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We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:

Dothan Needs a New Animal Shelter

Target: Pat Thomas, Mayor, City of Dothan
Sponsor: Barbi Nolan, Save A Pet
  • Signatures: 1,400
  • Goal: 3,000
  • Deadline: 3-30-2007

Please join Save A Pet in petitioning City of Dothan Officials to allocate sufficient revenue from the 1% sales tax increase (effective January 1, 2007) to build a new animal shelter.

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." 

                        - Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)


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Number Date Name Comments?
1,402 3:50 pm PDT, Aug 1 Cherie Harrington  
1,401 3:12 pm PDT, Jun 8 Annelies Ooms  
1,400 5:48 pm PDT, May 24 Anonymous  
1,399 12:04 pm PDT, May 19 Ronald Gordon  
1,398 11:51 am PDT, Apr 6 Laurel Watson  
1,397 8:00 am PST, Feb 26 Lorraine Petro  
1,396 9:45 pm PST, Feb 20 Carol Pioppo i live in Dothan, and i was going to bring a puppy there but never mind if the walls are leaking thats not right those animals deserve a better place the aspca needs to go in there and save those animals!
1,395 5:10 pm PST, Feb 19 Julia Tawyea  
1,394 9:29 pm PST, Feb 18 sue middleton  
1,393 7:25 am PST, Feb 12 Cara McLain As the saying goes, 'If you build it, they will come.' These poor animals need all the help they can get,...Please renovate the shelter.
1,392 3:22 pm PST, Dec 21 Tatiana Costa  
1,391 2:08 pm PST, Dec 15 Wm. & Jenna Labadie  
1,390 6:06 am PST, Dec 7 Alessandro Barracciu  
1,389 6:06 am PST, Dec 7 Laura Tatti  
1,388 5:36 pm PST, Dec 6 Theresa Murphy  
1,387 10:16 am PST, Nov 16 Aimee Hildebrand http://www.zootoo.com/makeover/
1,386 4:28 pm PST, Nov 15 lorena silva  
1,385 9:37 am PST, Nov 12 REGINA WIRTH  
1,384 4:57 pm PDT, Oct 29 Jean-Marie Trincali  
1,383 4:57 am PDT, Oct 28 Anne Seidel  
1,382 8:24 am PDT, Oct 24 Alexis Carlson  
1,381 6:54 pm PDT, Oct 19 elisabeth karcher  
1,380 7:59 pm PDT, Oct 17 Aleasha Casaretto  
1,379 6:49 pm PDT, Oct 8 Sarah Serwe  
1,378 3:44 am PDT, Oct 5 Serena Delli Paoli  
1,377 10:35 am PDT, Sep 14 Leah Bradley The animals deserve a better place to be sent to.We can afford to build a new court house and other things we don't need while the animals of our area are shoved 4 to a kennel,no room to run,no room for the poor babies that people just discard like trash.It's not their fault!
1,376 7:11 pm PDT, Sep 4 Christina Gonzales  
1,375 2:09 pm PDT, Sep 2 Jeannette Yafanaro  
1,374 7:22 am PDT, Sep 1 Nadine Schipper  
1,373 5:28 pm PDT, Aug 15 Laura Stringer  
1,372 9:29 am PDT, Aug 2 Dana Peters  
1,371 9:41 pm PDT, Jul 31 Jenny Dumas  
1,370 9:33 pm PDT, Jul 28 Michelle Hughes I agree with Barbara Deal. God gave us these animals to keep us company. If we do not take care of them, who will???
1,369 1:32 pm PDT, Jul 27 Barbara Deal :God said, Let Us make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the (tame) beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth." Genesis 1:26 If we don't look after the animals, who will?
1,368 3:02 am PDT, Jul 21 Debbie Brown  
1,367 5:22 am PDT, Jul 17 olaya garcia  
1,366 1:09 pm PDT, Jul 6 Gle Zanth  
1,365 8:55 pm PDT, Jul 1 Claudia De Lara use this money for the animals please. They truly need and can sure use some more resources for their welfare.
1,364 9:10 pm PDT, Jun 21 Candace Pearce  
1,363 1:24 pm PDT, Jun 12 Cassidy Stephens  
1,362 11:16 am PDT, Jun 10 Anonymous  
1,361 6:27 am PDT, May 28 Kimberly Kelly I feel more of the tax revenue should go to the shelter and not the politicians.
1,360 1:44 pm PDT, May 19 Jillyanne Michelle Cape  
1,359 6:00 pm PDT, May 9 Anonymous  
1,358 3:10 pm PDT, May 7 Christy Browning  
1,357 3:39 pm PDT, Apr 25 Tania Newsome  
1,356 12:38 am PDT, Apr 25 Claire Dunaway  
1,355 9:06 am PDT, Apr 23 Ann Cawley  
1,354 10:04 pm PDT, Apr 20 Debbie J Pruiett  
1,353 11:53 am PDT, Apr 19 Ashley Cameron give them anew animal shelter please!
1,352 6:05 am PDT, Apr 16 tze hui  
1,351 10:06 pm PDT, Apr 15 Kaye Bradley Norsworthy  

Dothan Needs a New Animal Shelter


Please join Save A Pet in petitioning City of Dothan Officials to allocate sufficient revenue from the 1% sales tax increase (effective January 1, 2007) to build a new animal shelter.

Most visitors to Dothan Animal Shelter don't stay long and few return.  From cracked and leaking walls and tile, to mold and rot, the shelter is a disgrace.  Numerous ventilation, drainage and electrical issues pose health risks not only to the animals and workers, but to the visiting public.  The aged and deteriorated facility is completely inadequte to meet the animal services needs of Dothan and the surrounding communities its serves (Webb, Taylor, Kinsey, Cowarts, Cottonwood, Madird and Gordon).

The desperate conditions at Dothan Animal Shelter contribute significantly to the high euthansasia rate.  The public simply does not want to visit such a depressing place.  Animals have little chance of adoption.  It is chiefly through off-site adotions that Save A Pet is able to rehome many shelter animals.

The mayor's proposed allocation of $400,000 over three years is a drop in the bucket that amounts to merely patching an outdated, poorly designed, undersized, diseased and rotting facility.  A temporary fix and a waste of taxpayers' money.

Dothan needs decent housing for its lost and homeless animals more urgently than it needs more studies and leisure services.  Please join Save A Pet in requesting that the City of Dothan properly provide for its shelter animals by builidng a new animal shelter and appropriately staffing the new facility with enough workers to care for the animals and the new facility.

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