To give you a bit of an update:
The day that I called the Humane Society, nobody came to check out the situation. I waited a few hours after I got home to see what would happen. When it started thunderstorming.. .I had had enough. I called the County Sheriff's office. At first, they said they didn't handle those types of situations, so I threw a fit, and within an hour had a deputy at my house. He decided that the puppy was too sick and needed help, so he gave it to ME! Just for the night untill the shelter opened up again. He posted a note on the door of the tenants stating that the County Sheriff's office took custody of their dog. The next morning, the Humane Society came and picked up the VERY sick dog from my home. She was even MORE sick than I thought. We really didn't even think she would survive the night. I was home sick from work, so I called that afternoon and asked how the puppy was. The lady said that they gave her an antibiotic shot and a strong wormer, and that the owners were going to take her to the vet. I hung up the phone and went over there! I threw another fit in the shelter office. I told them that if they give that puppy back to the owners, I will have the newspaper alerted, the TV stations, the National Humane Society Association alerted. I told them I have friends that work in high places in the Humane Society and if I ever see those people with that dog or another pet for that matter, I will raise some serious Hell. So, the director promised me that they would NOT release that puppy or any other animal to that family ever again. I retold my story to the director and she agreed that the puppy was neglected. She also stated that she had not heard from the Sheriff's office, nor the humane officer that took my statement, NOR the officer that retrieved the dog from me. In my opinion, that's a HUGE lack of comminication on the county's part. I'm going to write some letters and complain, and I'm also going to alert the TV station of the situation and ask them to do a story on Animal Rights and the laws in our state that protect animals. I guess my nieghbors will think twice before neglecting or abuse a pet when they live near me!
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