Letter to the Editor: Re: Times have changed

Dear sir:

There is a stigma that animals rescued on the Spirit Lake Reservation will be shot if no rescue or foster homes are found. This may have happened in the past under previous animal rescue personnel out here, but that was in the past.

We have a new generation of animal control personnel. Under Pernell Cavanaugh with the assistance of Shelly Hanson, several other animal rescue groups and all our kind-hearted volunteers, all animals are taken to rescues to find them forever, loving homes.

I resent that the past ills of animal control on the reservation has tainted all the good work Pernell Cavanaugh has done. Pernell Cavanaugh would never, ever, ever shoot an animal and this past stigma needs to end now!!!

Furthermore, if people took their dogs and cats to get spay/neutered, our rescues wouldn’t be overwhelmed with unwanted litters. People need to be responsible to ensure their animals are fixed to alleviate future puppies and kittens!!!

Sincerely,

Rhonda Greene

Resident of the Spirit

Lake Reservation