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Jerry Benton tells a stray dog to sit at the county recycling center after the stray was discovered lying in the warehouse June 22.

Dumped at the dump

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Rachel McDaniel
in Food and Features
Wednesday, July 7. 2010
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For Jody Harper, the most difficult part of managing the Pike County transfer station has nothing to do with the trash. It’s other things people often dump there. She says the number of animals abandoned at the center is disturbing. Feral cats live under dumpsters while dogs roam the area looking for trash to eat.

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#1 David Rawlins on 07/07/10 at 05:20 AM
Make it a crime to dump animals and assign a $500 dollar minimum fine. Then the county makes money instead of paying money to house dogs that someone else didn't want.

Save half that money and when there is enough build an animal shelter.
#1.1 Anonymous on 03/27/11 at 08:40 AM
Dumb ass, who is going to pay the millions to install camera to catch them dropping them off? Otherwise you will not catch them...
#2 Concord Resident on 07/07/10 at 07:47 AM
Good idea in principal, David, but you can't prosecute what you can't see. People aren't dumping animals in broad daylight. No way to make money off that to pay for a shelter.
#3 Dorthy on 07/07/10 at 08:54 AM
David, do you realize how silly that comment is? I dump all my animals, litter, trash, garbage and unwanted children in the early afternoon and I have never been caught. I never thought about dumping them after dark.
#3.1 peg on 07/10/10 at 03:03 PM
Dorthy you sound like a real idot!You will reap what you sew. you may become the dumped oneday what goes around comes around!
#4 David Rawlins on 07/07/10 at 10:08 AM
If you make it a crime that makes money, I guarantee they will get caught. Give 1/2 to the sheriff's department to subsidize their budget and they will get caught.
#4.1 Concord Resident on 07/07/10 at 12:28 PM
Possibly, but more likely it will be like the littering laws. Very few litterbugs are caught, and look at our roadsides. Littering might as well be legal, for all the good it does to have the laws on the books.
#4.1.1 David Rawlins on 07/08/10 at 09:28 AM
You are right.

I'm just sick to death of having to pay for other peoples stupidity, bad judgment and/or just don't care. People should take care of their own animals. If you don't want them, put them down yourself. Stop throwing your problem on other people.
#5 v smith on 07/07/10 at 10:14 AM
speaking of the dump, i was out there several days ago and noticed a lamar county truck dumping garbage. are they allowed to dump garbage at the pike county dump?
#5.1 ??? on 07/07/10 at 01:12 PM
I thought that the "Pike County Dump" was a private business.
#6 me on 07/07/10 at 11:09 AM
that black dog is a sweetheart i seen here when taking the recycling i really hope someone gives her a home
#7 Dorthy on 07/07/10 at 12:39 PM
V. Smith educate yourself. It is not a dump, its a transfer station. Privately operated, just about anybody including Lamar County can use it if they are willing to pay a fee.
#7.1 v smith on 07/08/10 at 11:19 AM
that's why I asked the question Dot. if you don't ask questions, you don't know the answers.
#8 Dorothy on 07/07/10 at 01:43 PM
THE BIGGEST THING I SEE HERE IS WHY IN THE SAM HILL DOESNT PIKE COUNTY HAVE AN ANIMAL CONTROL...THAT IS THE STUPIDEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD FOR A COUNTY AS LARGE AS OURS TO NOT HAVE ONE...GOOD GRIEF PEOPLE, WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE
#9 dorothy on 07/07/10 at 01:48 PM
One more thing, we the homeowners pay high taxes, people that dont own pays nothing, the ones paying the taxes should see something for their money, I for one dont see too much being accomplished in Pike county, road work is terrible, no animal control, etc. etc. etc. so what do we get for the money we pay in?????
#9.1 David Rawlins on 07/08/10 at 09:30 AM
That's not exactly true, people who rent pay property taxes as well.

I own 8 rental units. I calculate my cost of doing business then add in my profit in order to set the rent. When property taxes increase, rent increases simple as that.
#9.1.1 Landlord on 07/08/10 at 11:50 AM
I agree David;not only do we pay taxes on the rentals that we own but we pay a higher property tax due to not being able to get the primary residence reduction/homeowners exemption. So in reality, we pay more taxes than Dorothy on our properties. We do more than our fair share!
#9.2 know what on 07/13/10 at 12:46 PM
Your tax dollars are paying these BIG salaries
to county and government employees.
"NEW" County Manager, Superintendent etc...
Check It Out!
#10 Anonymous on 07/07/10 at 04:10 PM
“I had to take them to the vet to get put down.

Why not take them to animal shelter in Griffin or somewhere else? Not kill them!
I wonder if the animal activists are going to pitch a fit about this one
#10.1 Justice on 07/08/10 at 08:46 AM
Is there an animal shelter in Griffin? Do you mean the Humane Society? I checked just a while back and they had no room to accept new animals. If there is another organization I'd like to know.
It's sad to put these animals down but since I'm not willing to take full-time care of 9 newborn puppies myself I'm certainly not going to criticize Harper.
#10.2 Concord Resident on 07/08/10 at 06:14 PM
Spalding County does have Animal Control. It's a kill shelter, so the animal has only a few days to get adopted and then it's killed.

Last I heard, there was a fee to drop off an out of county animal.
#11 Don N on 07/08/10 at 08:01 AM
Surrounding Counties will not take animals from Pike County unless you lie about where they are found. Unfortunately many of the animals that are sent to an animal shelter are euthanized. Meriwether and Heard County Shelters are really working hard and they have a good adoption rate. They might be good shelters to learn from. The people of the community MUST get involved. If we as Pike County Citizens want an animal shelter we must work toward that goal. Call your commissioners and let them know how you feel.
#12 mad on 07/08/10 at 11:49 AM
I called Pike County about wild dogs in my yard
Icould not get in my barn.
their reply was "you gots a gun dontcha!"
Nuff Said!
#13 thinker on 07/08/10 at 03:53 PM
i say name the dog trash can sit trashcan sit, they usually dump them out here on river road, i gave away four kittens from a stray cat on swap buy and sell 770-412-9443 12:30-2:00, now she will be fixed,
#13.1 Fed Up on 07/09/10 at 08:30 PM
I have a female black lab but could not afford to have her fixed. She is on a runner in my back yard. The people at the end of my road got a yellow lab but refused to keep it in his yard. The result was 9 puppies for me to get rid of.
#14 Dorothy on 07/10/10 at 12:27 PM
This is a terrible thing to say, but I think many of you will agree with me, at least I hope so, the "pike countyans" that have lived here most of their life, if not all of their life, do NOT like change, and getting an animal shelter here would mean CHANGE, we have to grow people, not just sit back & drive to the surrounding counties to do our business, we need growth, & we DONT have it, when something new is brought in, it`s squashed before it even gets started, and that is a shame
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