{"id":1673,"date":"2011-08-04T13:58:04","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T17:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/let-the-humane-society-train-animal-control-officers-john-gates-lcc-26-july-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-08-04T13:58:04","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T17:58:04","slug":"let-the-humane-society-train-animal-control-officers-john-gates-lcc-26-july-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/let-the-humane-society-train-animal-control-officers-john-gates-lcc-26-july-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Let the Humane Society train animal control officers &mdash;John Gates @ LCC 26 July 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=grGqwPQskV0\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/grGqwPQskV0\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nJohn Gates, director at the Humane Society of Lowndes County,\nnoted that county law enforcement doesn&#8217;t seem to know much\nabout animal laws and regulations, in addition to the problems at the\nshelter.\n<p>\nThis part caused Joe Pritchard&#8217;s head to jerk back:\n<blockquote>\nI think our animals in the community deserves the same rights\nas my children, myself, or your animals.\nIf your animal is in the shelter, it should receive the same\ncourtesy that you would give it at home.\n<\/blockquote>\nChairman Paulk clarified:\n<blockquote>\nIf you did certify the ACOs,\nthey&#8217;d still have to be attached to an agency, which means they&#8217;d\nhave to be attached to the Sheriff&#8217;s office.\n<\/blockquote>\nI think it&#8217;s interesting that he&#8217;s listening to the idea.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=grGqwPQskV0\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n\n<!--more-->\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/grGqwPQskV0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nLet the Humane Society train animal control officers &mdash;John Gates @ LCC 26 July 2011\n<br>\nRegular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 26 July 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\nYou can see this video runs less than five minutes, including the Chairman&#8217;s\nremarks.\nJohn Gates told me afterwards that he thought the Chairman shushed him\nbefore his time was up, by waggling his fingers.\nYou can&#8217;t see it in this video, but I was sitting stage left,\nand could see behind the Chairman&#8217;s screen.\nI saw Paulk wag his fingers, but it happened when Gates was talking\nabout personnel at the shelter, as in:\n<blockquote>\nNow do you have some good folks out there?\nYou have some of the best; some of the most loving animal lovers out there.\nAnd I commend that; I truly commend that.\nAnd those are the ones that we should&#8230;.\nBut the ones who are not doing their jobs, who are mistreating animals&#8230;.\n<\/blockquote>\nI think that fits with what happened\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/neglect-abuse-suffering-falsifying-documents-susan-leavins-lcc-24-may-2011.html\">\nwhen Susan Leavens was speaking 12 May 2011<\/a>: Paulk verbally shushed her\nwhen she started talking about personnel, but let her continue\nwith the rest of what she was talking about.\n<p>\nBesides, we&#8217;ve seen what happens when the Chairman wants to stop somebody\ntalking before time:\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/07\/lowndes-county-has-transparency-issues-john-s-quarterman-lcc-28-june-2011.html\">he just tells the speaker their time is up<\/a>, apparently going by some clock that runs faster\nthan other clocks, or YouTube video lengths.\nMore about that in another post.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Gates, director at the Humane Society of Lowndes County, noted that county law enforcement doesn&#8217;t seem to know much about animal laws and regulations, in addition to the problems at the shelter. 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