to the problem.
-- Posted by just my opinion 3 on Thu, Mar 18, 2010, at 9:30 AM

The gchs would like to thank the responders for not laying this incident on the shelter. The readers should also know that Mr. Grant came to the shelter posing as an adopter. Conversation led to shelter fees regarding animal in-take whereby he was informed that owned or harbored adult animals, were in fact $25 to surrender. He did not mention that he had collected 4 or 5 strays and wanted to bring them in.
While we do not engage in political matters it is obvious that Mr. Grant wanted this issue to receive public attention and therefore public outcry. It is a shame he used his visit to the shelter for mere sensationalism. We all know animal dumping is a problem and problems take money to fix. Until the community is willing to be taxed for this problem, it will continue to exist. We can preach responsible pet ownership here, but here we are preaching to the choir.
-- Posted by gchs on Thu, Mar 18, 2010, at 11:01 AM

What you call strays, I call "target practice".
-- Posted by James30096 on Thu, Mar 18, 2010, at 11:47 AM

Hello Lyons -
If you have a pet, it is YOUR pet, not MINE !
So keep it at YOUR house, not MY house.
The pet can dump its own waste in YOUR yard, not
MY yard for me to step in or run the lawnmower thru. Enough said.
By the way, Mr. Grant had the dogs in his truck with him when he went to the Linton shelter.
-- Posted by Trink on Fri, Mar 19, 2010, at 7:28 PM

Oh, that's classy James. Really.
-- Posted by Arcana on Sat, Mar 20, 2010, at 5:44 PM

Trink, I live in the country, the last thing that should have been done in this situation is to have dumped them in the country, for us to take care of. We have dogs dumped out here all the time! Did you ever think of finding the dogs a home? Just because you stepped in dog waste doesn't give you the right to dump them on us!
-- Posted by just my opinion 3 on Mon, Mar 22, 2010, at 6:52 PM

Just my opinion 3, I agree with you, dogs should not be dumped in the country. I do think Mr. Grant would have left them at the shelter if the $25 fee per dog was not so high. The town of Lyons pays a considerable amount to Linton for animal control in Lyons - - what for ?
I have a feeling that will stop.
-- Posted by Trink on Tue, Mar 23, 2010, at 1:14 AM

If this would have been approached in a different manner rather than deceitfully, I just imagine you would have learned that the fee is a bag of dog food, per dog at least the last time we took a stray out there it was.
Why would you think the Town of Lyons should stop paying them? Were they called? Were they notified of the problem? communication!!!
-- Posted by just my opinion 3 on Tue, Mar 23, 2010, at 10:41 AM

Quote from Trink "I do think Mr. Grant would have left them at the shelter if the $25 fee per dog was not so high."
So ... is that what this is all about the price that they charge? Do you realize how much dog food is sir??? because of all the stray's I pay nearly $20 a week simply over stupidity like this! I will not let them starve! It sounds as though you justify what he did because of the price, what about the $80 dollars a month I pay? you don't see me taking them someplace else! But I just might now! Sounds like Mr Grant needs a taste of his own medicine!
I try to find them a home. please act just simply act like you have a brain even if you don't....
-- Posted by just my opinion 3 on Tue, Mar 23, 2010, at 2:12 PM

Yes, they were called the prior week, by two different households and were told there was nothing they could do. I do not think dogs should be dumped in the country! If you want to spend your money feeding strays - go to it. Maybe the "stupidity" to quote you, is between your brain and your typing fingers. I will not fuss with you - - this is my final post. My best to you and yours.
-- Posted by Trink on Wed, Mar 24, 2010, at 12:16 AM

