I lost my job for doing the right thing

[Vcomb]

sorry to hear you were put in such a situation, and ditto for the Joey! Reminds me of a situation awhile back I ran into. Was over visiting a friend and one of the people who rented in the same house has this old bulldog. Well the dog was laying around feeling miserable and throwing up. The owner just ignored it, said it just ate something that didn't agree with it. One of the other roommates who used to have a bulldog ended up cleaning up after the dog and was very furious cause he knew it was more than just that (he was right.) The quote he said sticks in my head, "I hate people who think that just because their animal is still breathing it makes them a responsible pet owner."

 

[ChickInDelight]

Fred's Hens :

As a person who was an employee, you simply were not in a position of ultimate decision making. You put yourself in a vulnerable position by calling them out, saying you would quit if they did not follow your advice. They called your bluff. You've lost your job.

You are an empath, that is easy to detect. You have strong feelings and compassion and are emotionally involved in the processes at this facility that effects the well being of the animals. Those traits ran head long into the philosophies of the management/owners. To smaller or lesser degrees, all employees face these crisis moments. If you could not in good conscience work to make the place better, or have your voice heard in the decision making processes that allowed you to live with the outcomes, then it is best you for you to have left.

Perhaps one day you will either work for a place more in line with your own ethics on these matters or perhaps even own your own facility or be higher in the management, decision making administration of such a place. Then, your voice would be heard. Until then? It's best you try to move on and get on with your life.

x2.

Do not feel badly because the decison was not yours.

I am sure your next job will be where someone appreciates how wonderful you are with animals, therefore, everything will be better for you as well as the animals under your care.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Most, if not all, states require a license to operate any sort of animal park/zoo. Verify if that is required in your state, and if so file a complaint with the organization that grants the license. While there may not be an animal welfare organization in your immediate area, there are absolutely certain to be ones in your state. Check the nearest larger city and you will almost certainly find at least one organization. Ask them how to proceed.

 

[Rusty Hills Farm]

I am sorry you are caught up in this.

Call me a ba$tard but better for the joey to die now than to survive this and go on to suffer years of torment at these people's hands. That is no life.


JMO


Rusty

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

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X2 and if you can't find one there, there are a ton of national ones! Heck I bet just the ASPCA could be contacted, if they don't want to get involved ask them for contacts, go to national horse rescues, even the WWF, just start calling anyone and everyone!!! Help shut those people down.

 

[LegginMF12]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_welfare_groups

http://www.colaa.org/

http://www.animalwelfareinc.org/

http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/report-animal-cruelty.aspx?utm_source=reportanimalcruelty_topnavigation&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=reportanimalcruelty_topnavigation

http://www.aspca.org/ (this is the home page for the ASPCA) They will investigate animal abuse nationwide. You need to call (all of them if need be) NOW and report everything you have seen with names and if possible dates.

 

[redhen]

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X2 and if you can't find one there, there are a ton of national ones! Heck I bet just the ASPCA could be contacted, if they don't want to get involved ask them for contacts, go to national horse rescues, even the WWF, just start calling anyone and everyone!!! Help shut those people down.

Yep.. there HAS to be some sort of animal welfare agency in your state..HAS to be.

 

[yankeedoodle300]

Thats Sad...

 

[feather and mountain man]

So sorry for you and your joey. I understand your pain more than you can imagine as I used to rescue horses, donkeys, ponies, goats, cows, and all types of fur bearing critters until the laws changed here and I had to send the fur bearer babies to a licensed rehabitor. When I took them to his farm the conditions were horible the animals were suffering and he also had a game breeders license and did not quarentine animals and kept several kinds of animals in one pen (like possums with raccoons and foxes all together). Some animals only had a small mud puddle for water and was feeding dogfood to every type of animal on the place. I pleaded with DNR to do something but nothing was done. It was so sad and heart wrenching.

again so sorry for you!

 

[arabianequine]

I would file for a grievance and/or unemployment if you need or want.