Category Archives: austin

TX: Austin Police Declare Open Season on Dogs in Parks

Not content to steal animals this Memorial Day weekend, Austin police decide to dispense with the formalities and go about shooting them in parks instead.
In front of families with children.
At Emma Long Park in Northwest Austin, this Memorial Day was one to be remembered for sure. Not for the shrieks of delight along the waters [...]

Abused pit bulls in Austin

The following article caused our heads to explode all over the wall, pardon us while we clean up.
Animal cruelty case sparks increase in pitt (sic) bull rescue efforts
Apparently a pit bull was found walking down the road in Travis County with his head and mouth duct taped closed and shot in the shoulder.
Amazingly, while Austin [...]

Just how “humane” is the Austin Humane Society, anyway?

So, Monday this was posed to Austin Rescue (with permission to crosspost):
PERMISSION TO CROSS POST
Last Friday Bev Gainer (GSD Rescue of Central Texas) and I took an
emaciated young female Cattle Dog mix and her 6 nursing pups (about 4 weeks
old) from a woman who was unable to care for them. Bobbi, the mother dog,
had lived [...]

Austin, TX - Being a Cat Rescuer in Austin, TX

This is a post that occurred after a raid over Memorial Day weekend in 2006.  The pattern is to do these raids over a holiday weekend (much like the Littleton Incident) so that no attorney can be found. 
These raids on cat rescuers have been occurring for at least 2 years.  Interestingly, if the cats are all killed, [...]