UPDATE
January 10, 2014
Weeks
have gone by. Multnomah County Animal Services serving Portland and
Multnomah County Oregon continues to delay, responding with silence or
with a request for one more free evaluation, not even acknowledging offers of rescue for Mozart that meet every mark and every condition.
On
Monday afternoon, January 06, 2014, James Herbold’s attorney, Robert
Babcock, filed a lawsuit charging MCAS and animal control director
Michael Oswald with unlawfully holding the property of another.
Please contact the Multnomah County Commissioners asking that Mozart be freed. His life depends upon it.
Thank you for acting on behalf of compassion and the humanity we share with all animals.
Gail O’Connell-Babcock
Please help prevent a needless death
Mozart the Alaskan Malamute
Mozart, a 6 year old beloved family Malamute who once had a wonderful life is now facing a death sentence. His
life has been documented on YouTube; he is trained, highly responsive
and has many behavior skills including walking backward on command. He once found rats in wood pile and played with them rather than attack. Despite two highly qualified rescue offers both including qualified trainers; in one case a Northern Breed rescue and sanctuary, Multnomah County Animal Services in Troutdale Oregon, has stalled in any decision to release him to rescue, and the kennel care technician working for MCAS who evaluated Mozart has recommended euthanasia. No one else believes that is necessary. The two rescues who have offered to take him continue to wait for a response.
The
county’s indecision and delays in releasing Mozart to rescue cannot
continue. Every concern has been met. Excellent options exist. When
humane options exist it is unconscionable to kill an animal. Mozart
has been held at MCAS in stressful solitary confinement since November
29, 2013 deprived of exercise and socialization after he was released to
be killed by an adopter who did not follow the adoption terms.
The
brief term adopters were repeatedly advised that Mozart was a wonderful
dog but his stressors were food guarding and head patting. The advice
was completely ignored. As a result Mozart bit the hand of one of the
new owners after the second pat to his head. It required several
stitches. Mozart’s life long owner has contested the county’s ownership
of Mozart and wants humane options for Mozart. There has been no
response.
Please
help prevent this needless killing. Write the Multnomah County
Commission and ask that Mozart be allowed to go to a rescue.
Videos of Mozart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH2MwRtgirA&list=UUE6P2OaBL1_WQifrPeLRBqA&noredirect=1
Contact information:
Multnomah County Chair: Marissa Madrigal
E-mail mult.chair@multco.us
Telephone: 503.988.3308
Commissioner Liesel Wendt, District 1
E-mail district1@multco.us
Telephone: 503.988.5220
Commissioner Loretta Smith, District 2
E-mail district2@multco.us
Telephone: 503.988.5219
Commissioner Judy Shiprack, District 3
E-mail district3@multco.us
Telephone: 503.988.5217
Commissioner Diane McKeel, District 4
E-mail district4@multco.us
Telephone: 503.988.5213
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