14,500 Unnecessary Deaths by AHS in Minnesota
Over 36,000 animals were taken into the Animal Humane Society of Minnesota and nearly half of them were destroyed. The AHS of Minnesota is a non-profit 501(c)3 and is now a collaborative of 5 agencies throughout the Twin Cities. A budget of an astonishing $11 million was collected by AHS from a number of sources none of which include government funding in 2007. They have also ventured into "for profit" business in the past year to raise even more money. The AHS needs to be restructured immediately and we are calling for the resignation of the CEO, Janelle Dixon and COO, Ray Aboyan. Under the direction of Janelle Dixon and Ray Aboyan, AHS destroyed over 14,500 animals for various reasons. Please sign this petition to save animals from the Animal Humane Society of Minnesota and it's current administration.
According to Janelle Dixon, CEO of AHS, the explanation of the more than 14,500 "humane deaths" by AHS included:
19% were owner requested
30% health of the animal
42% behavior/temperament (including animals that were just shy)
5% lack of space in the AHS for cats and other small animals
4% un-weaned babies with low survival rate.
Some simple math paints a troubling picture. If we remove from the total the 19% "owner requested" we are left with around 11,700 animals. We know from other publications that around 94% of the euthanized animals are dogs and cats. This means that around 11,200 cats and dogs were killed under the discretion of AHS reasons ranging from "un-weaned babies" (labor intensive), "health of the animal" (often very treatable illness), "behavior/temperament of the animal" (using very suspect criteria streamlined to pass only the most easily adoptable animals), and "lack of space in the AHS" (obviously relieved by working with rescues).
All of these numbers could be dramatically lowered or eliminated. Rescues and other groups throughout Minnesota could help these numbers decrease and save these special lives. AHS will not encourage this collaboration as they made over $2 million in revenue through their own adoptions and simply destroyed the other animals instead of making them available to rescues.
The AHS of Minnesota has one of the highest kill rates of non-profit kill shelters in the US and still manages to try and defend their actions by saying they had to do it. The 5 Animal Humane Society branches in the Twin Cities run by CEO, Janelle Dixon, according to their own numbers, euthanized an average of over 30 animals every day for a year. There are rescues who are willing to take most, if not all, of the animals. They only sent 43 animals to rescues over an 8 month period last year and still claim to work with dozens of rescues. In 2007 AHS made over $11 million. They paid 157 full-time, 98 part-time employees, almost $6 million (more than half of what they made). They also had 1,550 volunteers that put in over 100,000 hours of volunteer time - and they still did NOT save the animals.
The AHS of Minnesota under current management is destroying far more animals than it should. The Board of Directors should be ashamed of this catastrophe. The animals deserve better and people that care need to help them. Please sign this petition asking for the resignation of the AHS CEO - Janelle Dixon and COO - Ray Aboyan. An immediate restructuring of the Animal Humane Society in Minnesota needs to take place if there is any hope of stopping their killing of vulnerable companion animals.
To speak directly to Janelle Dixon of AHS call her at 763-522-4325.
The people listed below are the Board of Directors of AHS; Ultimately, they are the people responsible for keeping AHS on a path of destruction.
Jeff Ament
Smith Barney
445 E. Lake Street, Ste. 320
Wayzata, MN 55391
(952) 475-4304
(800) 433-0147
Emilie Buchwald
6808 Margaret's Ln
Edina, MN 55439
(952) 941-5993
Ed Clausman, DVM
Southdale Pet Hospital
3910 W 70th St
Minneapolis, MN 55435
(952) 926-1831
Barb Colombo, Esq.
Hamline University
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104
(651) 523-2800
bcolombo01@hamline.edu
Kerry D'Amato
502 Grand Hill
St. Paul, MN 55102-2613
(651) 222-6441
Lisa Goodman
Minneapolis City Council
350 S 5th Street, Room 307Minneapolis, MN
55415(612) 673-2207
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/council/ward7/
Dean Hedstrom, VP Engineering
Aetrium, Inc.
