WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY IF YOU LOVE YOUR PET (ST LOUIS/LEMAY/MELVEL)
MY LITTLE DOG GOT OUT SAT WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS TRYING TO GET THE REMOTE FOR MY GARAGE DOOR OPENER WORKING. WE WERE FRANTIC BECAUSE HE WOULD BE SO SCARED SINCE HE HAD NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE YARD. WE DROVE BLOCK AFTER BLOCK LOOKING FOR HIM PRAYING FOR HIS SAFE RETURN. SUN. A KIND PERSON WHO SAW OUR SIGN CALLED TO TELL US HE HAD SEEN A COP PICK UP THE DOG. WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY CALLED ST. LOUIS ANIMAL CONTROL IN OLIVETTE AND TURNED THE DOG OVER TO THEM. WE IMMEDIATELY CALLED THEM AND FOUND OUT THEY HAD OUR DOG. WE IMMEDIATELY DROVE THERE TO GET OUR FRIGHTEND DOG . THATS WHEN I FOUND OUT THIS TAXPAYER SUPPORTED BUSINESS HADN'T BOTHERED TO SCAN THE CHIP OUR DOG HAD . HE WOULD HAVE BEEN BACK IN MY ARMS RIGHT AFTER THEY TOOK CUSTODY IF THEY DID THE JOB THEY ARE PAID TO DO INSTEAD OF SPENDING ALMOST 24 HOURS RISKING CATCHING KENNEL COUGH OR WORSE. THEY ALSO CHARGED ME $75 TO FINALLY GET MY DOG BACK. SHOULD TAXPAYERS BE PAYING PEOPLE WHO DON'T DO THE MINIMUN REQUIREMENT OF THEIR JOB. I'D LIKE HEAR FROM OTHER PET LOVERS