It's no secret that Steve and I are huge animal lovers, we are the only wedding/elopement service around in Southern California that actually specializes in Pet Friendly Weddings. We work with a lot of very, very lucky dogs and we LOVE it!
But there are some very unlucky dogs just down the road a bit in San Bernardino County, trapped in a shelter called Devore. We have personally rescued about 20 dogs since we found out about this place last fall. Sadly, this shelter continues to kill 2/3 of the dogs and cats that enter the shelter, they have refused to allow volunteers in the shelter. They have refused to create a viable adoption program. Odd because, county shelters all over California have literally thousands of volunteers, they LOVE FREE HELP!! Yet the head of Animal Control, Brian Cronin says
it's just too "grim" to have volunteers who love animals work there.
(is he serious?)
it's just too "grim" to have volunteers who love animals work there.
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PLEASE take a moment to read this article about Devore Shelter that was published on Tuesday immediately after our presentation, you will see what we are up against. Devore actually admits to killing about 2/3 of the animals that enter their shelter and feel it's okay because that's what other shelters do. In a race to the bottom, they have only saved about eight thousand animals out of the THIRTY THOUSAND animals they took in last year. This is happening because they simply don't care enough to do the things they need to do to help find animals homes and get them adopted. Did I mention they refuse to allow volunteers in the shelter? Why yes, I think I did. Dogs and cats are simply killed after 4 days. They sit in a shelter located in the middle of no where, with no chance of even being seen and await their fate.
Devore Shelter in San Bernardino County has a 30 million dollar budget and only 90 kennels, it is the LARGEST county in the country. Something is seriously wrong. It's a place that works very poorly with rescues and often accidentally kill dogs and cats that have homes waiting for them due to "clerical errors". We are working hard to expose and improve conditions for the dogs.
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| this darling dog was euthanized in Feb due to clerical error at devore shelter and is not an isolated case by any means |
If you agree, we welcome your support!
Here are some ideas of things you could do-- to help us work towards solving this problem:
Write a letter to the editor of the "Sun" after you read the story they printed above.
The Sun welcomes letters to the editor. Letters must be signed and include an address and phone number. Letters may be edited for length, clarity and grammar. Letters should be e-mailed to voice@inlandnewspapers.com.
Call and/or Email the Animal Control Chief Officer BRIAN CRONIN:
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| brian cronin animal control |
email: bcronin@dph.sbcounty.gov,
his phone number: 909.387.9152
EMAIL the Board of Supervisors who are responsible for what goes on in their district:
Josie Gonzales SupervisorGonzales@sbcounty.gov,
Greg.Devereaux@cao.sbcounty.gov
Follow our journey on FB
You can make a donation on our website, to help pay for fostering dogs, preparing our 501c 3, rescuing dogs that go into fosters, helping other people who are adopting and fostering, we receive pleas for $ to help with spay/neuters
Visit Our Website: www.FriendsOfDevoreShelterDogs.com
ADOPT YOUR NEXT DOG FROM A SHELTER!
Devore's available dogs are located here on their website.
Please excuse the crappy photos, we offered to buy them a camera and take photos but they refused our donation. Did I mention they don't want any volunteers snooping around the place.
Spay and neuter your pets
FOSTER A DOG that is waiting to be adopted, we can help find one for you! (we have 3 right now at our house)
ATTEND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGS IF YOU LIVE IN SAN BERNARDINO, or ANYWHERE in Southern California, we drive from San Diego. You can speak for 3 minutes at the meetings. They are held at 385 N Arrowhead San Bernardino 1st floor 909 387 2020.
Tuesday at 9:30 check in, upcoming dates in 2011:
July 12, July 26, August 9, August 23, Sept 13, Sept 27, October 4, October 18
HELP US WITH OUR ADOPTION EVENTS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS IN NORTH PARK at our local vets office 1-4 held twice month. Starting in August.
If you care about helping some really wonderful homeless dogs and cats, there is something that everyone can to do help with-even you.
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
xoxo
christine and steve
YouTube made by our friends! YouTube about Devore! Made by our supporters
Lou Wegner, Malese Jow, Davin Fox. thank you guys :)
Lou Wegner, Malese Jow, Davin Fox. thank you guys :)