2350 Helen Street
North St. Paul , MN 55109
(651) 770-2000
info@aetrium. com
Cyndi Lesher, President
Xcel Energy, Inc.
800 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(800) 328-8226
Teresa Morrow, Senior VP
Bremer Financial Services
445 Minnesota Street, Ste. 2000
St. Paul, MN 55101-2135
(651) 227-7621
Ned Patterson, DVM
C339 Veterinary Medical Center
1352 Boyd Avenue
University of Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN 56345
patte037@umn.edu
Nicholas S. Pifer, CFA
RiverSource Investments
70100 Ameriprise Financial Center
Minneapolis, MN 55474
(800) 817-4647
Wayne Popham, Esq.
Popham Law Office
33 S. 6th Street, #4100
Minneapolis, MN 55402-3601
(612) 333-7680
wpopham@pophamlaw.net
Boyd Ratchye, Esq.
970 Wagon Wheel Trail
Mendota Heights, MN 55120-1316
Damon Schramm, Esq.
Lakes Entertainment, Inc.
130 Cheshire Lane
Minnetonka , MN 55305
dschramm@lakesentertainment.com
(952)449-7069
Kristi Skordahl, Esq.
Family Law Services
2139 Carroll Ave
St. Paul, MN 55104-5043
(651) 644-1443
Kristi@kristiskordahl.com
Robert Washabau, DVM
1352 Boyd Avenue
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN 55108
c/o Animal Humane Society
845 Meadow Lane N.Golden Valley, MN 55422
(763) 522-4325 or
email c/o Megan Pelka mpelka@amimalhumanesociety.org
Don Jacobsen
Sheila Kennedy
James Lane
Linda Lee
Walt McCarthy
Murphy McKee
Lia Melrose
Deborah Patterson
Carolyn Smith
Stephanie SwansonYou may also wish to contact the Humane Society's sponsors.
These are the sponsors of AHS that provide funds to help the killing continue.
Oreck http://www.oreck.com
Links http://www.linksprintpromo.com/
Fetch Delivers http://www.fetchdelivers.com/
Advanced Carpet Restoration http://www.viewacr.com/
The One Hope Network - Purina http://www.onehope.org/Public/Default.aspx
The nonprofit James J. Hill Reference Library http://www.jjhill.org/
Sussner graphic design http://www.sussner.com/
The Dog Perk http://www.thedogperk.com/
Over 36,000 animals were taken into the Animal Humane Society of Minnesota and nearly half of them were destroyed. The AHS of Minnesota is a non-profit 501(c)3 and is now a collaborative of 5 agencies throughout the Twin Cities. A budget of an astonishing $11 million was collected by AHS from a number of sources none of which include government funding in 2007. They have also ventured into "for profit" business in the past year to raise even more money. The AHS needs to be restructured immediately and we are calling for the resignation of the CEO, Janelle Dixon and COO, Ray Aboyan. Under the direction of Janelle Dixon and Ray Aboyan, AHS destroyed over 14,500 animals for various reasons. Please sign this petition to save animals from the Animal Humane Society of Minnesota and it's current administration.
According to Janelle Dixon, CEO of AHS, the explanation of the more than 14,500 "humane deaths" by AHS included:
19% were owner requested
30% health of the animal
42% behavior/temperament (including animals that were just shy)
5% lack of space in the AHS for cats and other small animals
4% un-weaned babies with low survival rate.
Some simple math paints a troubling picture. If we remove from the total the 19% "owner requested" we are left with around 11,700 animals. We know from other publications that around 94% of the euthanized animals are dogs and cats. This means that around 11,200 cats and dogs were killed under the discretion of AHS reasons ranging from "un-weaned babies" (labor intensive), "health of the animal" (often very treatable illness), "behavior/temperament of the animal" (using very suspect criteria streamlined to pass only the most easily adoptable animals), and "lack of space in the AHS" (obviously relieved by working with rescues).
