Pelham advised WSMV News that the dogs who appeared to be starved may have looked that way because the facility had not fed them on the day that they were to be transported to the rescue agency, Big Fluffy Dog Rescue.
The explanation strikes most as "absurd."
One individual who commented on the WSMV publication stated:
“Dogs don't appear starved after missing one meal. I'm amazed at some of the bone-headed excuses people make when they get caught doing something wrong."
According to the rescue agency which spear-headed the allegations against the Warren County animal shelter, they believe that officials are utilizing "spin control" to avoid the truth.
Big Fluffy Dog Rescue noted "lie #1," from the facility is their statement that they have only "euthanized" three animals in the last several months. One of those animals, they admit, was the husky named "Mila."
There does not appear to be any explanation as to why Mila's body, which was discarded in "the pit," is bloodied, and why she appeared to have been attacked, rather than "euthanized."
Though the facility officials claim that they have only put three dogs down, the rescue agency has a recent photo of a pile of puppies in the pit behind the facility - puppies who likely were not all "road kill," as the facility contends.
Which leads to the next alleged "lie," that the only dogs in the death pit are those which are road kill.
One savvy reader of the most recent Big Fluffy Dog Facebook post noticed that the only animals in the pit are dogs - there are no signs of other wildlife which would typically be found as casualties on a roadway.
The rescue agency intends to continue releasing proof that their allegations against this facility are true, stating:
“until they own up to the problem, we will continue to prove that they are lying. This is a game they cannot win."
(Examiner - Mar 29, 2013)
