ELKHART, Ind. (WNDU) – A woman says her 5-year-old son was left without an emotional support dog after claiming the local shelter didn’t protect him long enough to take him in. He said he is doing so.
She referenced the accusations against the Elkhart County Humane Society in a Facebook post that generated a lot of buzz over the weekend.
The dog’s name is Sonic, and the family has had him since he was 8 weeks old.
They said they not only learned a lesson from all of this, but would also advise other pet owners to microchip their animals to prevent something like this from happening. But most importantly, they hope the person who adopted Sonic is willing to return him.
The Facebook post was part of a discussion on a community page and garnered more than 100 comments. While some commenters were furious, others questioned how the dog ended up in the humane society in the first place.
“My son took this dog to a friend and he got loose and ended up going to a humane society. I’ve called them every day since. ” said the dog’s owner, Clarissa Jacobs. “They said there would be a $100 fee to get him back, which we didn’t have at the time.”
Jacobs said she called the humane organization on Saturday because she had the money to see if the dog was still there. The phone operator confirmed that he was.
Jacobs then told the caller that her sister was on her way to pick up the dog, but Jacobs said the dog was picked up 20 minutes before her sister arrived.
The boy is now stranded without his best friend, but the humanitarian group said the holding period policy was followed. Hold periods are 3 days, 5 days, and 10 days.
“The three-day hold will be in place throughout Elkhart County, except for the cities of Goshen and Napanee, where it will be five days,” said Ben Matthews, director of operations for the Elkhart County Humane Society. “If the animal is not microchipped or does not have identification marks such as a collar or tag or veterinary tag, we must retain them for the duration of the stray period and, depending on the jurisdiction, I Like I said, it could be three times or five times.” If they have an ID and we can trace their microchip or tag or veterinarian tag, if we can trace it back to a person, an address, a number, even an email, we can get that animal to 10 Must be detained for days. ”
Unfortunately, when Sonic got lost, his microchip was not implanted.
“The Humane Society met all of the ordinances and laws that we are required to meet,” Matthews said. “We’re not trying to deceive people and we’re not going to keep animals against their beliefs. We don’t want animals to come here.”
Jacobs said she doesn’t want this to happen to other pet owners and if she could do things differently, she would.
“They’re really close,” Jacobs said. “My son has a dresser in his room full of matching dog clothes. He picked out matching Halloween costumes for them. They were both supposed to be skeletons.”
The Humane Society also offers a retrieval program to retrieve your pet for free within 48 hours if you are retrieving an animal for the first time.
Again, the family said they learned their lesson, but they hope this story will reach the people who adopted the dogs.
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