All of these numbers could be dramatically lowered or eliminated. Rescues and other groups throughout Minnesota could help these numbers decrease and save these special lives. AHS will not encourage this collaboration as they made over $2 million in revenue through their own adoptions and simply destroyed the other animals instead of making them available to rescues.
The AHS of Minnesota has one of the highest kill rates of non-profit kill shelters in the US and still manages to try and defend their actions by saying they had to do it. The 5 Animal Humane Society branches in the Twin Cities run by CEO, Janelle Dixon, according to their own numbers, euthanized an average of over 30 animals every day for a year. There are rescues who are willing to take most, if not all, of the animals. They only sent 43 animals to rescues over an 8 month period last year and still claim to work with dozens of rescues. In 2007 AHS made over $11 million. They paid 157 full-time, 98 part-time employees, almost $6 million (more than half of what they made). They also had 1,550 volunteers that put in over 100,000 hours of volunteer time - and they still did NOT save the animals.
The AHS of Minnesota under current management is destroying far more animals than it should. The Board of Directors should be ashamed of this catastrophe. The animals deserve better and people that care need to help them. Please sign this petition asking for the resignation of the AHS CEO - Janelle Dixon and COO - Ray Aboyan. An immediate restructuring of the Animal Humane Society in Minnesota needs to take place if there is any hope of stopping their killing of vulnerable companion animals.
To speak directly to Janelle Dixon of AHS call her at 763-522-4325.
The people listed below are the Board of Directors of AHS; Ultimately, they are the people responsible for keeping AHS on a path of destruction.
Jeff Ament
Smith Barney
445 E. Lake Street, Ste. 320
Wayzata, MN 55391
(952) 475-4304
(800) 433-0147
Emilie Buchwald
6808 Margaret's Ln
Edina, MN 55439
(952) 941-5993
Ed Clausman, DVM
Southdale Pet Hospital
3910 W 70th St
Minneapolis, MN 55435
(952) 926-1831
Barb Colombo, Esq.
Hamline University
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104
(651) 523-2800
bcolombo01@hamline.edu
Kerry D'Amato
502 Grand Hill
St. Paul, MN 55102-2613
(651) 222-6441
Lisa Goodman
Minneapolis City Council
350 S 5th Street, Room 307Minneapolis, MN
55415(612) 673-2207
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/council/ward7/
Dean Hedstrom, VP Engineering
Aetrium, Inc.
2350 Helen Street
North St. Paul , MN 55109
(651) 770-2000
info@aetrium. com
Cyndi Lesher, President
Xcel Energy, Inc.
800 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(800) 328-8226
Teresa Morrow, Senior VP
Bremer Financial Services
445 Minnesota Street, Ste. 2000
St. Paul, MN 55101-2135
(651) 227-7621
Ned Patterson, DVM
C339 Veterinary Medical Center
1352 Boyd Avenue
University of Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN 56345
patte037@umn.edu
Nicholas S. Pifer, CFA
RiverSource Investments
70100 Ameriprise Financial Center
Minneapolis, MN 55474
(800) 817-4647
Wayne Popham, Esq.
Popham Law Office
33 S. 6th Street, #4100
Minneapolis, MN 55402-3601
(612) 333-7680
wpopham@pophamlaw.net
Boyd Ratchye, Esq.
970 Wagon Wheel Trail
Mendota Heights, MN 55120-1316
Damon Schramm, Esq.
Lakes Entertainment, Inc.
130 Cheshire Lane
Minnetonka , MN 55305
dschramm@lakesentertainment.com
(952)449-7069
Kristi Skordahl, Esq.
Family Law Services
2139 Carroll Ave
St. Paul, MN 55104-5043
(651) 644-1443
Kristi@kristiskordahl.com
Robert Washabau, DVM
1352 Boyd Avenue
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN 55108
c/o Animal Humane Society
845 Meadow Lane N.Golden Valley, MN 55422
(763) 522-4325 or
email c/o Megan Pelka mpelka@amimalhumanesociety.org
Don Jacobsen
Sheila Kennedy
James Lane
Linda Lee
Walt McCarthy
Murphy McKee
Lia Melrose
Deborah Patterson
Carolyn Smith
Stephanie SwansonYou may also wish to contact the Humane Society's sponsors.
