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Shelter Basics ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What are they doing in there? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What goes wrong? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Real Problem ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
Shelter-related litigation (for today...) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
A Dog’s Life Rescue, Inc. v. County of Los Angeles  (2007) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Hayden at a glance Goals – Reduce killing and suffering ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Claims ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Result ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Shelter Practices Litigation: Civil Procedure 101 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Working Together Makes Tails Wag in the End ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
Concerned Taxpayers v. Individual Kentucky Counties (Kentucky Humane Shelter Law K.R.S. sections 258  et seq .)
Kentucky Humane Shelter Law violations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Results ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
Hoarding and mass cruelty cases – helping the shelters manage ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
 
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West's North Carolina General Statutes Annotated, Chapter 19A. Protection of Animals Article 6.  Animal Subject to Illegal Treatment §  19A-70. Care of animal subjected to illegal treatment (a) [I]f an animal shelter takes custody of an animal, the operator of the shelter may file a petition with the court requesting that the  defendant be ordered to deposit funds in an amount sufficient to secure payment of all the reasonable expenses expected to be incurred by the animal shelter  in caring for and providing for the animal pending the disposition of the litigation.  For purposes of this section, "reasonable expenses" includes the cost of providing food, water, shelter, and care, including medical care, for at least 30 days.   * * *
 
Chesley Morton v. Georgia Dept. of Agriculture   (filed March 2007) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
 
Life and Death in the Chamber ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Result ! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
Post-disaster cases – Whose dog is he? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
STAFFING
 
 
 
 
 

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