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Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter seeks new director

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Wednesday, October 15. 2008

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Tina Fleming has resigned as Madison-Oglethorpe Animal Shelter (MOAS) director after only a few months on the job.

The MOAS of directors is running the shelter in the interim, with a team of shelter employees helping to supervise the day-to-day operation.

“We have our kennel supervisors and our clinic supervisors and our veterinarians that are there and the board of directors, one of us is there everyday making sure everything is OK,” MOAS board member Denise Allen said.

Fleming said she was asked to resign or face being fired. In a lengthy email sent to The Madison County Journal Tuesday, the former director said she was ousted not because of her job performance, but because she couldn’t get along with two employees.

“I feel that I was a positive asset to the animals and the shelter; I tried very hard to increase funds and awareness for the shelter,” Fleming said, noting three festivals, three fundraisers and six off-site adoption locations she helped arrange.

The nearly six-year-old shelter is located at 1888 Colbert-Danielsville Road and serves both Madison and Oglethorpe Counties by providing temporary housing for stray or abandoned pets. The facility can house over 200 animals. The shelter, which receives partial founding from both Madison and Oglethorpe counties, also houses a spay and neuter clinic.

Fleming took over for former director Kat Lindsey, who headed the shelter from 2005-2008. Lindsey worked as the assistant director when the shelter opened in 2002.

The animal shelter board is currently interviewing for a new director, but there’s no timetable for the new hire.
“Not yet, we’re just now starting to advertise,” Allen said.

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#1 Anonymous on 10/15/08 at 02:15 PM [Reply]

The MOAS circus continues.

#1.1 Madison county taxpayer on 10/16/08 at 06:12 PM [Reply]

All of the employees and volunteers at MOAS work very, very hard for low wages and little support from the community at large. Their devotion to animals and to the prevention of pet overpopulation keeps them going in a community which for the most part has been lackluster in support. We need to recognize and support the good efforts there and realize that the MOAS employees (as well as board members who are volunteers) are providing a valuable service to our community. These animal lovers have one of the most difficult jobs I can imagine, and members of the two counties should thank them. Referring to MOAS as a "circus" is rude and doesn't improve the situation.

#1.1.1 Madison County Taxpayer on 10/17/08 at 08:39 AM [Reply]

I to am a taxpayer and I would like to see my taxes and donations going to the shelter as a means to help. Low pay is no excuse for poor work. When one is hired to do a job, they are aware at the rate of pay they are making. When one volunteers they too are aware of what they are doing. Why accept low pay or volunteer if you are not willing to do the work? If the director was paid low as well, why then did she try to do an excellent job? Is it called pride in ones work? In my opinion Ms. Fleming did more at the shelter than I have seen in a very long time. From animal care to reaching out to the public. Others should try to follow her suit. Take pride in their responsibilities.

#1.1.1.1 Anonymous on 10/17/08 at 11:00 AM [Reply]

They kill dogs / cats over there. Some love. Let the dogs / cats roam free where they have a chance to survive. Nature knows best. You ask any dog if they would rather be over there in that Parvo infected hellhole where they are going to be killed after being terrorized, or if that dog would rather be out in the world where it has a chance to make it, that dog will choose freedom and life every time. Respect the animals' freedom. They have as much right to freedom as you do. What do these anti-Nature folks think gives them the right to capture, imprison and kill free beings? If you ain't gonna eat it, DON'T KILL IT. Get over yourselves...Nature will eat you.

#1.1.1.1.1 dog/cat lover on 10/23/08 at 08:36 PM [Reply]

What kind of life for a dog that is starving and being kicked around by unkind people. Dogs that have mange so bad and the ribs sticking out. Are you out picking them up and feeding and caring for all these dogs? I think the most humane thing is putting them to sleep, instead of letting them run around and suffer.

#1.1.1.1.1.1 Anonymous on 10/24/08 at 07:49 AM [Reply]

Really? Ask the dog if it would rather be "put to sleep" to satisfy your definition of "humane" or if it would rather have a chance to survive just like all the other animals running around.

