Temperatures to drop, animal control keeping eye on pet owners

If the world had more people like Sylvia Kim we would better serve these poor homeless and unwanted animals. This woman is a saint when it comes to animals. She puts in countless hours and the only compensation she gets is in her heart. Her job would be easier if people would step up to the plate and take care of the animals that they first want and then decide they do not want. I admitt that my animals are spoiled and extremly well cared for. They are pretty much ABOVE and BEYOND spoiled. However, the average animal deserves more than a bone tossed into a cage once in awhile. Animal control is not perfect but they do what they can with what little resources they get. If people would be better owners then Animal control would not be in the position they are in to do what they have to do in order to lower the homeless and unwanted pet population. It is not animal controls fault. It is the fault of each person that neglects their animals. Same as all the lost hunting dogs that manage to end up usually dead on the side of the road. The hunters turn them loose, if the animal does not come back within a certain time frame, the animal is abandoned and left for dead. THIS IS CRUEL. Don't blame animal control. Blame the people that do not care about these animals. The owners are the ones that should be caged and tossed an occasional bone. And even that is more than some animals get.

I live in Bladen County/Elizabethtown. There are so many unleashed dogs and cats running around inside and outside the city limits. Go to the back door of any local restaurant and you will see cats lounging around, waiting for scraps. One time I counted four at a fried chicken establishment and five at the seafood market next door to it. I'm tired of people not taking responsibility for the pets that they own; a decision that causes needless suffering for these animals. People, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for your animals!

Don't forget the cats!!

We have a story wherein Bladen County Animal Control freely admits that they kill 70% of the dogs they pick up.... ....and right below it we have a story about Bladen County Animal Control threatening to take away pets that they deem improperly sheltered? Have I somehow entered the Bizarro World? "Good boy! Three days in a warm cage.....before we kill you." Hey, here's a toss-up question - Do you think that Bladen County crappy pet owners may have learned their "who cares, it's only a dog" attitude from Bladen County Animal Control?