With roughly a month until his resignation as director of Louisville Metro Animal Services becomes official, Dr. Gilles Meloche — animal torturer, alleged sexual harasser, civil rights abuser and all-around “change agent” — is looking to get another job. Just don’t tell the fine people of Florida’s Brevard County Animals Services and Enforcement about any of this.

What’s that? They’ve newspapers down there, too, that know about his exploits? From Florida Today:

Since July 2005, Gilles Meloche has led Louisville Metro Animal Services in Kentucky. Thursday, Meloche traveled to Viera and interviewed for the Brevard position, which pays $80,526 to $104,685 per year.

Today, the Brevard County Commission was expected to choose a new director. But after Space Coast animal advocates complained about Meloche via widely circulated e-mails, that vote was postponed until Dec. 1.

It would appear that Meloche’s past may be finally catching up with him, insofar that his tenure at LMAS has elicited more legal rebukes than any other institution that was unwise enough to hire the doctor in the first place.

Here’s an excerpt from Dan Klepal’s piece over at The C-J:

In his cover letter to the Brevard County Human Resources Department, Meloche said he offers “a strong background in management, veterinary science, administration, public relations and communication with a great deal of skills and experience in the animal services businesses.”

The possibility of Meloche’s hiring has already generated controversy in Brevard County.

Gregg Eddie, the East Coast coordinator for a golden retriever rescue group, said the shelters in Brevard County are outdated and routinely are overcrowded.

“I don’t know how someone like this would have the nerve to submit an application and think this (information) wouldn’t come out,” Eddie said.

The best part? As per the Florida Times article, Meloche sent an email to said newspaper that features a dreaded word… a word which has been attached to this man often enough to have it serve as a kind of death knell for people who know better: ”I am a candidate that has brought important changes in the animal services business. Change is often met with resistance from the stakeholders affected…”

And do you know what else is usually met with resistance? Torturing animals, threatening/harassing people, grossly mismanaging a public bureaucracy and generally being a douchebag to colleagues and coworkers. But we wish Brevard County the best of luck, and hope they don’t make the same mistake we did.