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Saturday, May 20, 2006

Puppies and PTSD: What's up with the misinformation coming from KXYL talking heads ?

Note from Steve:

Was listening to KXYL Friday morning and heard talking heads ( JC and Jessee w/Griffs help! ) discussing the recent Brown/Comanche puppy rescue (see story below) and was surprised to hear that the Brown County Humane Society Shelter was a "No Kill" facility ( I've been told they euthenize (kill) over 200 animals a month at the Brownwood facility! ). Apparently KXYL's JC McClain had a concern that "outsiders" would come to this area and participate in this action. Fortunately, a female caller (cary), called in and corrected the misinformation coming out over the airwaves of KXYL. She also spoke to
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  • This incident reminded me of the misinformation being put out over the airwaves of KXYL recently when the talking heads, with Griff's help, said that the injured Brownwood soldier (see below) "must not be too bad since he's not listed as a patient at Brownwood Regional Hospital". ( note: He was airlifted to San Angelo's Shannon Hospital ! ) This is the same show where the two KXYL talking heads substituted "PT Jim Beam" for PTSD noted in the news story on the front page article of the Brownwood Bulletin.
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    Austin animal workers rescue 30 dogs
    11:39 PM CDT on Saturday, May 13, 2006
    By SHELTON GREEN / KVUE News
    The Humane society said the more than 30 dogs they rescued Friday will be ready for adoption in two days.
    Animal groups returned to Austin Friday afternoon after rescuing about 30 daschunds.

    KVUE News
    Workers say the dogs were kept in squalid conditions.
    The Austin Humane Society and All Texas Daschund Rescue say the animals were being bred and housed in a cramped and dirty home in a town about three hours north of Austin.
    The Comanche County Animal Rescue Society in Brownwood, Texas sent out an e-mail alert. Animal workers claim the woman there was raising more than 100 dogs -- most of them daschsunds, a few boxers and a few chihuahas.
    The woman was selling the dogs for profit outside of a Brownwood donut shop. That is not against the law in Comanche County.
    The problems, say rescuers, is the fact that the animals were not registered and were found in a horrible environment.
    "These conditions are deplorable and there are physically disabled animals that need treatment," said Barbara Lewis, All Texas Daschund Rescue, in a release. "When I went into this house it was unbelievable."
    Most of the dogs in the home were dacshunds.
    The dogs will undergo medical treatment in Austin and hopefully find new homes.
    The Austin Humane Society has a no kill policy, and they say that's one reason they helped rescue the animals, because they believe that they will all eventually be adopted.
    KVUE Online Video
    KVUE's Shelton Green reports
    They still need a couple of days before they're ready or adoption.
    For more information, go to www.austinhumanesociety.org or call 512-837-7985.
    source: http://www.kvue.com/news/green/stories/051206kvuedogrescue-cb.3590ba3a.html
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    Man injured after jumping from pickup on overpass
    A 23-year-old passenger was injured when he jumped or climbed out of a pickup as it was driven across the Truman Harlow Overpass early Sunday morning, police said. Samuel Juarez Jr. was taken to the Brownwood Regional Medical Center emergency room af...
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