From 2004. I wonder if things have changed…

To the Dogs
Baltimore Animal Control Saves Animals From Hunger, Neglect, and Cruelty and Delivers Them to Confinement, Poor Conditions, and a One in 10 Chance of Survival

She says the staff was courteous and helpful, but conditions in the holding kennel were horrible. “I have to tell you I started to cry. Every dog except one, and I am not kidding, was grossly malnourished. I could count every rib in their bodies. Some would not even move when I walked by. I asked the officer, ‘Don’t you feed these dogs?’ I was shocked by the response I got. He told me that they are very short-staffed. The dogs usually get fed once a day. They never get fed twice a day due to being short-staffed and not enough time. I thought he was kidding. I asked him if he was serious about the dogs not always being fed once a day. He said, ‘We try. We do the best we can.’

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For the spared animals, which can be kept for months in the shelter’s kennels while awaiting adoption, conditions can be bleak. The shelter has been the target of complaints from animal rescue groups in recent years of poor treatment of the animals, and potential pet adopters who stop by the low, cinder-block animal shelter building at 301 Stockholm St., just south of Ravens stadium, sometimes come away shocked at the conditions.

Celeste Harris says she contacted the shelter in late April in search of a border collie. She ended up glad that the shelter didn’t have one.

She says the staff was courteous and helpful, but conditions in the holding kennel were horrible. “I have to tell you I started to cry. Every dog except one, and I am not kidding, was grossly malnourished. I could count every rib in their bodies. Some would not even move when I walked by. I asked the officer, ‘Don’t you feed these dogs?’ I was shocked by the response I got. He told me that they are very short-staffed. The dogs usually get fed once a day. They never get fed twice a day due to being short-staffed and not enough time. I thought he was kidding. I asked him if he was serious about the dogs not always being fed once a day. He said, ‘We try. We do the best we can.’

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