:"The
five shelters listed above are all members of the Animal Shelter
Alliance of Portland (ASAP), a group of ten organizations dedicated to
ending the euthanasia of social, healthy, and treatable cats and dogs in
our local shelters by collaborating on spay/neuter programs,
educational and outreach efforts, and the promotion of humane
alternatives for feral cats. By working together, ASAP partners have
ensured that no healthy, adoptable cat or dog has been euthanized in our
local shelters since 2010. And most cats and dogs with treatable health
or behavioral problems are also being saved (so far, none have been
euthanized in 2013). www.asapmetro.org<http://www.asapmetro.org>"
To: The membership of ASAP
The
statement prominently featured on ASAP's website and noted above is
categorically false ( as also was the earlier claim that no healthy
animals had been euthanized in two years in the metro area). ASAP has
an absolute duty to verify all of its claims and a due diligence
responsibility that should be taken seriously or else animals die
needlessly, buried under false categorizations. ( Why for example do you
accept and endorse as a diagnostic/prognostic categorization:
"unhealthy/untreatable" for a dog that has killed a cat or has a minor
bite history when the former is prey drive ( killing a cat) and for the
latter simple prevention and training ?
The
Asilomar categories mean whatever ASAP members want them to mean in
order to win a prize. Routine diagnostic/prognostic
mis-classifications are also evident in public records. Shouldn't that
matter to a coalition of professionals dedicated to saving lives?
What fact
checking methods do you utilize? For example, I have continuous public
intake records from MCAS for the current year ( 2013) and also for a
decade previous and I assure you many dogs and cats with treatable conditions are being killed this year.
Would you like to review those records?
What
forms of accountability do you use? "Because I said so" as a
collegial intra group response is not enough. It betrays the public and
this community 's homeless animals.
Gail O'Connell-Babcock, PhD
Citizens for Humane Animal Legislation/Watchdog
Sherwood Oregon 97140
Telephone: 503.625.4563
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