Capital Area a Victim?

SO we've been getting lately some whining on the comment boards about how we don't understand how many animals come through their doors and how AGAIN they're blaming the public for the problem.

Those people should go back and study up on the main website. WHERE is the missing grant money? If you have so many animals coming through your doors, don't you think you should put the money that you recieved to good use... and fast? You got a huge grant for Meet Your Match... but where is it?? Why did you take 30,000 dollars from the Columbus Foundation and put it into... COLORING BOOKS??

WHY do you continue to alienate volunteers? If you have so many animals coming through your doors, don't you think that you would want all the helping hands that you could get? You now have to use a PRISON PROGAM to care for the animals... how much care do you think they are actually giving? Many other shelters use inmate programs in their facility, but only for doing things like yard cleanup, painting, deep cleaning... not day-to-day care of the animals! If you needed/wanted free labor to clean cages you should have kept your volunteers! THAT IS ONE OF THE BASIC RULES OF SHELTER MANAGEMENT. What exactly were your qualifications before you took this job Jodi??

JODI- Nobody disputes that the public is at fault when they let their pet have a litter, turn them in to the shelter when they move or develop a behavior problem. WHAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH is that you REFUSE to fix what is wrong with YOUR SHELTER and HIDE behind that EXCUSE to take ZERO action on behalf of the animals.

WHY DOES THE VENTILATION REMAIN BROKEN?
WHY WAS ADVOCAT MONEY RESTRICTED TO ONE CAT PER HOUSEHOLD PER YEAR? (Especially if there is such a HUGE problem with the public!)
WHY AREN'T VOLUNTEERS AND RESCUERS ALLOWED TO PULL ANIMALS FROM DEATH ROW?
WHY DOES THE HEATING SYSTEM IN INTAKE REMAIN OFF/BROKEN?
WHERE IS ALL THE MISSING GRANT MONEY?
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY EMPTY CAGES ON THE ADOPTION FLOOR?

Jodi- you can whine and whine but we are SICK OF IT- If you CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE with the grant money and resources you are given then DON'T TAKE THEM! IF YOU CAN'T DO WHAT CAPITAL HIRED YOU TO DO THEN YOU SHOULD RESIGN!

$30,000 TO MAKE COLORING BOOKS? HOW MANY CATS AND DOGS DO YOU THINK COULD BE SPAYED/NEUTERED WITH $30,000?

Next blog: what's happening around the country? We've been doing some traveling and guess what? So many shelters have found the key. One shelter we visited pulled 40 cats from it's Animal Control Facility because it had so many adoptions the past weekend. I guess they decided to find solutions instead of just WHINING.