PSPCA Officer Tammy Kerr says, “It’s wrong what is going on. I know I’m going to get fired for it, but I’d rather be honest and unemployed than employed and a liar.”
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The Oil City Derrick
by Matt Carroll
August 30, 2008
A Venango County court case that will determine the fate of three cats and that may impact [...]

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I wrote this in response to a post made by Chris Martin’s mother (“higgins”). It was originally posted here (comment #95 at time of posting) at the Pocono Record’s news forum: http://forums.poconorecord.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?msg=8994.94&nav=messages&webtag=pr-news
Posted August 29, 2008
by Madras

Note for higgins – thank you for telling Chris’ side of the story.
One thing that jumped out at me from [...]

The Oil City Derrick
Humane Officer Testifies in Cat Case
Friday, August 29, 2008
by Matt Carroll
On the surface it seems like a kitty custody battle, but a Venango County court case may have larger implications for the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
A PSPCA animal control officer admitted in court Thursday to overstepping her [...]

Defends Son Chris; Slams Nelson
Howard Nelson hires agents, sends his agents to do their job without the needed tools. He promises a car and gas card, a computer, a fax and printer, desk and chair, camera, animal control equipment, cell phone, and other various tools needed to do the job. Well, my son did this [...]

Venango County animal control officer admits exceeding authority
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
August 28, 2008
An animal control officer being sued for taking six kittens from a couple in Venango County admits she overstepped her legal authority.
Tammy Kerr said she was following orders from her employer, the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Kerr said she has [...]

Or… The Mouse Who’s About To Roar
The Derrick
Humane officer: State Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals flouts jurisdiction laws.
By The Associated Press
August 28, 2008
A hearing for Tammy Kerr, who is being sued by an Oil City couple, will be held today.
An animal control officer being sued for taking six kittens from an Oil City [...]

Pa. humane officer: PSPCA flouts jurisdiction laws
The Associated Press
Article Launched: 08/27/2008 05:02:35 PM EDT
PITTSBURGH-An animal control officer being sued for taking six kittens from a couple admits she overstepped her legal authority. But Tammy Kerr says she was just following orders from her employer, the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Kerr says [...]

PSPCA Statement on Law Enforcement Operations
Philadelphia, August 26, 2008—“The PSPCA is disappointed that the Pocono Record would use the misinformation of disgruntled former employees as the basis of the article, ‘Humane Officers Routinely Sent to Work in Counties Where They are Not Sworn In,’ which appeared in the paper’s August 26 edition,” said PSPCA CEO [...]

Dennis Kucinich’s Speech
Made at the Democratic National Convention on August 26, 2008

It’s Election Day, 2008. We Democrats are giving America a wake up call. Wake up America. In 2001, the oil companies, the war contractors and the neo-con-artists seized the economy, and have added four trillion dollars of unproductive spending to the national debt.

We now [...]

The Pocono Record
SPCA reports no dogs with canine influenza
by Beth Brelje
Pocono Record Writer

August 26, 2008
None of the dogs at the Pennsylvania SPCA Monroe County Adoption Center exhibit symptoms of illness, particularly canine influenza, officials say.
“There are no runny noses, coughing or other signs of respiratory illness,” said SPCA Monroe County Team Lead Shirley McClanahan in [...]