'Come and Get 'Em': ; Rescue Groups Mobilize to Save 95 Dogs, Cats in Mason
Charleston Gazette › August 05, 2004
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Animal-rescue groups across the nation are scrambling to find homes for nearly 100 cats and dogs at a West Virginia shelter, where they fear sudden budget cuts could lead to a mass gassing.
Judy Oliver, director of the Mason County Animal Shelter in Point Pleasant, and two employees resigned when told to get rid of 55 dogs and 40 cats within 14 days. That's more than five times the number of dogs killed in all of 2003.See the full content of this document
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'Come and Get 'Em': ; Rescue Groups Mobilize to Save 95 Dogs, Cats in Mason
"I couldn't do it," Oliver said Wednesday. "They told me to start yesterday, and I refused."
But County Administrator John Gerlach and...See the full content of this document
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