Maplewood considering subcontracting out Animal Control, meeting on January 6th at 7pm

They should lease the JAC building to Associated Humane, and retain the ACO.

Newark will take the building its part of the deal . Who's to say they hired her then a week later fired her . She told me she is going into the village and hand out flyers to anyone e who wants to stop Newark 2014 she only had one dog to bring to Newark most of the strays that she gets are normal runaway dogs
She will be by kings between 10:30 am to 2:00 she wants to fight for her town and the people she has came up with a plan to try to keep the shelter she is sorry for the phone calls but her sister thought it would be quicker then flyer it would reach the animal loving people who cares when she found out she was indeed up set and put a stop to it yes I take in some of her dogs. This whole thing got her so upset that she will fight for what is right fir this town. The town is not in that dire need of a place to stock pile strays we don't get that many

That is a very good point, how many strays does the town get a month?

Even if there are few stray dogs whose owners cannot be located quickly/easily, what about the stray cats, animal surrenders, dogs and cats found living in hoarder situations, etc.? Other than the "quickly-turned-over dogs from down south" where did all of the animals at JAC come from? Something in addition to their "long-term-care-facility philosophy must have lead to the over-crowding and rejection-rate at the JAC shelter in the first place.

It should be noted that the NJDOH has inspected Newark AHS numerous times. The latest inspection in 2011 found "numerous" violations and that was before AHS contracted with all these towns to take in animals.

What sort of violations? Minor, easily corrected or more serious? Any info on extent to which these violations were remediated? Any more recent information than 2011?

rescueme said:

Newark will take the building its part of the deal.

What deal?

Copihue said:

There is no doubt in my mind that hiring a subcontractor to round up loose animals in the Maplewood streets, housing them in a shelter for a week or two, and then killing them is less expensive than having an animal control officer catch the animal before it gets hit by a car, who catches the offending dog/cat and looks up the record to find its owner, or who knows who the habitual runaway is and calls the owner at work to come get him/her, who takes traps to locations where there is wildlife that is annoying humans and then releases the animals in the reservation, who immediately cleans up dead animals, so that you and your children don't have to look at the guts spilled all over the pavement as you take your children to the park or walk to catch the train instead of waiting for the county to come late in the week, who gives you the bad news that your baby just bit the dust, that all of this is more expensive than the cold and expedient killing machine. OK. But is that what we want?

This is not one less person at DPW, one less person at the library, it is the only person who performs these duties with the love of someone who lives in our community and who cares about animals who would be gone and the services for the most part would be gone too.

I believe that we need to find other solutions to the problem which was created by the JAC's negligence. There are other rescue organizations out there, can't we find one that can take over what the JAC was supposed to be doing?

That's what we need to find out on Tuesday.

Yes, what deal?
This entire animal control issue is so convoluted ...if the building belongs to South Orange then it makes sense to use the building for both towns ...work out the details and share services ...this should be simple and without all the hoopla that has emerged .
I am sure there are trusted staff ...volunteer or paid ...who are aware of standards for maintaining a care center for animals in an exemplary fashion .just do it ..maybe even contract with another town to offset any cost involved

There must be a zillion lawyers out there who can prepare a contract to use the existing building in a non- contentious way ..sharing services ..that's the new mantra right?

Let's just settle this so the animals are treated with the care they deserve ...without all of this agita .

In 2014 the a c o pick up about 6 dogs five went into foster homes and one went to Newark. The administration knows this because every month Bob roe has to add up the animals that the a c o picks up including how many dead animals how many animals were tested for rabies were tickets given out how many cats were pick up even with those reports the administration is still siding it sounds to me someone is getting pay off.

Ruth is holding on to the building she has it tied up in the courts I see it Maplewood a c o can run it along with south ORange so we can't take over the building . The building the town claims required a lot of work to it to run it as a shelter both town claims to already dump to much money in it they don't want to hear anymore about them paying they want to hear the making money on it instead

Don't go there. Don't start accusing people of crimes because you don't like or understand the situation. That was dumb. This is an issue that needs to be settled, that's all.

I believe that the humane care of animals in our environment is our responsibility. I do not know Debbie, but from what I have read here, she has done a wonderful and humanitarian job. I cannot attend on Tuesday due to work but I wish those who attend the best of luck in getting your point across. I would be happy to support any future initiatives, should they be necessary, to safeguard the animals within our sphere of influence.

