The animals at St. Louis County Animal Control are in immediate danger. Carole Baskin dvm, who is in charge of communicable disease has stated: the dogs at St. Louis County a.c. are "unadoptable", "institutionalized", "unwanted" and "not to be pampered". These animals have been let down by people, owners and society in general. They are the very ones we should be protecting. These dogs waited every day for the dedicated volunteers to arrive to take them out for a walk and potty break.  That was the only constant in their lives. Some of these dogs are housebroken and will "hold it" for 24 hrs. Does Carole Baskin think allowing a dog to relieve itself is pampering? Let me add Carole Baskin's previous job was in a biomedical facility testing on animals and now she makes decisions regarding the welfare of animals.

Spring Schmidt (acting director) has chosen the "reboot" of volunteers as her choice of action to the audit done in July 2019 at St. Louis County a.c. where hundreds of suggestions were made for the betterment of the animals.  The one thing that did NOT need changing. Over 400 volunteers have been "fired". The volunteers were the animals only voice. They networked, raised money and found rescue for the "institutionalized" dogs. None of these volunteers have been allowed back until they give up their first amendment rights to speak for these animals.

The dogs, many of which are pitbull type dogs, are some of the most loving, grateful, eager to please dogs around. Many of these dogs disappear into "back rooms" where they are isolated from human contact, not walked, zero enrichment and zero networking. Many end up going kennel crazy from lack of human interaction and are euthanized. Some have been labeled shy, leash biter puppies, who thought they were playing with their leash, have been deemed aggressive or with behavioral issues and eventually euthanized. 

Spring Schmidt also made the decision to euthanize Faust; a dog found frozen to a sidewalk last winter, when she nipped at a vet tech while on the exam table. Faust was not given the chance to recover. Precautions should have been in place for Faust who barely had time to thaw out before she was killed.

We need your help! We feel Carole Baskin and Spring Schmidt should NOT be in charge of the welfare of any animal, much less, the animals at St. Louis County Animal Control. These animals need advocates not enemies! Please sign this petition in support of ridding county a.c. of these two women and to bring back the dedicated volunteers, whose hearts are breaking for the county animals, who now have no voice. Bring the volunteers back and let them be the voice for the voiceless. 

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter!