![]() If one dog in 1,000 inflicted a disfiguring bite each year, reported to news media, the U.S. The Catawba County Humane Society adopts more than 1,000 dogs each year and has not had an issue like this.” Numbers in context “The humane society handles all adoptions in Catawba County from the intake to temperament screening prior to adoption,” Faherty noted. Perhaps on advice of legal counsel, Humane Society of Catawba County also said little about it to news media, except that “Humane society officials said an adopted dog can act differently once it’s in a home and around children,” reported Faherty. ![]() The Humane Society of Catawba County posted nothing about the attack to social media. Humane Society of Catawba County staff during recent pit bull promotion. with Blackjack,” wrote NewsTopic courts and crime reporter Kara Fohner, while her daughter,” Jazmine Victoria Turner, age 4, “played on the floor. The dog seemed kid-friendly.”įour days later, on May 2, 2018, Turner “said she was lying on the couch in the family’s living room at their home at about 5 p.m. They just told us to pick out a dog and to take it to the play yard to play with it. Wrote Griffin, “The family decided on the dog because of how well the animal interacted with the children, Turner said.”Įlaborated Turner to Dave Faherty of WSOC-9, “They really didn’t tell us much about the dog. (See The 100 Silliest Things People Say About Dogs, by Alexandra Semyonova.) “Didn’t tell us much about the dog” Dogs who injured other dogs over trivial matters tended to be regarded as liability risks.īut like many other millennials in the age of pit bull advocacy and of shelters trying to achieve or maintain “no kill” status at any cost, Turner appears to have accepted dogs injuring dogs as normal behavior.Įxcept among pit bulls, however, it isn’t. This "managed intake model" allows us to save more lives and find more pets their forever homes.Īll cat & kitten adoptions are $90, and include spay/neuter, a 1 year rabies vaccine (if age-appropriate), standard core preventative vaccines (FVRCP), a monthly flea preventative, and dewormer as needed.Īll dog & puppy adoptions are $125, and include spay/neuter, a 1 year rabies vaccine (if age-appropriate), standard core preventative vaccines (DHPP & Bordetella), a monthly flea preventative, and dewormer as needed.Explaining the scars, “Humane society representatives mentioned that the dog had gotten into a fight with another dog over a toy,” Turner told Kevin Griffin of The Hickory Record.īefore the pit bull proliferation of the early 21st century, dogs who fought over toys were rarely offered for adoption, especially to homes with small children. Owners looking to rehome their pets may be asked to schedule an appointment for surrender if space does not allow us to immediately intake their animals. For animals who are not returned to their owners, we aim to have all adoptable animals placed into suitable homes or transferred to rescue groups where they may be adopted.įor owners wishing to rehome their pets, we do accept owner surrenders as space allows. ![]() ![]() Our goal is to reunite these animals with their owners. We are the county-operated and tax-funded Animal Services Center for Burke County, North Carolina. On August 5, 2019, Burke County Animal Services became its own department under the County Manager.
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