Comments on: Volunteers & Fingerprints: City Guidelines Get Excessive

By: Chicago's Animal Care and Control Out of Control | Dancing Dog Blog

Chicago's Animal Care and Control Out of Control | Dancing Dog Blog — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:43:06 +0000

[...] equipped to care for animals properly without outside assistance. Then, of course, the absurdity of fingerprinting volunteers inserts itself into this mix, followed on the heels of cutbacks to adoption hours that had [...]

By: michele

michele — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:29:36 +0000

So many shelters and nonprofits need volunteers. Simply put, this is one way to turn them away. I definitely have a problem with it.

By: MaryHaight

MaryHaight — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:47:43 +0000

Thanks for stopping by, Nanci. I agree that if government applied common sense these nonsensical spending traps would not be slapping us in the face every time we turn around. This should be the most pressing issue for any city right now: get the job done for as little cost without losing efficacy. How does fingerprints for dog walking poop scooping volunteers fit into that presumption?

By: Nanci Sullivan

Nanci Sullivan — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:34:27 +0000

I absolutely agree that dog fighters or dog abusers should not be in volunteer positions in animal shelters. However, most of them haven't been caught yet, and the ones that want to steal animals are off doing that where they don't hav e to work. The umbrella issue to me is the budget that can be afforded to house and care of these animals. I'm assuming all shelters do some background check already. Since these are volunteers (don't cost money), how do you justify spending more money to allow them to work for free. What would YOU do if you were a volunteer and saw or overheard things that made you suspiscious of someone? Report it! We are our own best police because we love these animals and want them to live to get to a new forever home.

By: Pet Connection Blog » Laws about animals: Ur doin it wrong

Pet Connection Blog » Laws about animals: Ur doin it wrong — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:21:42 +0000

[...] before being allowed to volunteer. Not just background checked, folks: fingerprinted. From Dancing Dog Blog: City budgets have sliced the life out of dollars allotted to Animal Care and Control (ACC) [...]

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Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:38:54 +0000

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By: MaryHaight

MaryHaight — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:26:47 +0000

Thanks for stopping by, Steven, and no, no statement has been given to the general public. It will be interesting to see if anyone else from Friends of Animal Care and Control will share their knowledge with us or the Sun Times.