Pet rescuers not happywith Wise County Sheriff

Wise County Sheriff Bans Photos
Of Animals At Shelter

DECATUR (CBSDFW.COM) – You can visit, you just can’t take photographs to remember it by at the Wise County animal shelter. 

Sheriff David Walker has banned photographs of dogs, cats and any other animals at the facility in a move designed to keep unflattering photos of the animals from making their way onto the Internet.  

“It makes them look like they’re in jail,” Sgt. Asa Mosely said Tuesday. Rescue groups regularly take photos and post them on email lists and Facebook pages in order to find interest in animals beyond county lines. 

But Mosely said some of the photos were leading to complaint calls and unwarranted criticism on social networking sites. The sheriff made the decision, Mosely said, for shelter staff to take all the photos and then encourage groups to repost them if they wanted to. 

That’s an unacceptable option for Melinda Feickert. 

As a liaison for Shelter to Rescue, a group that finds certain breeds inside shelters and gets them to larger rescue groups, she has rescued three to four dogs a day from the shelter before the photo ban. 

Now she said she is lucky to find interest in one a day 

More at CBS DFW The comment section below the article is not very polite...

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I understand the Sheriff's logic. Although, never underestimate the passion of a pet lover in his attempt to save animals.  

This probably won't just blow over since it's great fuel for news media ratings.   

Please, no name calling in your comments here.  Thank you! 

Government protection? Clueless, corrupt or just crazy?

Homeless Can’t Eat Deer Meat

By Todd Starnes 

Hunters across Louisiana are outraged after state health officials ordered a rescue mission to destroy $8,000 worth of deer meat because venison is not allowed to be served in homeless shelters. 

The Dept. of Health and Hospitals ordered the staff at the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission to throw 1,600 pounds of donated venison in garbage bins – and then ordered then to douse the meat with Clorox – so other animals would not eat the meat. 

“Deer meat is not permitted to be served in a shelter, restaurant or any other public eating establishment in Louisiana,” said a Health Dept. official in an email to Fox News. “While we applaud the good intentions of the hunters who donated this meat, we must protect the people who eat at the Rescue Mission, and we cannot allow a potentially serious health threat to endanger the public.” 

That statement set off a firestorm among hunters and lawmakers who called it outrageous and insulting. 

Henry Martin, executive director of the mission, told Fox News they’ve been serving deer meat for years – from deer chili to deer spaghetti. 

“This was really good meat,” he said. “It’s high in protein and low in cholesterol. It’s very healthy.” 

More lunacy on the subject at Fox News

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One complaint is all it took for the government to rush in to save the homeless victims. How utterly asinine...and typical.

Color me crazy...dramatic, yet accurate.

Joy Behar Pwned

Humorous? You make the call!

This morning I lucked out and was able to buy several cases of ammo. 

On the way home I stopped at the gas station and this drop dead gorgeous blond was filling up her car at the next pump. 

She looked at the ammo in the back of my car and said in a very sexy voice, "I'm a big believer in barter, big boy. Would you be interested in a trade of sex for ammo?" 

I thought it over for a few seconds and responded......"Well, just what kind of ammo do you have to trade?"