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No country for old Meloche

November 20, 2009 – 3:07 pm

Yes friends, it appears as though your favorite alleged cat torturer, Dr. Gilles Meloche, will not be getting a new job in Florida after all. The former Louisville Metro Animal Services director has been turned down by Brevard County’s animal services, which WLKY’s Andy Alcock reports in hilarious fashion:
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Metro Animal Services embattled director’s [...]

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Meloche Eyes Florida For Latest Resurrection Bid

November 17, 2009 – 2:25 pm

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 [...]

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The Heat Is On

November 3, 2009 – 10:06 am

More news coming out of Louisville Metro Animal Services’ Manslick Road shelter: Those non-existent heaters we told you about last week were finally replaced after volunteers complained about the situation, which is a good thing.
Most troubling, however, is the following command performance given by MAS spokesperson Jackie Gulbe, whom appears to be either lying or completely unaware of [...]

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First Civil Suit Filed Against Meloche, Zelinsky

October 29, 2009 – 5:12 pm

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 [...]

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Gimmie Shelter?

October 29, 2009 – 3:06 pm

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 [...]

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Abramson Presser Attempts Spin, Misses Mark

October 27, 2009 – 5:51 pm

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’ [...]

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Meloche Resigns Amidst Shitstorm

October 27, 2009 – 3:12 pm

It’s official:

Metro Animal Service Director Leaving at Year’s End
Zelinsky Will Serve as Interim Director

LOUISVILLE (Oct. 27, 2009) – Metro Animal Services Director Gilles Meloche, who helped modernize the animal protection agency over the past four years, will be leaving his post effective Dec. 31.
Assistant Director Wayne Zelinsky will lead Metro Animal Services as interim [...]

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Storm Clouds Brewing at Animal Services

October 23, 2009 – 9:54 pm

Last Wednesday, during what should have been a routine Government Accountability and Oversight Committee hearing at City Hall, the latest chapter in the convoluted saga(s) emanating from Louisville Metro Animal Services unfolded in such spectacular fashion that the sound of collective-eyebrow raising could be heard from blocks away. When it was over, television crews were still [...]

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