[Mrs. Robinson]

Originally Posted by angiefox10

This will not be a one trick pony. This will be the first of many meetings to move to No Kill. Sumter is a High Kill shelter.

They want to kill the animals to "cull the herd". They don't want me to even go out to check for a chip or to try to find the owners.

[COLOR=#1D2129]If Community Watch gets a call for a found dog, they have to call Sumter county to come and pick it up. Until yesterday, they weren't even allowed to call me to try to find the owner. Finding owners is something that we have been very successful with. Yesterday, i received word that they will call me AND Sumter County and whoever gets there first wins.

[COLOR=#1D2129]When they get the animal, you have three days to go down there and claim your pet and if you don't make it in time, it will either be killed or sent to the Humane Society to be adopted out.

We have had pets get away from pet sitters while owners were on vacation. Had Lost Pets of The Villages not been informed. The owner would have lost their dog.

Not to ask a stupid question, but why does Community Watch have to call Sumter County first?
They can't call you and give you at least a day's grace?
Community Watch is employed by TV and we pay their salary!
It should not be cast in concrete that they have to be called first and it is unkind that they do not even let you check for a chip first.

It seems to me that the way Community Watch operates can easily be changed -- that is, unless there is a part of this picture I just don't understand.