Wow Trink! or should I say Mr Grant!!!
-- Posted by elynn66 on Wed, Mar 24, 2010, at 5:44 PM

oh please! Don't try to make this about the price! Grant admitted himself that he dumped the dogs on a lonely country road.
By the sound of this, his intent was to starve the poor defenceless puppies to death! He don't want anyone to feed them, He would rather coyote's take care of his "problem". He wants them to starve and have a horrid death scrapping for any food they can get! Wheather Trink is Mr Grant or not, I don't really think so... but....
Trink is just as bad, this person obviously don't have any humanity either, trink wants them to starve also not wanting anyone to feed them, now this is just my observation in reading the posts of course.
what lo-lifes! and we call him a city councilman!
-- Posted by whatsupingreenecounty on Wed, Mar 24, 2010, at 9:53 PM

Well Trink, maybe I do think between my brain and my typing fingers but obviously I have alittle more humanity than you do. I could never let them starve, I feed my own dogs and cannot let these poor defenseless animals starve, sorry I guess that makes me bad, huh???
-- Posted by just my opinion 3 on Wed, Mar 24, 2010, at 10:05 PM

My family suffered a tremendous loss on Wednesday. Our dog Sugar was brutally murdered by a man who blatently admits to killing multiple dogs in the last 2 years, one of which he ATTEMPTED to kill with a bow and arrow. The poor little helpless animal survived, but only after the owners paying a surplus of vet bills. Our Sugar was 9 months old. We loved our pet. She got out while we were taking my 16 month old to the park. On our way back we saw the man and his son walking away form Sugar with a snow shovel. The dog had a punctured lung and died in my husband's arms. With my 16 month old in the car, watching, horrified as he cried out to God to save our puppy. But the biggest smack in the face is not that the man can walk around freely after committing such an offense, not that he offered no remorse or apology, not that he LIED of his reasons for killing these defenseless pets, but that the wonderful officer of this town has turned his head to this man's crimes for 2 YEARS!!! We just moved here in January, and we respected everyone in this town until this happened. When the victims of a crime cannot go to law enforcement, where is the justice in that?? I understand the leash law or whatever, but it was an ACCIDENT!!! No one in this community has ever seen a violent bone in my dog's body, and she has played and frolicked with much of the population's dogs and children and never harmed ONE!! Loved by all who are here, and beaten by a murderer in cold blood. Please, if you have it in your heart, do NOT let these crimes go unnoticed. She was our family. I wouldn't harm your children, your mothers, fathers, grandparents, or even your pets. What gives this man the right to make mine suffer and leave her to bake in the hot sun while she choked and suffocated in her own blood. WHO THE F*** DECIDED THAT THIS IS JUSTICE! I WANT ANSWERS AND I WANT MY FAMILY TO NOT HAVE TO SUFFER THIS PUNISHMENT!! I WON'T STAND FOR THIS AND IF YOU HAVE ANY MORALS Y'ALL WON'T EITHER! LYONS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SAFE PLACE! PLEASE, LET'S TURN IT BACK TO THAT!
-- Posted by Wronged on Fri, Apr 16, 2010, at 12:08 AM
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EAGLE SHOT IN GREENE COUNTY INDIANA-REWARD!!!!

