I ACCIDENTALLY POSTED THIS PETITION TWICE - PLEASE GO TO THE OTHER PETITION WITH THIS SAME NAME AND SIGN THAT ONE, AND SEND LETTERS TO THE EMAIL ADDRESSES AT THE END OF THAT PETITION! THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Here's the link:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/828/986/639/
The Memphis Animal Services (MAS) was already busted once, in 2009. The then Shelter Director left the city under a cloud of disrepute. Under the new Shelter Manager, Matthew Pepper and the staff remaining from the old 'regime', things are, according to press releases, "much better".
MUCH BETTER for who? For Mayor Wharton, who thinks his constituency has other things on their minds? For Matthew Pepper, who makes over $90,000 per year for KILLING ANIMALS??? For the uncaring staff, who as you can see by the accompanying photo, really "care" about how the animals are handled??? Well, things are CERTAINLY not any better for the animals of Memphis! Recent statistics cite that from
Jan. 1, 2011 through Apr. 12, 2011, MAS killed 3118 animals -
47 died in their cages; 40 were "lost" (!!??); and only two were fortunate enough to make it into foster homes; 251 were returned to their guardians. With a total intake of 4042 animals during the first quarter, their kill rate is 77%!!. Over 3000 dead animals for the first quarter of 2011!!?? That is staggering and unacceptable. Americans love and live with an average of
75 million dogs and 85 million cats. They
spend on average
45.4 BILLION dollars on their companions. What do
YOU say when they are
USING YOUR TAX DOLLARS TO KILL ANIMALS? When only 33% OF YOUR ANIMALS MAKE IT OUT ALIVE??? NO MONEY FOR MEMPHIS UNTIL THE KILLING STOPS.
Mayor Wharton and the Memphis City Council:
We the People will
BOYCOTT your city until the killing stops and the current Director and Staff are replaced. We will tell our family and friends
NOT TO SPEND THEIR TOURIST DOLLARS to visit Memphis, where apparentyly life is cheap. We will tell our Elvis-loving friends to take their money to
LAS VEGAS and go see some of the
GREAT ELVIS-impersonators there, and
NOT go to GRACELAND.
We will remember the face of each and every animal who was dragged to the
KILL ROOM with fear in their eyes. We will remember each act of cruelty, every animal who starved in his/her kennel/cage; we will remember
every animal who was not sedated properly before being killed; we will count every time the taxpayers are lied to with "oh, well we're trying to do alot with a little" from the mouth of Matthew Pepper and Co. We remember everything and until the KILLING STOPS you will not see one dime of our money; nor will we relent until you STOP THE KILLING!!!
UNTIL MEMPHIS becomes a NO-KILL CITY, you will not see our money. We remember. We will not forget. We will not relent.
MEMPHIS -STOP THE KILLING NOW!