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On the Blog Post Adopt, Don't Shop: Pets Available for Adoption
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On the Blog Post BLOG: Adopt a Friend - Fritz the Cat
Connie Carter
9:39 am on Sunday, August 26, 2012
ReplyGreat News!!!! Fritz, this little diamond in the rough has been discovered and now has a new FUREVER home! Congratulations to the lucky family.
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On the Blog Post BLOG: Adopt a Friend - Odin, The Magical Cane Corso
Connie Carter
9:39 am on Sunday, August 26, 2012
ReplyGreat New! Odin has been adopted and now has a well deserved FUREVER home!
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On the article SHOUT OUT: Should the City of Bowie Have Its Own Animal Shelter?
Connie Carter
8:13 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012
ReplyOnce again the point has been twisted. Our taxes were raised, then the City employees received bonuses. Interesting. A multimillion dollar city hall was built without asking the citizens. A new playground for allen pond, renovate whitemarsh park. Where does that money come from? Bowie CLAW has the money and we want to work with the City. It will be paid for. It will not cost the citizens additional taxes and there will be a revnue stream. It will save tax payers money thru BAC budget savings and yes I have looked at the budget. Citizens can check our website to learn the real facts.
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On the article SHOUT OUT: Should the City of Bowie Have Its Own Animal Shelter?
Connie Carter
6:17 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012
ReplyHow can the CIty know the cost of building a shelter when noone from the City has made any effort to research the project whereas Bowie CLAW has and has given a very detailed report to the Council and City Staff. Bowie CLAW has also given detailed operating budgets but again, no one from the City has reached out to do proper reseach on their own including the holding room and that was only after Bowie CLAW made noise about the safety of the pets that were going to be put there. There is no proof that funds for a shelter would have to come out of a savings or that taxes would be increased. Making this decision with lack of research seems to be the City's agenda and that does not serve the citizens which is what the Council was elected to do. If anyone thinks that the 20ft x 7ft room will help the citizens, they need to think again. How can it help if the animals will still have to be transported to County by early afternoon. That makes no sense and helps no one.
To be financially responsible as the City keeps saying they must be, then ALL projects should come to a halt immediately including the playground at Allen Pond and the renovation of Whitemarsh Park among the many others.As a final note, Bowie CLAW HAS a way of financing the shelter without asking the general taxpayers of Bowie to cover the cost of the shelter. The City doesn't want to hear it. Maybe they will listen when election time comes.
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On the article SHOUT OUT: Should the City of Bowie Have Its Own Animal Shelter?
Connie Carter
11:31 am on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
ReplyLet's not forget that Bowie CLAW has $150,000 with a letter of intent to the City to establish the short-term shelter. The City already owns the vacant police trailers with sewer, water, electricity hook up already. The monies would go to soundproofing and outfitting the trailers, etc, as well as operational costs which means the citizens would not see a tax increase. Volunteers stand at the ready to help support the BAC staff. Over 50% of Bowie has pets. This is a great City with many amenities to almost all demographics. Let's help the citizens with pets. It is the right thing to do.
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On the article SHOUT OUT: Should the City of Bowie Have Its Own Animal Shelter?
Connie Carter
8:52 am on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
ReplyIf a question is posed to the citizens of Bowie, I think it is necessary to state facts accurately.
First, "City Hall" does not house a short-term holding facility like the one Bowie CLAW is presenting for the citizens. They have a 20ft x 7ft room with 3 "stalls" with chain walls, no windows or plans to have of monitoring system. It has been stated that the animals will only be held until 5pm at the latest. Their goal is to transport any animals to County by 2pm leaving very little, if any, time for citizens to reclaim their precious pet. This room will be only for the pets picked up by Bowie Animal Control and will not help the citizens that are kind enough to pick up a stray animal, which happens more often than many people realize, or the animals that Prince George's Animal Control picks up. These animals will still be taken directly to County. We are talking about approximately 400 Bowie pets per year taken to County, only about 100 of which are taken by BAC.
The Short-Term Animal Shelter which Bowie CLAW and the citizens have been fighting for will hold the pets for about 5 days, allowing adequate time to reunite the pet with its human companion or if none is found, find a rescue, foster or new home thus giving this wonderful pet a chance at a new life instead of exposing it to the overcrowded, understaffed and highly contagious diseases at the County facility which may be 9 miles away from South Bowie but is 25 minutes away for those living on the North side. -
On the article Bowie Animal Lovers Still Fighting for City Shelter
Connie Carter
7:05 pm on Sunday, April 10, 2011
ReplyJoe, I agree with your comments regarding animal "fans" and "fanatics". CLAW is very aware of this distinction and makes every effort to rely on facts only. Of course we are passionate about the animals. That is a no brainer. I personally volunteer at the County facility about 4 hours per week and see the effort that the wonderful and caring staff makes. They want to give the animals there the best care possible but with their new facility comes a huge burden. 160 cages is now 350 cages, 18,000 square feet is now 37,000 square feet. If you do the math: about 106% expansion and fewer employees, they are severely challenged. They have about 122% more square footage to cover per employee and about 137% more cages to maintain per employee. I don't know who you are but you seem to hit the nail on the head.
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On the article Bowie Animal Lovers Still Fighting for City Shelter
Connie Carter
1:20 pm on Sunday, April 10, 2011
ReplyRobin,
I can understand your concerns. I would too however, I believe Joe Neighbor has made a possibly very important misunderstood fact about Council Member Dennis Brady very clear. Dennis Brady has been fully ethical in his behavior. There is no question regarding this. Also, I am not sure how you came to the assumption that this so called "beneficiay" is concerned with 20715 and 20716 zips alone. The benifactor is conerned about animals in general just as CLAW is concerned about ALL the animals in Bowie, not just from particular zip codes. I realize you have had differences with CLAW in the past of which you claim CLAW was the cause but there are two sides to every story and rather that doing "he said-she said" and bringing up dirt on your side as well, CLAW chooses to concentrate on the facts. CLAW is encouraged that the City has made the effort to create the holding room at the new City Hall which I personally have toured. There may be a few issues that may need to be addressed before an animal can be held there and we hope that the CIty will make every effort to address and correct them. We must keep focus on the pets in Bowie. -
On the article Bowie Animal Lovers Still Fighting for City Shelter
Connie Carter
1:04 pm on Sunday, April 10, 2011
ReplySandra,
Sorry for the delay in responding to your comments. There was an MS Walk in Bowie today which is another one of my charities that I work with every year. Hopefully I will be able to answer your questions to your satisfaction but it seems from the Joe Neighbor comments, they have already been answered regarding your guarantee, as a tax payer of Bowie that the beneficiary of the $100,000 will not automatically be guaranteed to "run" the shelter. I would like to add that the donation was given without any strings attached, is presently in CLAW's bank account which CLAW has shown proof of to the City Council and Staff. Now, as far as "vindictive" members, I was not witness to any of the issues at the first meeting that you suggest so I am unable to comment on that however, at the following Task Force meetings, all of which I attended, I am sure you will agree there was a great deal of tension between the Chair and some of the members. CLAW understands that there are people who do not support the establishment of a shelter as you do but want to help the pets in Bowie. I believe we are all in agreement with that. I see a lot of accusations being thrown around which are not beneficial to any of this. CLAW believes we have the facts to support the need and the realistic costs for a short-term shelter in Bowie and we welcome anyone to attend one of our general meetings if they want to learn more about what they support or don't support.
Connie Carter
8:25 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013
Thank you Linda. Another volunteer and I go to the County facility every week to take photos and videos with the hopes of improving the adoption rate as well as educate people on responsible pet ownership.