15/06/2024
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We typically keep our mouth shut on social media. But, this has gone too far and the public deserves to know what is happening. When our silence becomes complicent in the possible killing of animals, we have to make things known.
The current management at the Kentucky River Regional Animal Shelter is running it into the ground. Aspire has been threatened with lawyers over money they are withholding from reimbursement (picture proof below) animals are being euthanized without so much as a Facebook post (bill sent to Starfish to pay showing euthanasia of numerous dogs) and the current president had threatened to kill animals in retaliation to FB posts he doesn’t like (picture proof below).
The pictures circulating of the poor conditions are one hundred percent accurate. These are NOT from last year. These are NOT from the previous administration. These are what these animals are facing NOW! I have also posted some of those with time stamps in the description. The place is so poorly run now the animals are suffering. This is only going to get worse now that the only support they have is gone.
Let me give you a few examples of what Starfish Animal Rescue does for this shelter and our community. They provided over $50,000 in vet bills for medical animals last year alone, they have taken over 30,000 animals out of our community since they have started. They help pay for employees. They provide two transport vans. They provide nearly all of the crates at the shelter. They provide medicine for the animals. They are most often pulling 200 animals every 2 weeks from this shelter. Thats 200 animals that will now be killed. Let me be clear, the shelter will NOT be able to adequately care for these animals without Starfish Animal Rescues help. I’m showing you the conditions below WITH all of the extra money and support from Starfish. Imagine what will happen after that help is gone. They are one of the only remaining rescues helping this shelter since this new management took over. Receiving rescues are constantly receiving sick dogs and cats, incorrect paperwork, missing paperwork, the list goes on and on. I have also shared an invoice the shelter expected STARFISH to pay of them euthanizing dogs that never stood a chance. Euthanizing dogs that were already CONFIRMED. They had a place to go. They had a rescue willing to take them. And they killed them.
The ONLY thing that will come of this separation from the shelter is an increase in euthanasia at the shelter. Animals will no longer be able to receive adequate vet care. The shelter will not be able to afford medicine. Dog and cats WILL die in masses. You can guarantee that.
Your local Animal Control Officers in Breathitt County, Knott County and Perry County voted in support of the President and one of them failed to answer any of Aspire phone calls or messages for weeks to explain to him what was going on behind the scenes. He chose to ignore us even through all we have done to help him and Breathitt County animals.
I suggest reaching out to your local Animal Control Officer and County Judges in the following counties to express your concern of the treatment of these animals and ask why they continue to support someone who is putting animals on the back burner.
Breathitt County:
Jamie Holbrook - 1 (606) 666-3800 Ext 247
Jeff Noble - 1 (606) 666-3800
Knott County:
Nelson Reynolds - +1 (606) 634-4115
Jeff Dobson - 1 (606) 785-5592
Perry County:
Tom Caudill - +1 (606) 216-4358
Scott Alexander - 1(606) 439-3699
Letcher County:
Terry Adams - 1 (606) 633 2129
Let me make this clear, Aspire no longer has any affiliation with the Kentucky River Regional Animal Shelter. We will NOT support this behavior. We will NOT stand by and watch dogs and cats be killed in masses due to the behaviors of a few. Do NOT take your animals there. We will try to work with you as Starfish has graciously agreed to continue helping our communities animals. We will work with them to place your animals if you agree to hold them until transport.
Today, we feel we have failed. We have failed to save these animals. But, we tried. So many people have tried. One person has managed to run off dozens of employees, dozens of volunteers, dozens of rescues and still claims he is saving the animals. I have watched countless friends cry and feel so defeated knowing what is going on at this place. We have kept our mouth shut long enough. This is the TRUTH. These are the FACTS. We have provided the EVIDENCE. This is just the tip of the surface. So much more has occurred that I do not have hard evidence on, so I will refrain from sharing. You can also go to Starfish Animal Rescue page to see the email they sent to one of our local judges.
Today, the animals lose. And I am more than heartbroken. This is what you are paying your animal control to support and what your tax money is going towards. Please, help these animals have a voice. Go to fiscal court meetings and express your concerns. Express your concern to the media. Contact PETA. Visit the shelter unannounced and see the conditions for yourself. We normally stay silent, but these helpless animals cannot defend or speak for themselves. We have to be their voice.
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