Comments on: Dogs Seized From Texas Home

By: MB

MB — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:06:59 +0000

As I was doing more research I found that, despite the above and countless other situations, Betty Wade is acting President-elect of the Texas Animal Control Association.
www.taca.org/pdfs/TACA-Summer-2007-Newsletter.pdf

I find this extremely disturbing

By: MB

MB — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:28:53 +0000

I’d like to hear from others with feedback on Bastrop Animal Control. In my experience, in addition to not taking appropriate action to protect animals when necessary, they also target individuals and animals who incurr their ire.

They have trespassed on my property without permission, filed false reports repeatedly, and now have a cage on my property - again without permission - which has trapped neighborhood pets who are welcome on my property and not causing anyone any harm

By: Goodsand

Goodsand — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:54:54 +0000

The animal control person (Johnson?) needs to be locked up too. He stated he didn’t think the dogs were in distress the first time, and it took several months and a dead dog before he decided to take action? Come on.

By: Baaboo

Baaboo — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:38:18 +0000

What the hell took so long. Somebody needs to be FIRED !!!!!

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:03:38 +0000

This is in my home town and I am shocked!
Bastrop County has always been strict when it comes to the welfare of animals and for them to let this one turn out the way it did, it’s just sad and very sick.

By: Furious in Bastrop

Furious in Bastrop — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:40:39 +0000

Attn Pit Bull Lover & Phyllis, you two seem to know so much………When I read Kevin Johnson’s response in the first newspaper article in the statesman I became furious. As a former Animal Control Officer and knowing Betty Wade personally his responses to the questions were ridiculous. Why don’t you two go out and see how many calls the Bastrop County Animal Control handles, their lack of enough officers and all the bull crap they have to put up with from the citizens of Bastrop County who refuse to comply with the county ordinances concerning their pets. Better yet why don’t you two go out and volunteer to clean dog crap and see all the poor inocent animals that have been THROWN AWAY and have to be put down because there just isn’t enough room to keep all the dogs and cats, and there just isn’t enough People to give them all a loving home!!!!!

By: beth

beth — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:36:44 +0000

i just joined the ASPCA , if that is the what they are going to let the workers get by with, i will just start taking food and supples to the pound . they may have lost my money.

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:04:44 +0000

Sooooo — I see—– it is really all the little guy’s fault and not the director’s. How about taking some responsibility Betty? You probably told him not to take them because you have a hidden agenda of your own.

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:02:10 +0000

Excellent points, Joan. Either he is an idiot, or a heartless fool. Take your pick. GRRRRRRRRR

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:59:50 +0000

Seems like Johnson is on somebody else’s payroll. “That’s puppies for you.” “What dog doesn’t do that sometimes” etc. Johnson is the type of animal control officer you see in movies!

By: Pit Bull Lover

Pit Bull Lover — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:27:24 +0000

Call me “FORMER Animal Control Officer Kevin Johnson”!

From the Austin American-Statesman (registration required):
“Johnson said that Animal Control Director Betty Wade told him Friday that she was firing him for not seizing the dogs on June 7 and for speaking with reporters about the incident.” http://tinyurl.com/2e338c

“[i]…and for speaking with reporters.[/i]” I see how you are, Betty. Honestly, doesn’t anyone review the complaints, reports, and ongoing case records at this place?!? I think FORMER Officer Johnson’s boss needs to be fired, also. (Yes, that would be you, Betty Wade, Director of Animal Control for Bastrop County.) Despite multiple calls over several months regarding animals at this residence, June 7 is the official date the dogs should have been seized?

Funny (but not), two of the owners/abusers of these dogs were arrested when they tried to reclaim the remaining (that’s “not dead”) dogs from the animal shelter. And there’s more from Betty Wade here also:

http://tinyurl.com/24ucce

By: Joan

Joan — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:07:58 +0000

How about transferring Johnson out of animal control and have him pushing papers where his lack of judgment cannot kill helpless animals. How could he not know that animal control has power to protect the same animals he is supposed to protect. Get him out of that job and away from any living creature. I am disgusted by his lack of action, lack of job knowledge and slow response to suffering animals. Have his superiors checked on his credentials?

By: AustinOriginal

AustinOriginal — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:53:07 +0000

The officers who are being paid to handle these situations should be broght up on charges as we..

By: High Note

High Note — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:40:51 +0000

THE CHAIN ON THAT POOR DOG IS HUGE AND HE LOOKS UNDERFEED TOO. I SEE HIS RIBS. I HOPE HE GETS SOME JAIL TIME.

By: Takami826

Takami826 — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:27:38 +0000

Let’s lock erin schmitz up in a cage with no food or water and leave her out in the hot sun for a few days.