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The American Bald Eagle recently shot in Smith Township has died.
The severely injured 3 1/2-year-old male eagle was reported to Indiana Conservation officer Mike Gregg last Sunday afternoon near County Road 800W -- just north of County Road 600N -- northeast of Linton.
The eagle -- suffering from a massive gunshot wound -- was taken to a federally license rehabilitator, Return to the Wild, Inc., located in Nashville, Ind., for care. The age of the bird was determined after an assessment was made at the Hillview Veterinary Clinic in Franklin.
"The eagle had to be put down -- euthanized -- last night (Thursday) about 6 p.m," Indiana Conservation Officer spokesman Max Winchell told the Greene County Daily World on Friday morning. "It had just too much damage to several different bones and the muscle tissue wasn't responding like they had hoped. I guess it was too bad. I asked them if they could have amputated the wing to save it and they said part of it would have had to been amputated anyway. It was just a really bad wound."
The dead bird has been turned over to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Winchell stated.
Through x-rays the type of caliber weapon that was used has been determined, but investigators don't want to release that information at this time, according to Winchell.
The DNR spokesman said investigators have received several leads in the case since news of the incident was released to the media Tuesday morning.
"We're following up on some leads. We've got some other leads that were called in. We really appreciate that. If anyone has any other information, we still want that," he said. "We are still actively working on it."
A minimum of a $1,500 reward is available for information leading to an arrest of the person responsible for shooting. Greene County Crime Stoppers also is offering a reward.
Winchell said the shooting of an American Bald Eagle is a serious federal crime.
The bald eagle, America's national symbol, was removed from the U.S. threatened and endangered species list in 2007.
Bald eagles were first listed as "endangered" in 1967, after hunting, poisoning and widespread use of DDT reduced the number of bald eagles to 417 breeding pairs in the continental United States. The eagles' status was changed from "endangered" to "threatened" in 1995. Today, there are bald eagles in Alaska and all of the lower 48 states, and 10,000 breeding pairs nationwide, according to a story that was published in the Washington Post.
Even though bald eagles are no longer listed as "endangered," federal laws and policies -- specifically, the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act protects them.
The shooting of a bald eagle -- whether it dies or not -- is a felony under federal statute with a fine up to $100,000 and/or up to one year in jail or both, according to Winchell.
Winchell said it's a possibility that the eagle may have been mistaken for a turkey vulture or other large bird, and he added that an immature eagle does resemble a turkey vulture because it's all black.
"They (eagles) are considered mature by the age of five and this one was 3 1/2, but most of its head feathers were white," Winchell pointed out.
Greene County Prosecutor Jarrod Holtsclaw called the eagle shooting a shame and indicated that legal action would be faced by the individual or individuals responsible if investigators are successful in their probe of the incident.
"I can't believe that anyone would intentionally shoot a bald eagle," Holtsclaw said Friday afternoon. "The number one rule of hunting is identify your target before you fire the arrow or shoot the gun. It's a shame this happened."
Conservation Officers have been interviewing area residents and are seeking any information about this crime.
"There have been other animals that have been shot in the area and we believe the shootings may be related," Gregg said earlier this week.
Conservation officers are interested in speaking with anyone who was traveling in the area of CR 800W and CR600N on March 15 or that has traveled through the area in the last month.
"This is a fairly remote and low traffic area. Information about vehicles that have been seen in the area could help make this case" Gregg noted.
Anyone with information relating to this case is asked to call the Turn in a Poacher hotline at 1-800-TIP-IDNR.

IT'S BEEN A LONG, HARD YEAR....BUT WE ARE STILL HERE!! NEITHER EARTQUAKE, FLOOD or TORNADO'S deterred our mission!

It's been a hellaciously rough year in our area, with earthquakes that made massive old oaks which provided shade unstable and they had to be removed. After that came severe flooding. Flooding, oddly, turned to drought, with no flowing water to homes for nearly a week (a water main broke under a flood area and could not be reached to be fixed). Shortly thereafter our county was likewise declared a disaster area due to Tornados damage.

We feel happy and blessed that despite some damage and costs we lost nothing that wasn't replacable, and the animals in our care continued to receive all the care they needed.

WE COULD REALLY USE YOUR HELP!!! With all the disasters befalling elsewhere and people losing their homes and jobs, donations and grants have been very sparse. We do all we can to continue top notch care for animals in our sanctuary but we are unable to continue to take in new animals in need as we struggle to maintain those we have. PLEASE HELP US CONTINUE TO GROW AND HELP MORE ANIMALS BY DONATING TODAY! We gratefully accept any donation via mail at Rt 2, Box 219C, Jasonville, IN. 47438 or through our Paypal site which is listed and linked on our home page at midwestanimals.petfinder.com. THANK YOU FROM THE ANIMALS AND THE HUMANS HOLDING DOWN THE FORT!