Bentley Is an Extremely Cute Dog, But Tomorrow's Press Conference Is Insane

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Word is that the presser is on hold now that Bentley has retained a top pooch lawyer (who agreed to handle the case pro-bone-o). He is now in negotiations for an exclusive with TMZ.

It's good for Bentley that soon-to-be-former-Dr. Tierce wasn't the attending veterinarian. BAM!

Seems just a little gauche of the DO to point fingers at anyone else's Bentley-related attention-grabbing, given its own previous misleading and clickbaity article regarding the dog and the animal shelter ( http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2014/10/poor_bentley_dog_amazon_ebola.php )

I hope they plan on talking about their commitment to saving all of the other animals that come in there daily and the added money the city is going to be spending to build a newer expanded shelter to actually service the community.

But no. They'll say how awesome the staff was that treated this one dog. Then they'll go right back to their crappy service and excessive euthanizations due to the crap shelter Dallas runs.

@TheRuddSki  Come on, Rudd, you want kudos for stating the obvious?

@wcvemail  You're an idiot.  You should be so lucky as to have Dr. Tierce care for your animals.

@markzero

Oh, now you want consistent standards, too?! What next, extra pudding?

@John1073  I totally agree unless that can make enough from extra donations due to this bit of PR. AND as long as they use those extra donations for the critters vs "administrative" cost.   I see more and more people starting to donate to no kill shelters as they are sort of giving up on the empty promises of our city run shelters.  

@wackish I am almost believing that you ARE the former Dr. Tierce except for the use of the name wackish.

Are you being incredibly sarcastic or do you sincerely support him?  If not, how would wcevmail be "so lucky" to have Mr. Tierce to care for his animals? 

@wackish @wcvemail

Got One!!! I mean...

You're a brainwashed cultist who's in near-psychotic denial of reality. How much money are you prepared to give your cult leader? All you have? Will you sell your possessions and haunt the courtroom when that Frankenstein poodle killer gets his comeuppance? Will you continue to read his screeds from jail, like the polygamous Mormon sheep? 

Speaking of sheep, baaaad wackish, how can you be sure that Tierce never fucked any of those animals? That's a long career to be wondering about furry sex, how can you be sure?

Cultist. You eagerly volunteered to be castrated by him, didn't you.

@JackJett @John1073

Houston's shelter is apparently in terrible shape, going back years, beset by both politics and health problems due to lack of infrastructure brought on by those political problems. Austin seems to be slowly breaking the mold of shoddy and heart-breaking muni doggie management, but that's been dragging on for years. Then there's Aransas Pass, where the city manager recently announced that they're going to prioritize killing over rescue/adoption. 

@TheRuddSki  4.3 Bitcoin

@wcvemail Are any of these associate with the ASPCA? Did you know that Sarah McClachlan commercial has raised something like 300 million bucks........but for some reason they make it next to impossible to find out how much of that goes to the dogs and cats.   I suspect that is work along the lines of the Susan Koman foundation where administrative salaries are through the roof. 

@bmarvel @wcvemail

Apparently he/she/it is a puppet for the Tierce defense cult, and obviously wacky.

@JackJett @wcvemail Most if not all large national non profits have a similar structure. You have to spend money to make money unfortunately. Just like politics.

There's also competing organizations. ASPCA is a national org that is actually more into ending animal cruelty, much like PETA. They're not really in the shelter game.

There is an SPCA of Texas, which does have shelters and clinics, one of which is in Dallas. They are also a non profit.

Dallas Animal Services is run by the city. How much outside help they get I do not know. I would assume it would be in the city budget somewhere.

That being said, they're all here to help, but if you have one that has an inherent problem of being underfunded and you're protecting the jobs of campaign buddies, like the DAS, then you have another problem. That doesn't help animals.

@JackJett @wcvemail

AFAIK, I'm pretty sure there's no association for any of those municipalities with the ASPCA except as the source of generic, recommended, best practices. The ASPCA is toothless (not sorry, I did that on purpose) when it comes to barking (!) at municipalities, as the Houston thing has been dragging on through time and courts, without so much as a mewl (!) from bodies like the ASPCA except when cited as recommended practices.

@TheRuddSki  A person on a watch list who hasn't developed symptoms can't be contagious. She's standing up for science over hysteria.

@John1073 @JackJett @wcvemail  I so understand the philosophy that you need really good and highly qualified people to work (especially in fundraising) in these groups and to get good people, you need to offer competitive salaries.  But the salaries do tend to get out of hand and if  you are putting on an event that cost $100,000 to produce and brings in $10,000 then something of off kilter.

I noticed this years ago in LA and working with various AIDS organizations and a few of them got caught with too many hands in the cookie jar. 

I have reached the point where I will donate to no kill shelters, rescue groups, or those amazing people who take in old horses. I like to be able to visit and see where the money is going.

For example, on FB now is a girlfriend of mine whose Mini Pincher died two weeks ago.  Coincidently her elderly neighbor passed away who had one as well   She took in his "Min Pin" and it jumped out of her hands last weekend and had his and pelvis surgery.  So we set up funding for her and the $$ will go straight to the Vet.   I am finding I prefer to help on a more personal and local level. 

BTW....I assume DAS is Dallas Animal Services.   I think I am confused by who comes under who's umbrellas.   ie. ..ASPCA and SPCA.