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If we can’t take care of animals and children…. —Cheryl Hatcher



If taxpayer money isn’t being used to defend the defenseless,
what should it be used for?

Cheryl Hatcher said she has been
involved with Humane Society for a long time (which the Chairman vouched for)
and was among those who actually helped build the shelter.

There have been many discussions and conversations about things
not being done properly at the shelter.
And I really urge that you investigate what’s going on in the shelter.
I applaud you for putting cameras in the tack room,
although I think it’s been way too long to do that,
but I applaud you for doing that.

I really think that it is
not a waste of taxpayers’ money when you’re investigating to make sure
that animals will be taken care of properly.
If we can’t take care of animals and children,
then the world is going to suffer.

I think that if it’s necessary to put cameras in the tack room
there are bigger problems that need to be taken care of at
higher levels.

Here’s

the video:




If we can’t take care of animals and children…. — Cheryl Hatcher

Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 24 May 2011.

Videos by Johh S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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Neglect, abuse, suffering, falsifying documents — Susan Leavins @ LCC 24 May 2011



The animal shelter story isn’t just about animals.
It’s also about mismanagement.
It’s even about prison labor competing with local labor.

After Susan Leavins read from her statement to the Department of Agriculture
about a starving horse, pigs castrated without pain relievers or antibiotics,
and maggots in wounds, Chairman Paulk advised her she had one minute left.
Then she got to her main point:

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You’re looking at an animal lover —Ashley Paulk @ LCC 24 May 2011



Lowndes County Commission Chairman said he was the first member
of the local Humane Society
and he promised:

Whatever problems there are, they’re going to be resolved.

For background, see

County Animal Shelter Issues.

And remember, last year Ashley Paulk said

he is code enforcement.

Here’s

the video:




You’re looking at an animal lover —Ashley Paulk @ LCC 24 May 2011

Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 24 May 2011.

Videos by Johh S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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Why are these reports not on the desk of the sheriff? —Jane Osborn



This comment from Jane Osborn came in last night on

County Animal Shelter Issues. A good place to ask such questions of
public officials might be at

this evening’s County Commission meeting,
5:30 PM, 327 N. Ashley Street.

Sheriff Chris Prine is often in attendance.
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Abuse of an animal is a criminal offense. The GA Dept. of Agriculture


is a regulatory agency able only to issue fines, not pursue criminal
investigations. Why are these reports not on the desk of the sheriff of
Lowndes County for criminal investigation? Dismissing the allegations
because the people whose testimony was taken might be biased does no
service to the current or future animals that will pass through the
shelter.