These are the sponsors of AHS that provide funds to help the killing continue.
Oreck http://www.oreck.com
Links http://www.linksprintpromo.com/
Fetch Delivers http://www.fetchdelivers.com/
Advanced Carpet Restoration http://www.viewacr.com/
The One Hope Network - Purina http://www.onehope.org/Public/Default.aspx
The nonprofit James J. Hill Reference Library http://www.jjhill.org/
Sussner graphic design http://www.sussner.com/
The Dog Perk http://www.thedogperk.com/
WHAT IS THIS? ARE THEY cRAZZy PEOPLE? GOOD BLESS THE ANIMALS IN THE WORLD MURDERES
so unfair, please stop.
STOP AU MARTYRE DES ANIMAUX.HORREUR ET SCANDALE
AHS is labeling and KILLING innocent kittens and cats.
The MN State Law says all animals are to be held for 5 days and get an examination and disposition. Since the AHS chooses to violate that law time and time again, why aren't they being punished? Why has the "humane" society not yet changed their policies to become what they have named their themselves? WHO can enforce the law and require the AHS to change? Is this all about money & politics again? - - - My recent visits with the AHS have been very upsetting and unpleasant. Their record keeping and policies are what prevented me from getting my cat back. I came to find they killed her before the 5 day period because she was acting 'feral'. She was afraid. The AHS is not to be trusted. I would rescue an animal from their facilities, but I would never bring one there. They barely get a chance to survive.
When animals are entrusted to an entity such as the HS and other organizations step up to help share the responsibility of an overwhelming situation such as the 130 cats found in a mobile home in St. Anthony and they begin euthanizing them and 48 hours later they are all dead, they are no better then the person responsible for allowing the situation to happen. In fact, I'm betting that the administration for the Humane (?) Society is more despicable with their actions since people who hoard animals usually have some kind of mental illness, while the people in charge of the Humane Society, are educated, intelligent and should and do know better. As an animal lover, I find it ironic and sad that the system that was designed to help an animal in need is one of the largest systems of abuse. Any other person who is found guilty of neglecting, abusing, or mistreating an animal has penalties to incur. The administration that is responsible for the animal's health and well-being has legally gotten away with murder, justified in the name of business and profit making. Apparently other than resigning there are no other penalties for their actions.
I would expect better of Minnesota's animal control. Shame!
Its not fair that these animals are beaten and die daily. whats worse if the animals are in a pound and dont find a home these heartless crule souless people put them to sleep and kill them. Im Standing Up for Animals they need a voice. Lets give them one.
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9:01 am PDT, Aug 11,
Suzanna Van der Voort, Netherlands
I was shocked and horrified, also deep ahsamed about your attitude:" The AHS of Minnesota has one of the highest kill rates of non-profit kill shelters in the US".... There are rescues who are willing to take most, if not all, of the animals. You only sent 43 animals to rescues over an 8 month period last year and still claim to work with dozens of rescues. You are not the real rescuers you are telling that you are, receiving money for saving animals, using them for killing instead. The Board of Directors from AHS of Minnesota should be replaced at once, because this Board of Directors is a Board of Executioners and nothing less! Where is your true inspiration of respect and love for the animals...did this disappear when receiving money! Is your care and love for sale? |
PLEASE NO MOORE GASSING OF ANIMALS.
This only makes sense. Perhaps that it why as a society we don't see it. In order to have a more compassionate and peaceful world we need to foster a more compassionate and peaceful society. Killing helpless animals, who are here through no fault of their own, flies in the face of humanity. There are enough homes if we ban puppy mills. There are enough homes if we institute aggressive spay and neuter policies. Until we get it together we need to stop the killing. Let's get on board people.
