Community Holds Animal Welfare Meeting in Monroe – KTVE-TV10
Dozens of Northeast Louisiana animal lovers gather to discuss how to improve animal welfare in the area, especially in the City of Monroe.
“This is something that’s been going on in our community for a long time,” says Anna Dunn to the nearly forty people gathered on ULM’s campus Thursday night. They’re fighting for the humane treatment of animals and for them it’s not just an interest, it’s a passion.
“This is a huge, big important issue.”
Folks representing several parishes are speaking up for animals. Many live in Monroe, where the animal control officer position has been vacant for months.
Animal Welfare Meeting: Citizens Speak Out – KNOE-TV8
Dozens of people gathered Thursday night to address one problem. The lack of an animal control officer in Monroe, and the ongoing problems that vicious, stray dogs are causing.
The last straw for many people was the recent killing of goats at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo.
There were people from Farmerville to Winnsboro in attendance at Thursday night’s meeting.
Monroe City Councilman Ray Armstrong and others with the City of Monroe were there to hear what people had to say.
The thing everyone agreed on, they need to be the voice for the voiceless.
One concerned citizen, Anna Dunn, says “a lot of policies that need to be looked at, and that’s one thing that we hope to do as far as better the lives of animals in this community.”
The policy that seemed to be the biggest concern, Monroe’s lack of an animal control officer.
01/18/2013 at 5:33 am |
They need to load up on a bus and travel east and to help enlighten some folks in the TOJ about animals…….just sayin……….lest we forget all the issues that are wrapped around that so called shelter and the operation of that so called shelter, but look at who is the so called head of it all.
01/18/2013 at 9:22 am |
Isn’t it a shame that some have the mindset that government should forcefully take from everyone in order to fund the “passion” of a few? If the group that met is so concerned let them put THEIR money–not everyone else’s money TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR GREAT CONCERN. Id’ rather use my money in a different way. like fighting the killing of human, innocent, precious babies that are being pulled from what should be the safest place for a baby-the mother’s womb, and jabbing scissors into its head and brutally taking its life. .
01/18/2013 at 10:33 am |
Isn’t it a shame that the taxpayer pays for the services that are mandated by Louisiana law but somehow those services are never instituted and more importantly how shameful that elected officials take the money that is affored their position to provide little or no action toward implementation of those laws. If the service of the people in the postion to actully follow through with the implementation of the law would somehow faintly match the “passion” of those that care for animals, what a glorious day that would be, then we could see that innocent children would be saved and animals could get help as well. The group that met has “their money” being spent (TAXES) you know that thing that some of us pay, those of us that actually report our earnings and hold a job, and they want to see that is spent on it’s intended purpose, not line the greasy little fists that find it so easy to take but never provide anything in return…you know…..service.