Tag Archives: dogs

First Civil Suit Filed Against Meloche, Zelinsky

A civil suit was filed today against ex-Louisville Metro Animal Services Director Dr. Gilles Meloche, interim LMAS director Wayne Zelisky and other employees for violating the fourth and fourteenth amendment rights of two Louisville pet owners.
In the lawsuit (PDF, FYI), plaintiffs Angela and Jim O’Neill charge Meloche, Zelinsky & Co. with illegally seizing two adult purebred American [...]

Gimmie Shelter?

Louisville Metro Animal Services’ main shelter is tucked away from its entrance on multi-lane Manslick Road; an unassuming collection of structures hidden behind a curvy, almost-bucolic avenue that does little to prepare the prospective animal adopter for the deplorable conditions found within. Last week, a friend and I ventured here posing as such prospective adopters to witness, firsthand, the [...]

Abramson Presser Attempts Spin, Misses Mark

Mayor Jerry Abramson held a press conference earlier this afternoon to make official the resignation of now-ex-Louisville Metro Animal Services director Gilles Meloche, offering the embattled doctor’s head on a silver platter to attendant news media and essentially telling them “That’s it, that’s all there is for dinner,” and pledging full support behind the services’ [...]

Nefarious Dog-Tosser Nabbed

Whew! The city’s biggest unsolved crime is now officially solved: “A Louisville man has been arrested for allegedly throwing a pit bull off the Clark Memorial Bridge in July. Damon D. Bledsoe, 39, of 210 E. Ormsby was arrested Tuesday morning without incident, according to Dwight Mitchell, spokesman for the department.” [Courier-Journal]
We cannot express enough [...]