#1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Scooter on 10/31/08 at 12:43 PM [Reply]

Amazing! You talk to animals ?! How do you know any more than dog/cat lover what they want?

It may seem inhumane to some putting these animals asleep, but it is the lesser two evils.

To chose between a painless death surrounded by people whos hearts break everytime they have to euthanize an animal or death by rabies,ingesting anti freeze, being run over by a car, starvation, abuse, dying from the elements, being attacked by wild animals, shot by a farmer or homeowner who feels threatned...I can be at ease knowing that those animals at the shelter had a painless death.

I'm glad we have a fcility like the Madison/ Oglehtorpe Animal Shelter. I adopted a beautiful Lab mix from there and cant imagine my life without her.

If you really want to be a help and not a hindrance, Volunteer, raise money
or donate.

#1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Anonymous on 10/31/08 at 01:36 PM [Reply]

Ever actually watched an animal being "put to sleep?" It's anything but "painless." And giving an animal a chemical agent to induce paralysis doesn't take away the excruciating pain.

Why aren't you rounding up all the extra deer, raccoons, opossums, skunks, birds, insects, and fish and putting them to "sleep" to justify your need to be "humane?" You don't have to talk to animals to know that dogs would rather be out running free in nature where they have a chance to make it instead of being trapped in a parvo infested death camp...just watch the dogs...they are trying to ESCAPE and GET OUT. I haven't seen any dogs at the shelter trying to get in.

Some of the best dogs I've ever had just turned up in my yard. Good thing the "humane" animal control freaks didn't get to them first...they would be dead now!

You keep telling yourself it's humane to kill dogs and cats. You keep telling yourself they're "going to sleep." Just know that inside, that animal is dying the most excruciating death imaginable and is looking at YOU or thinking about YOU and wondering why YOU are causing the pain.

There is nothing natural about killing animals unless you are going to eat them. If you aren't going to eat it, DON'T KILL IT.

#1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Anonymous on 10/31/08 at 03:01 PM [Reply]

One doesn't need to talk to animals. Just look. Dogs and Cats are fighting for their lives trying to GET OUT. No dogs or cats are trying to GET IN. That means the dogs and cats DON'T WANT TO BE THERE.

Ever seen an animal die from being "put to sleep?" It is hardly painless. Giving an animal a chemical agent to induce paralysis may help curb your guilt, but it doesn't change the excruciating pain and fear that animal experiences in its last moments.

Why aren't you rounding up all the extra deer, opossums, skunks, fish, birds, etc. and giving them the "humane" benefit of being "put to sleep?"

Some of the best dogs I have ever had just wandered into my yard. Good thing they got here before animal control got them or some "humane" person at the animal "shelter" decided to stick them in that parvo hole and do them a "favor" and put them "to sleep."

It may make some feel better to see what they do as helping dogs "go to sleep" when they kill them, but the fact is you and I both know that dog could have been killed in any number of ways (just as it could if it had a home) or it COULD have walked up in the yard of someone like me and found a home. Instead, it was captured and killed.

Bottom line and one of the top rules of Nature: If you aren't going to eat it, don't kill it.

#2 anon on 10/17/08 at 07:25 AM [Reply]

I so agree!

#3 Anonymous on 10/17/08 at 07:54 AM [Reply]

Nice job of twisting words! She said that she was ousted not because of job performance, but because of what???? She was the director - it was their job to follow directions and get their jobs done in a timely manner.
The fact that the MOAS board would rather have the "lower rung" employees run the show and have no faith in a talented person they hired as director shows exactly where their hearts and heads are!

#3.1 Anonymous too on 10/17/08 at 01:29 PM [Reply]

The employees are not lower rung. I believe Ms. Fleming may have been "over paid" with her lack of experience and knowledge.
Working WITH staff is key - not writing people up and bullying. Several long time staff left due to Ms. Fleming's nasty ways. Maybe that's how they do it at the Dollar General, but not here.
Let's move on and get someone who really cares AND can work with people.

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