If you want to know more about this lady's operation, here's a link to her web site....
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If you read the 'history' part, you'll see that she has been in operation for many years but only since the hurricane (Katrina) has she had any difficulties. That's when I first heard of her.
Jonean, the shelter's operator, certainly has been overwhelmed and under-funded since the hurricane, but this wasn't due to some hoarding compulsion. A great many people counted on her at that time but she's since been left high and dry. You really would have to have been here at that time to see the number of abandoned and lost pets. It was staggering. Many groups did come in to help and Jonean and her shelter was one of the primary local groups involved in this.
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"We're going to be identifying shelters, and shelters where we get assurance that they're not going to be euthenized when they get there," High said.
The above quote is from the executive director of HSSM, our local Humane Society, which euthanizes about 13,000 animals annually.
"We don't have enough resources alone to take care of this number of animals, and there's no way she could expect to do it on her own. And, you know, we just had to step in and give her some help," Sheriff Brisolara said.
The above quote comes from our sheriff after arresting Jonean and charging her with animal cruelty.
This all reminds me of the old saying, "No good deed goes unpunished".