2 Pitbulls Went On A Rampage & Killed 29 Cats At The Dothan Animal Shelter

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Workers at the Dothan Animal Shelter were startled when they reported to work Thursday. They found 29 dead cats, attacked by pit bulls also housed at the shelter.

“Those dogs forced their way out of a pen," said Bill Banks, the shelter director. “They pushed hard enough, that they pushed this metal bar, this flat galvanized bar, out of the clamp.”

The two dogs then mauled the cats.

“These dogs just went on a rampage," Banks said.

A decision has not been made about what to do with the dogs, but Banks said he can’t see them being put in a position where they can harm again.

He said staff and volunteers at the shelter, some possibly traumatized, will be offered counseling.

29 cats mauled by pit bulls at Ala. animal shelter

Workers at the Dothan Animal Shelter were startled by what they found when they reported to work Thursday.

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[Sejanus]

Put them down.
Today.

 

[Satanica]

Horrific. I would think right off the batt that it would make them dangerous to adopt. On the upside, the shelter has less cats to try and farm out.

 

[Satanica]

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After first refusing to do so, the dogs' owner, Kenneth Hamilton, agreed to transfer control of the animals to the city. Parrish believes, had he not, a court would have ordered the them put down.

“Those dogs forced their way out of a pen. Then, they pushed hard enough on galvanized bars to knock (the bars) out of their clamps,” Shelter Director Bill Banks told WTVY following the attacks.

That allowed them to push back enough on the chain-link type fencing to get inside and maul the cats after the shelter closed for the day.

Animal control officers had picked up the dogs hours earlier after they discovered them wondering around a Dothan neighborhood.

The incident ignited calls for the city to construct a new animal shelter. Since then, money has been appropriated for preliminary plans.

However, no construction dollars have been allocated for what Mayor Mark Saliba and others hope will be a public-private partnership.

Dogs that killed 29 cats at animal shelter euthanized

After first refusing to do so, the dogs' owner, Kenneth Hamilton, agreed to transfer control of the animals to the city. Parrish believes, had he not, a court would have ordered the them put down.

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