Community residents are gnashing their teeth about the latest turn of events that occurred at the Montgomery County Animal Shelter. Over four dozen protesters showed up at the shelter carrying signs calling for the county to end the contract with Care Corporation, the for-profit company that runs the shelter.

The protest was prompted by the firing of long-time Shelter Director, Minda Harris, on Friday, February 13. This is the second incident that has brought the shelter under fire in just the last couple of weeks. On February 9, patrons were incensed when they learned that donations to the shelter were discarded in a dumpster. Donors were wondering why the items weren’t passed on to other shelters and animal sanctuaries in need, or if this was an attempt on some individual’s part, to abscond with the donated items by staging them. Purportedly, some of the discarded items still bore the sales tags. click here for complete story