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OPINION
The Kings Mountain Herald
August 17, 2006
SIDEWALK
SURVEY
BY EMILY WEAVER
THE HERALD
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Do you think
Cleveland
County
should have
a county-
wide leash
law?
Claude Suber,
Woodbridge
“I'm not sure, because I
have a dog. I think it’s
kind of crazy that we need
one, but yea I think we
should have one.”
J.L. Crank,
Kings Mountain
“I don’t own a dog
because I don’t like to see
a dog tied up. I think it’s
wrong. Dogs should be
able to run free and not be
forever tied to a tree.”
Robert Hillman,
Kings Mountain
“Yes I think we should.
People get bit by dogs run-
ning around all the time.
It’s better to keep that
under control.”
Tim Johnson,
Kings Mountain
“No, I don’t think we need
it, at least not out in the
country. I can understand
us needing it in the city
limits.”
Shana Adams,
Kings Mountain
“Yes I think we should
have a county-wide leash
law. If for no other reason
than safety. When you
have children stray ani-
mals can be a danger.”
ANIMALS
From 1A
and sometimes a few hun-
dred animals contained in
the Animal Shelter. They will
all be euthanized within 5
business days after their cap-
ture, unless they are
returned to their owners.
According to = Elethia
Robinson, a vet at the Moss
Lake Animal Hospital, own-
ers must show proof of an
up-to-date rabies vaccination
before the shelter will release
a pet.
If the animals have a good
temperament and are
brought in by their owners,
who can prove that they
have been taken care of and
are vaccinated, then the ani-
mals will be sent to a veteri-
narian for a wellness check-
up, another rabies booster
and spaying or neutering.
After getting the all clear
from the vet, the animals will
be returned to the Animal
Shelter for possible adoption
at a cost of $83.
Other animals that are
picked up without any iden-
tification, whose owners
cannot be verified and who
are not claimed, no matter
how well mannered and
obedient they are, will be
euthanized. They will be
lead in mass quantities into a
gas chamber and the door
will be closed. Carbon
Monoxide will fill the room,
but it doesn’t gently put
them to sleep or cause them
to drift into peaceful la-la
land. “With that gas, they
fight, they go crazy before
they die and they're fighting
each other. Smaller dogs it
takes less time, bigger dogs it
takes longer. So some dogs
are in there dead, while the
other ones are dying,”
Robinson said.
“Kittens and puppies, they
bring up here for us to euth-
anize (by a lethal injection)
because their lungs are so lit-
tle it would take so long for
them to breathe the gas that
would put them to sleep,”
she said.
The vets office she works
at in Shelby started doing
their part to save animals
through Second Chance
Rescue, which began in
March 2006. They only have
three kennels so they cannot
hold many dogs or animals
at one time. But when they
have room, workers will take
an unwanted animal from an
owner, give them vaccines, a
physical, a heart worms
check and spay or neuter
them in hopes of finding
them a good home in the
community.
“We get plenty of calls for
dogs needing homes, it’s just
trying to find them homes is
hard,” Robinson said. They
have adopted out five dogs
so far.
Animal Control will only
adopt out animals that are
brought in with proof of cur-
rent rabies shots. Puppies
and kittens, that are brought
into the shelter, less than
four months old (the age ani-
mals have to be to receive
their first rabies vaccination)
will automatically be “put to
sleep,” Robinson said.
According to ncpub-
lichealth.com, under the
rabies control link, in the
year 2004, Cleveland County
Animal Control impounded
7,957 animals and eutha-
nized 7,140. Lockridge said
that gas euthanizations cost
the county $1.53 per animal,
whereas lethal injections cost
the county $7 per animal.
Out of 10 surrounding and
nearby counties (Burke,
Catawba, Henderson,
Mecklenburg, Rutherford,
McDowell, Lincoln, Iredell,
Buncombe, and Gaston)
Cleveland County had the
third largest number of cats
and dogs euthanized in 2004.
Gaston County euthanized
7,947 cats and dogs.
Mecklenburg euthanized
12,579 cats and dogs. But for
the county's size, being clos-
est in land mass to Burke,
Catawba and McDowell
counties, the amount of ani-
mals impounded and eutha-
nized in Cleveland County
compared to the three listed
above, was number one. Out
of the last week in July and
first week in August alone,
245 animals were “put to
sleep.”
“We're studying the possi-
bility of a county-wide leash
law right now and looking at
other counties that have one,
and the measures and costs
to present that possibility to
the board of commissioners
at a later time,” Stallings
said. But she is not sure
whether or not a county-
wide leash law would help
with the county impound
population.
Lockridge said the bottom
line is, “People need to be
responsible pet owners.
Either spay or neuter your
pets or keep them pinned up
away from other animals
when they are in heat.”
The last reported case of
rabies in this county was on
May 10 for a rabid skunk.
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