@Surya If you haven't already done so, it would be helpful to email your thoughts on this subject to Mayor DeLuca and the other members of the Township Committee. I did this last week, and did receive responses from Mr. DeLuca and Ms. Larrier. Even if we can't all attend, we can make our feelings known so that they have a sense of what the mood of the people is while they consider this question on Tuesday.

rescueme said:

In 2014 the a c o pick up about 6 dogs five went into foster homes and one went to Newark. The administration knows this because every month Bob roe has to add up the animals that the a c o picks up including how many dead animals how many animals were tested for rabies were tickets given out how many cats were pick up even with those reports the administration is still siding it sounds to me someone is getting pay off.

rescueme said:

Ruth is holding on to the building she has it tied up in the courts I see it Maplewood a c o can run it along with south ORange so we can't take over the building . The building the town claims required a lot of work to it to run it as a shelter both town claims to already dump to much money in it they don't want to hear anymore about them paying they want to hear the making money on it instead

You're babbling in unintelligible run-on sentences and making no sense whatsoever. I'll ask again: what "deal"?

The NJDOH inspection was on 3/2/11 and AHS Newark received a Conditional A rating. There were "repeat violations" cited that resulted from an inspection in Nov 2009. Cages were padlocked which NJDOH deemed dangerous in case of an emergency. According to AHS staff the Newark fire department felt the padlocks should remain because several of the dogs were deemed "dangerous". Apparently, only the dangerous dogs should have padlocks on cages.

Kennel roof collapsed on outside cages and several kennel doors were broken and deemed dangerous.

Forms for disease control and adequate health care expired in 2010; several animals displaying signs of illness are not being promptly treated; medication being given w/o weighing animals; no isolation room for larger dogs; sick cats in with healthy population; feces is not being scooped from cages instead it is being hosed down into drains; numerous dogs had feces on paws; sick dog's were mixed in with "owned animals" in the medical room; outside drains in severe disrepair; dogs were being tied to doors while staff cleaned cages; feeders and water dishes not being properly cleaned or disinfected; staff was watering down walkway and drains with dogs in cages exposing the animals to contaminates; staff not properly measuring disinfectants used to clean cages and bowls. I do not know when the NJDOH will reinspect the shelter.

In 2011, the shelter had 143 dogs and 95 cats on site and that was before they contracted with all the new towns.

Photos from 2009 NJ Doh inspection. Same person still runs the place.

https://picasaweb.google.com/MLMLPS43/AssociatedHumaneSocietiesNewarkNJ73009

The administration has not talk to the committee about them signing with Newark, in fact if it wasn't for the a c o the administration might have pull this off without the taxpayers knowing about it.

The contract that was signed by the administration should be public so the taxpayers will see what service they will be getting n who will be covering the town Newark or m a c o

Newark is covering Maplewood as of the first, they were told behind closed doors that once they get the j a c building it will go to them.

More on newark associated humane:

http://www.nathanwinograd.com/?p=6919

Yeap, they were the ones who sued Scavelli for Patrick the Miracle dog. They did not use good judgment on that issue; instead they got everyone who followed the story -- a story which received international coverage -- working against them. Scavelli's took care of the dog and fell in love with him, and Newark fought for the dog, because he got so much press. They fought for the dog past the point that it made any sense, because it was clear that the dog was attached to the Scavellis. They were blocking what was clearly a wonderful home for the dog, a dog who needed love and attention to survive, and they utilized thousands of dollars on legal bills; resources which they should have used for the other dogs in their care.

Associated humane was like this when I was growing up in fact it was the only shelter around. Every dog my father adopt every cat that I have save from there were always sick and had problems. Well that was over 56 years ago and the place has not change and this is what is Maplewood the committee should see the photo's killing a healthy or treatable animal is not "euthanasia" (it is never an act of "kindness" or "compassion" to me it's cold blooded murder

ctrzaska said:

rescueme said:

In 2014 the a c o pick up about 6 dogs five went into foster homes and one went to Newark. The administration knows this because every month Bob roe has to add up the animals that the a c o picks up including how many dead animals how many animals were tested for rabies were tickets given out how many cats were pick up even with those reports the administration is still siding it sounds to me someone is getting pay off.

rescueme said:

Ruth is holding on to the building she has it tied up in the courts I see it Maplewood a c o can run it along with south ORange so we can't take over the building . The building the town claims required a lot of work to it to run it as a shelter both town claims to already dump to much money in it they don't want to hear anymore about them paying they want to hear the making money on it instead

You're babbling in unintelligible run-on sentences and making no sense whatsoever. I'll ask again: what "deal"?

Rescueme should reread his/her posts and edit, because the language is not clear. The points are lost in typos and other errors.

Additional photos from 2011 inspection.

Photos from at least four years ago mean what, exactly?

rescueme said:

Newark is covering Maplewood as of the first, they were told behind closed doors that once they get the j a c building it will go to them.

Says who?

@Bahumbug. Please delete those photos. TIA

Extremely disturbing photos, but I would not delete them.

@dave @jamie Please remove these photos. They are graphic and disturbing , and do nothing to move the thread along. They sensationalize this topic. They are offensive.

Calliope, this is the organization that will be servicing our town. Shouldn't the residents know who will be handling the lost dogs and cats of Maplewood and South Orange?