I'm the volunteer rescue coordinator for the recently accessed Harrison County Dog Pound, located in Cadiz, OH.  We have had a closed, locked dog pound since last Thursday, however nobody has heard from the Warden since Wednesday morning early.  The foster mom for our newly created rescue had been asked to man the pound for an hour Wednesday morning while the Warden attended a meeting with Commissioners.  She ended up staying all day, as the Warden did not return at all.  Late Wednesday, I left a message on the pound answering machine when I was greeted by a disturbing message, the pound had been closed until Wednesday, October 22.  No provisions for the care of the dogs had been provided, no notice to the rescue or the foster mom.  Had we not found out by accident, dogs would have simply starved to death.  A commissioner told me that he was told the Warden needed a week off for "medical", and that the foster mom would care for the animals, however the foster mom was not asked and has not heard from him to date.  We have a rural Appalachia pound, with only 10 pens under roof, no exterior walls.  We had only 19 bucks and some change in our little virtual rescue (yahoo group harrisoncp) that night.  Also worth mentioning is according to Commissioner Host, no such meeting transpired Wednesday.

 

We have managed to pull dogs as needed, as the foster mom has a key to the gate and access to the dogs.  We do not have access to the answering machine as the office itself is locked, hence my telephone number on the petfinder listings, which is 740-945-1379.

 

We are essentially in an emergency situation here and need to move dogs out, thus my home number is listed now in the petfinder listings as well as on the homepage.  Anyone that can help us, can call me night or day.  We are fearful if we don't get the dogs moved, we will have one very "black Thursday" here in Harrison County with dogs put down.

 

Please pass this on to anyone you know can help us.  We welcome sponsors for pull fees, vetting (rabies and health certificates required for travel), transport, boarding and the like by either paypal (link is on the site, but it is harrisondogpound@verizon.net (@verizon.net) which comes to me here in Harrison County, Ohio or by snail mail to:  Robin McClelland, P.O. Box 163, Scio, OH  43988.  We are in the dark here, and dogs need our help.

 

We need to move dogs Monday (10/20) and

Tuesday (10/21)!

 

Please take a look at these dogs: