MOZART: UPDATE
Friday January 17, 2014
Multnomah
County has so far made no public announcement about Mozart’s
availability to rescue or if he will be permitted to go to the rescue
that has requested him. A
citizen reports that when she contacted MCAS after being forwarded to
the agency by the county commission that Mozart remained at MCAS because
apparently the owner had not so far picked him up.
That statement is
categorically false. MCAS refused to release Mozart to Mr. Herbold who
owned Mozart for 6 years. On
Monday, January 06, Attorney Robert Babcock filed a lawsuit charging
MCAS and Director Michael Oswald with the tort of conversion: unlawfully
holding the property of another. To date the county records pertaining
to this case that were requested by Robert Babcock have not been
provided.
There
is a report that a staff meeting was held at MCAS on Monday, January 13
to decide Mozart’s fate. The shelter manager then left on vacation and
will be gone until January 21.
I believe that the data being considered in the decision are
· The
animal care technician’s notes of Mozart in the shelter (MCAS has no
behaviorist; the term used by the agency technician and MCAS is self
ascribed; the individual who conducts and conducted this temperament
test has a certificate for private dog training). The technician
recommended euthanasia.
· A
review of the animal care technician’s notes and her own summaries by a
behavior veterinarian who conducted no independent first hand
interviews and never saw the dog.
· The
bite: The bite was reported to result in stitches to the hand. The
individual went to work: the reason offered for the lack of pictures.
There is apparently no photograph of the bite on file. When picture(s)
were requested through public records MCAS reported they had none.
His
status remains uncertain and all negotiations have been behind closed
doors. We will start a petition if silence, lack of communication and
uncertainty continue.
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