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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0561.005 2014-2016Murashige, Laura From: Beth <bethartglass@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 8:20 AM To: Council Testimony Cc: Poindexter, Valerie; Chung, Aaron; David, Maile; Onishi, Dennis; Ilagan, Greggor; Paleka, Daniel; Kanuha, Dru; Eoff, Karen; Wille, Margaret Subject: No Kill Shelter leads to dangers - Comm 561 Aloha Council Members - As you consider the Hawaii Island Humane Society Euthanasia and Adoptability Rates - Comm 561 at Public Safety & Mass Transit meeting on Nov 17. The % number used for euthanasia statistics must represent only ADOPTABLE dogs in the shelter because not all dogs received are adoptable. The Hawaii Island Humane Society protects the community from dogs that are not suitable for adoption by evaluating behavior for aggression. Also, euthanasia is often the best solution for injured or sick dogs who are left at one of 3 Hawaii Island Humane Societies due to the open admission policy. Euthanasia is better than rehoming-adopting a dangerous dog as these stories from the news demonstrate: Mahalo, Beth Evesong Distict 4 resident Adopted � J :>2:,— :,— Adopted Animal Shelter Dogs That Bite or Attack Z5 You Have Legal Rights If A Dog Adopted From An. Animal Rescue or Humane Society Bites / Attacks Dog rescue organizations, animal shelters, pet adoption groups and private individuals who sell or transfer ownership of a dog can be held legally liable if they fail to share important information, such as aggressive behavior or a history of biting, with the dog's new owner. It is unethical, and in many cases illegal, to keep a dog's history of biting or hostile behavior secret from a buyer/new dog owner. The adoption agency or shelter has a duty to inform new owners of a dangerous dog's history. Comm. No. I www.timesunion.com/local/article/Chief-horrific-scene Ref. To: YIg�•�U Chief: 'horrific scene' after shelter dog attack Ref. Date t�ov y 2®15 By Jordan Carleo-Evangelist Updated 9:34 pm, Friday, June 27, 2014 The 2 -year-old dog that attacked a shelter worker and injured three others Thursday before police shot and killed it was just hours from being released back to its owner, police and shelter officials said Friday. The male pitbull mix, estimated to weigh about 60 pounds, had been at the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society off Broadway for 10 days after it bit two people in Albany. The dog had exhibited no signs of aggression during that stay, said Tina Murray, the shelter's director of operations. Moments after the animal was given a rabies shot to prepare for its release, it grabbed the foot of an animal welfare manager as she exited the 4- by 6 -foot kennel, dragged her back in and attacked her, Murray said. http•//www animals24-7 org/2014/05/l5/shelters-sued-for-attacks-by-rehomed-pit-bulls/ Shelters sued for attacks by rehomed pit bulls May 15, 2014 by Merritt Clifton KNOXVILLE, Tennessee—Much praised for steeply reducing shelter killing in recent years, the Blount County Animal Shelter is now facing a lawsuit alleging that incautious behavioral. assessment and adoption promotion led to a seven-year-old boy suffering a severe mauling by a pit bull the shelter had recently rehomed. The lawsuit alleges that Blount County Animal Shelter personnel were aware that the pit bull had exhibited dangerous behavior, but told the adopters that the dog was well-behaved and not aggressive. In a similar case coming to light the same day, Casandra Cosgriff, of Farmingdale, New York, is "planning to sue the town of Riverhead for several million dollars," Kristin Thorne of WABC reported on May 2, 2014. Cosgriff was in February 2014 severely mauled by a pit bull adopted several years earlier from the Town of Riverhead animal shelter. Rescue Dog Attacks New Owner.While Training www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLyZz6ufAFO Jun 17, 2014 • Fits whole hand inside mouth and chomps away http://www.wbtv.com/stor_V/25246799/sheriffs-deputy-shoots- nd-ILills-dog-rescued-from-a-shelter-two-weeks-alIo Dog rescued from shelter attacks 3, fatally shot by deputy Posted: Apr 14, 2014 4:45 PM HST Updated: May 14, 2014 4:53 PMHST By Coleen Harry UNION COUNTY, NC (WBTV) - The German Shepherd that was rescued from_euthanization two weeks ago, then shot and killed Sunday afternoon by a Union County deputy after the dog attacked three people, was first picked up as astray in .Rowan County. According to documents from Rowan County Animal Control, the dog was "trapped as a result of a 911 call" on Saturday February 15. Officers say the dog was aggressive, and unsocialized. Shelter workers said six days later at the shelter, the dog bit a Sheriffs Canine Deputy, who was trying to see if he could work with the German Shepherd. According to the Animal Bite report, the Deputy "went to put a leash on the dog and it bit." The Deputy was bitten on his left and right wrists. It wouldn't be the last time the dog would bite someone. At the end of March, shelter officials agreed to adopt out the dog, even though it was aggressive. Sunday afternoon the dog turned on its new owner and a woman who were trying to socialize it. www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/17/georgia-woman-who-rescued... Georgia woman who rescued animals killed in dog attack Published August 17, 2012 FoxNews.com A Georgia college student who cared for abandoned animals for nearly a decade was attacked and killed by a dog, police said. Rebecca Carey, 23, was killed at her Decatur home sometime over the weekend, MVFoxAtlanta.com reports. Authorities said Carey, who worked with dogs since she was a young teenager, had five dogs living with her at the time of her death. They included a pit bull, which she had owned for six years, a boxer mix and a Presa, a large Spanish breed. She was also dogsitting another Presa for a friend. Carey's body was discovered Sunday afternoon after she failed to show up for work at Alpharetta's Loving Hands Animal Clinic. The dogs that she was caring for in her home were euthanized on Wednesday. It was unclear which dog killed Carey. • www.clickorlando.com Dog jumped into van, attacked family at Flagler County shelter, deputies say Dog jumps into van at Second Chance Dog Rescue Author: Erik Sandoval, Reporter, esandovalnwkmg com Published On: Mar 14 2014 11:12:22 AM EDT BUNNELL, Fla. - A Flagler County family is recovering on Friday after police say they were attacked by a dog that jumped into their van and went after them. Deputies say a mixed breed dog escaped from its cage at the Second Chance Dog Rescue in Bunnell on Thursday night. http://news.sky.com/story/I 164347/dog-attack-jzii.1-was-killed-by-stray-bulldoe Dog Attack: Girl Was Killed By 'Stray' Bulldog 22:14, UK, Wednesday 06 November 2013 The bulldog that killed Lexi Branson had been with the family for just weeks and ended up being knifed to death by her mum. Four-year-old Lexi Branson was mauled to death by her pet bulldog, police have said, and the animal died after being stabbed to death by her mother. Lexi died on Tuesday after the attack in her lounge in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire. The bulldog, called Mulan, was a stray found by council dog wardens in a park several months earlier. Mulan had been with the family for just two months, after they picked him up from the Willow Rehoming Centre in Barrow -upon -Soar, Leicestershire.