{"id":508,"date":"2024-04-28T14:44:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T18:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/?p=508"},"modified":"2024-04-28T14:46:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T18:46:57","slug":"new-jersey-politicians-kill-another-good-animal-shelter-and-lots-of-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/index.php\/2024\/04\/28\/new-jersey-politicians-kill-another-good-animal-shelter-and-lots-of-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Politicians Kill Another Good Animal Shelter &#8211; and Lots of Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-513\" src=\"https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LHS-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LHS-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LHS-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LHS-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LHS-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LHS-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>MOST ANIMAL SHELTERS IN THIS COUNTRY ARE PART OF A BROKEN SYSTEM, ONE THAT HURTS INNOCENT, HOMELESS ANIMALS MOST OF ALL. BUT IT ALSO HARMS HEROIC STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS.<\/p>\n<p>NEW JERSEY IS ONE OF THE WORST OFFENDERS.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the genius politicians of <a class=\"app-aware-link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=jerseycity&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7190136868443762688\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#<\/span>JerseyCity<\/a> suddenly ended the contract with @LibertyHumaneSociety, and its team that many other shelters and rescues have very happily worked with for years. Still, the hiring of a new director, staff, and new procedures designed for the animals\u2019 benefit heralded the possibility that things would actually work out. It wasn\u2019t to be. When a dog attacked and seriously injured the new boss, bureaucrats who know nothing about a shelter or animal welfare, and even less about leadership and common decency emerged, once again throwing a promising start into turmoil.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jcitytimes.com\/animal-shelter-morale-sinks-after-manager-is-bitten-hospitalized-fired\/\">https:\/\/jcitytimes.com\/animal-shelter-morale-sinks-after-manager-is-bitten-hospitalized-fired\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOST ANIMAL SHELTERS IN THIS COUNTRY ARE PART OF A BROKEN SYSTEM, ONE THAT HURTS INNOCENT, HOMELESS ANIMALS MOST OF ALL. BUT IT ALSO HARMS HEROIC STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS. NEW JERSEY IS ONE OF THE WORST OFFENDERS. Last year, the genius politicians of #JerseyCity suddenly ended the contract with @LibertyHumaneSociety, and its team that many &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/index.php\/2024\/04\/28\/new-jersey-politicians-kill-another-good-animal-shelter-and-lots-of-animals\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Jersey Politicians Kill Another Good Animal Shelter &#8211; and Lots of Animals&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,38,268,36,27,240,197,13],"tags":[338,334,332,336,333,335,337],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":516,"href":"https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions\/516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/njpetblog.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}