Oddly enough I know far more about the US Global than I do the situation 5 mins from me. I will say that when my rescue finally got the plea, the animals that Detroit Zoo took were already gone. We took animals in very quietly, because we really did not want nor do we want any affiliation with PETA. Basically the Raid occurred, PETA made paper splashes and then left the local ASPCA high and dry with LARGE vet bills and a BUTTLOAD of animals. However I am not defending the shelter. In the two months or so that the animals were in there care, NO veterinary care was given WHAT SO EVER. The only veterinary care offered was to mammals, despite the fact that they had guidelines and recommendations and treatments given. Needless to say, I have no clue what condition the animals were in upon confiscation, but I do know what condition they were in upon arrival. In all honesty, the vast majority died with in a week or so of arrival. Who's fault is not my place to say as I did not see the animals upon intake. I just saw them 2 months after confiscation.



>>That may be true, but what about all the hours, overtime, and per diem all those Detroit Zoo employees received for their efforts.

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>>I'm sure they got to spin it in the most advantageous way possible. "Look at all the good we're doing."



I fully agree. In all honesty I think my group was the only non-vocal group about taking in these animals. We took them in because I did not want them to either languish in a humane society or be killed because they do not fit into the cog of what makes a good pet. I didnt want the killing machine to get its due so to speak.

>>They got to pick and choose. If they had to take garbage as part of the package, a realist knows they would have little or no concern and/or incentive, in regard to the welfare of the everyday low end "pets".



I will say they did take a batch of sliders. They also took anoles.



>>Lack of competency on their part does not legitimize failure as an outcome. Neither does lack of resources and infrastructure to properly maintain the animals they "saved". That is a false pretext.

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Animal control is not doing any of the care on Terry's animals. Right now apparently this is a full AZA operation. While I am not defending animal control by any means, if these animals are truly suffering, I suspect that it is something related to AZA. I have friends who are working at the local zoos involved and they are not authorized overtime for the care. Not quite sure how this is being run, but from all interior reports no one is getting overtime for the animals and the animal care staff at AC is not touching the reptiles. That is the base of the info I have.
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