Ariz. Humane Society changes policies after cat killed

[moriah]

6. If people would read the full story on this...

... the issue was that the AHS is unable, by law, to treat or hold any animal if they have not received payment or if surrender paperwork is not filled out.

They are also required by law to treat animals that were taken by the police on animal abuse charges and hold them for 17 days.

The day Scruffy was surrendered, 186 other animals were surrendered, including several that the law mandated they treat. Three animals needed surgery that day, they could only take care of two of them. Those two were most likely the ones taken by police and they had no other choice but to treat them first.

If it would have been humane to let the animal suffer overnight, he could have declined to surrender her and keep her at home until his mom could wire him the money. Obviously he felt her pain was too much to do that. So he gave her the best chance he could.

The AHS's hands were tied and the only thing they could have done differently was accept payment by phone.