Dogs, politics, media, and more


And when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace, and his body is laid away in the cold ground,
no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws,
his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even to death. -- George Graham Vest

Welcome to Tom Skeldon’s nightmare!!

Written by Steve Barker on December 16th, 2009

From the Toledo Blade (Ohio)

Article published December 15, 2009

‘Pit bull’ pup freed from Lucas County Pound

By JC REINDL, BLADE STAFF WRITER

A puppy Monday escaped an almost certain death at the Lucas County Dog Warden’s Office and is now in the care of an animal rescue group after a rare transfer of a “pit bull”-type dog out of the county’s pound.

…

Under traditional circumstances, the puppy could have soon faced euthanasia under Dog Warden Tom Skeldon’s longstanding policy against adopting or transferring out any “pit bulls” from the pound. Mr. Skeldon is to leave office at year-end and retire Jan. 31.

…

Once a “pit bull” dog reaches 3 months of age, there are no restrictions against Mr. Skeldon’s practice of killing all adult “pit bulls” regardless of behavior.

…

Read the whole story at the Toledo Blade

Thanks to happypitbull.com

URL for this article:
http://www.chicobandido.com/2009/12/welcome-to-tom-skeldons-nightmare/

Filed under: Legislation, News, Pit Bulls, Politics, Solutions (Good)

One Response to “Welcome to Tom Skeldon’s nightmare!!”

  1. Randy Noel said:

    We can only hope what goes around comes around and the retirement will be short lived.

    Posted on December 16th, 2009 at 2:27 PM

Leave a Reply

  • Articles by Date

  • Articles by Category

  • The opinions expressed on this page and on this website are those of the author and are not necessarily the opinions of any organization for which the author may work or volunteer. Permission to duplicate, forward, or crosspost text from this page is granted only if the duplicated, forwarded, or crossposted text credits this website and includes a link to the original article (the URL at the bottom of each article).
    Copyright © Steve Barker, 2010. All rights reserved.

The opinions expressed on this page and on this website are those of the author and are not necessarily the opinions of any organization for which the author may work or volunteer. Permission to duplicate, forward, or crosspost text from this page is granted only if the duplicated, forwarded, or crossposted text credits this website and includes a link to the original article (the URL at the bottom of each article).
Copyright © Steve Barker, 2010. All rights reserved.