OUR Shelter (FAAS) Is Being Hijacked, the Killing Must Stop

Attention Alameda Residents, Donors, and The Board of Directors of the Alameda Animal Shelter/FAAS:

I am mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore!  The situation at the Alameda Animal Shelter/FAAS is outrageous and the time is long past to make all aware of what is really happening to our innocent animals.  Animals are being killed ( NOT humanly euthanized as is the rehearsed answer) without proper protocol or true expert evaluation because there is a young, unqualified 'Animal Coordinator' that is making very bad decisions regarding assessments.  Mim Carlson, the Executive Director, is only a paper pusher, numbers cruncher , grant writer and administrator with NO relationship with the animals, but she has the power to order the animal's deaths. She is accepting these so called professional evaluations in lieu of having actual contact and first hand knowledge of the animals in question.  Mim and Diana (the Animal Coordinator) are so fearful of what an animal MIGHT do that it is easier for 'the shelter' to kill them (even though the animal has done nothing) than to risk possible liability.  The suspect animals (which could be giving the animal coordinator a 'wrong' look or not the 'right feeling that day) that come in are left in the kennels for weeks with no chance of any human contact. They are not allowed to be walked or handled in any way, which causes severe stress, a condition referred to as Kennel Crazy. This stress is then used as an excuse for killing the animal, even though it has been caused by their treatment in our shelter.

This is just the tip of the iceberg, I could go on and on but I am limited to the number of words

I ask the board to please not accept what Mim is reporting to you as she is spinning the truth. PLEASE do your own research to find out the real truth. Ask the staff workers and the volunteers who no longer work at the shelter. Allow the volunteers a way to anonymously let you know what is truly going on.  I don't want this letter to stop donors from giving to the shelter. That will only hurt the animals further. Enough bad decisions are already being made.  It is time for new management across the board - the Executive Director, Animal Coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator, and Kennel Manager.

Flo Galli