McKamey Animal Care and Adoption Center

Things you should know about McKamey
The vet decided to neuter some kittens on the reception desk in the lobby. That is in no way a sterile field. There was still construction going on in the building. There was saw dust and filth everywhere! I don't care how simple a procedure it is. That is just asking for an infection. And this was before they were approved to even have animals in the building.
The bomb was dropped that they are in fact NOT A NO KILL shelter. They at this point want to strive to that eventually, but if there is a space issue then the animals least likely to be adopted are going to get the axe. They then said that they have never claimed to be a no kill facility. Well, someone called them on that saying that in newspaper articles the doctor had in fact said that very thing. Their response was..."Yeah well, she did say that and she was a little beside herself about it and then thought well the Humane Society lies all the time so it is ok."
They have hired completely inexperienced people. Since when does bathing dogs part time qualify you to be an animal control officer? Or working at an antique store qualify you to care for a sick or injured animal, or working at Game Stop for that matter? I know you have to learn somewhere, but there is a time and a place for everything, and proper channels to go through to gain that knowledge and acquire that education. Just because you picked up a stray dog once in your lifetime and it just so happened he became the family pet, or adopted a cat at Petsmart does not qualify you to make decisions and conduct animal adoptions. These are lives you are dealing with.
The lack of basic animal knowledge, and lack of common sense is frightening! None of the people hired as caretakers have any experience handling animals, and they are not getting any training either. (Because Amanda did not want to pay people to train them.) How long will it be before someone's face gets eaten or they lose a digit?
You're a 26,087 square foot facility that will house 500 animals (That is if there is only one animal per cage.) That plans on staffing 3 Veterinarians and you only hire two technicians.
What???
Dr Amanda was asked why she was not vaccinating for Leptospirosis, wondering if it was for reaction factor especially in small dogs. Of course the answer was cost. It was stated that there was a high raccoon population in the area and that all it took was just one urinating in the common yard for the dogs to pick it up. If you're so concerned about the transmission of zoonotic diseases why wouldn't you want to protect your staff from that? Her answer was that it wouldn't happen. Oh really? So when someone inadvertently clean up a dog's urine that is infected with Lepto and they get it and their kidneys shut down and they die, you won't compensate their family because it just couldn't happen? Her answer again was that it wouldn't happen. But it could happen. Nope, won't happen. Ok, whatever.
That woman should not be running that facility. It is sad because they are an unorganized mess. They are setting themselves up to fail!