The latest news on the happenings here in Bakersfield is the Anita Gilbert animal abuse case.....

UPDATE.....Anita Gilbert is accused of animal cruety and is facing teo felony warrents for her arrest because she failed to appear at her hearing.....She also stated thasty she as no intention of surrending.....

Gilbert was arrestewd by animal control officers on July 17 on multiple felony charges of animal abuse after they found her living in horrible conditions with 33 cats, 18 dogs and several animal corpses.....She also faces charges of threatening a public defender, which she denies.....

In a telephone interview, Gilbert refused to say where she is other than she's in the hospital undergoing cancer treatment.....

She said if she revealed her location, she'd be arrested and her doctor said she would die if jailed.....

A local county attorney has stated.....

"All we're dealing here with is the fears and thoughts of Anita Gilbert.....a fugitive from justice."

This is an ongoing case, and will post news items as they appear.....

ANIMAL(out of) CONTROL?????

Its time to violate one of our constitutional rights again.....I'm refering to the 4th amendment......

It seems that the local police officers from the animal control unit are going door to door looking for unlicensed dogs.....this is all well and fine if they do their jobs properly.....I want to know what gives them the right to go snooping in my back yard without my permission or without me being present.....Another question comes to mind.....This is a scenario.....they come to my door and ask me if I have any unlicensed dogs.....I tell them no, but they insist on looking.....I ask them if they are calling me a liar.....They reply that they are sorry but that they can't take my word for it.....I reply.....are you calling me a liar again?????.....This could go on, but the next thing is my reply....."If you want to enter my property and look for dogs, I suggest you get a search warrent.....ya' all have a nice day!!!!!

Here's the routine.....They knock on your door and if you don't answer and they hear a yelping doig they explain that your dog is not listed as licensed in this county.....another question arises.....what if!!!! the dog that is yelping is not from this county and that's why it isn't list on your books.....

This program actually grew out of concerns of animal overpopulation.....The county and city have so far resisted the idea of a mandatory spay-neuter program.....

SUPERVISORS SPINELESS.....

This missive is to those of our supervisors who appear to be spineless.....These individuals do not want to help the cats and dogs in our area.....Their idea of animal control seems to be hiring someone to pick up their lifeless bodies in the street, wait until they are ground into the pavement or simply put them to death.....

They need to visit the places of execution where the little ones are put to death.....They need to be the ones to pick up the remains in the street.....Maybe, just maybe, they'll find the spine that they now lack.....Then we may not have to pick up or kill so many little creatures.....

The Kitten Sanctuary has always had indoor out door cats.....but it is also our policy to spay and neuter as soon as they are old enough.....We will never contribute to any creatures dying because they were unwanted.....

Think about it.....It is cheaper to hire a compliance office than to hire all the drivers (and gas and maintenence), facility workers, etc.  Of course, there should be exceptions for legitimate and humane breeders.....

Kern County now has a helper in the system.....he was hired to help Denise "I can't find my fix-it list" Haynes.....now this is the catcher.....This man has no, absoluty none, experience in animal control.....So now we have a person who can't fix anything and a person that has no idea what the h*** he's doing!!!!!

Lord have mercy on us all!!!!!

I hate to say it, but it's time to throw everyone out at animal control and start all over again.....

And with that said, its time to put this edition to bed.....and also the editor.....

Ya' all have a great rest of the day and a better tomorrow.....ttfn.....Reid and Debbie