State fines Nash County animal shelter for violations
OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION. CARLY HAYNES,
WRAL, NEWS LIVE IN WAKE COUNTY.
>> NEW TONIGHT WE'RE HEARING
FROM A WOMAN WHO SAID SHE HAS
SEEN FIRST HAND HORRIFIC
CONDITIONS INSIDE THE NASH
COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER. THE
SHELTER IS BEING FINED BY THE
STATE AFTER INSPECTORS CAUGHT
EMPLOYEES LINE KEEPING CATS AND
KITTENS AND FILTHY CONDITIONS.
EVEN EUTHANIZING CATS BEFORE
THE MANDATORY WAITING PERIOD
WAS OVER. THE BUREAU'S ERIC
MILLER HAS THE STORY.
>> NASH COUNTY OPEN THE DOORS
OF THIS ANIMAL SHELTER JUST
2 YEARS AGO. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE A HAVEN FOR THE COUNTY'S
LOST AND STRAY CATS AND DOGS.
INSTEAD, PET OWNERS SAY IT'S
BECOME A PLACE THAT THOSE PETS
SUFFER.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE CAGE, AS
YOU CAN SAY,
IT FAILED WARM. MOIST SAYS IT'S
BEEN HEARTBREAKING EVERY TO
LOOKING INTO THE EYES OF THE
CATS AND DOGS KEPT AT THE NORTH
COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER.
>> AND YOU SEE.
>> WE DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS.
WE DID NOT ASK FOR THIS.
>> MOORE SAYS DOING MULTIPLE
VISITS OVER THE LAST YEAR TO
HELP ANIMALS. SHE'S FOUND PETS
IN CONDITIONS. SHE CALLS
UNLIVABLE.
>> THE NAYS PAPER AND THE FLOOR
AND WAS SO WOULD YEAR IN AND
SAY SEAS, THEIR WATER BOWLS
HEADBAND DRAW SO LONG THAT IT
WAS PURE HIGHER.
>> AND
>> THROW LITTER. THOSE ARE SOME
OF THE SAME ISSUES FOUND BY
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE INSPECTORS REPORT
RELEASED THIS WEEK. DETAILS A
LONG LIST OF VIOLATIONS
INCLUDING CATS EUTHANIZED LESS
THAN A DAY AFTER THEY WERE
BROUGHT TO THE SHELTER IN
VIOLATION OF THE MANDATORY 72
HOUR WAITING PERIOD IMPOSED BY
THE STATE. IT'S BEHAVIOR THAT
MOORE SAYS SHE SAW FIRSTHAND
FROM THE SHELTER WORKER I WAS
HERE. A YOUNG LADY WAS BEING
WOULD WANT TO YOUNG GIRL TO
SURRENDER IT.
>> AND HEY, PAULA MIGHT TELL
HER STRAIGHT UP. HE SAID A FEW
SURRENDERING AS THE ALMA.
HE SAID IT HAS TODAY AT 4
O'CLOCK. WE DON'T HAVE THE ROOM
OR THE CAPACITY.
>> FIRST COUNTY HAS RELEASED
A STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S
REPORT THAT STATEMENT READS IN
PART, WE TAKE THESE FINDINGS
SERIOUSLY AND ARE COMMITTED
TO TAKING IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE
ACTION. THE COUNTY WILL ALSO
HAVE TO PAY A $6700 FINE TO THE
STATE OR APPEAL PUNISHMENT.
LAURA MOORE SAYS HE'S FAR TOO
LOW.
>> ANIMALS LIVES AWAY. MORE.
WHY MORE THAN WHAT THEY'RE
GOING THROUGH THEM. AND I DON'T
KNOW THE ANSWER. AND THEN THEY
NEED HELP.
>> WRAL ALSO REACHED OUT TO
NASH COUNTY OFFICIALS ASKING
FOR INTERVIEWS AND TO BE GIVEN
A TOUR OF THIS FACILITY.
>> SO FAR THOSE REQUESTS HAVE