Abandoned dogs in Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, Romania, the Balkans, Greece…..

This has been sent to me by one of my American readers. She suggested it might be an idea for the Spanish government, and regional councils, to take on board – so that the volunteers who work so hard in the refuges and shelters full of abandoned dogs – galgos especially – could get a load of free help.

It is an amusing read, after the appeals and horror reports posted recently, but I think we should import the ideas to pretty well every European country!

Subject: SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!

You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio ofArizona , who painted
the jail cells pink and made the inmates wear pink prison garb.
Well………

SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!

Oh, there’s MUCH more to know about Sheriff Joe!

Maricopa County was spending approx. $18 million dollars a
year on stray animals, like cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe offered to take
the department over, and the CountySupervisors said okay.

The animal shelters are now all staffed and operated by
prisoners. They feed and care for the strays. Every animal in his care
is taken out and walked twice daily. He now has prisoners who are
experts in animal nutrition and behavior. They give great classes for
anyone who’d like to adopt an animal. He has literally taken stray
dogs off the street, given them to the care of prisoners, and had them
place in dog shows.

The best part? His budget for the entire department is now
under $3 million. Teresa and I adopted a Weimaraner from a Maricopa
Countyshelter two years ago. He was neutered, and current on all
shots, in great health, and even had a microchip inserted the day we
got him. Cost us $78.

The prisoners get the benefit of about $0.28 an hour for
working, but most would work for free, just to be out of their cells
for the day. Most of his budget is for utilities, building
maintenance, etc. He pays the prisoners out of the fees collected for
adopted animals.

I have long wondered when the rest of the country would take
a look at the way he runs the jail system, and copy some of his ideas.
He has a huge farm, donated to the county years ago, where inmates can
work, and they grow most of their own fresh vegetables and food, doing
all the work and harvesting by hand.

He has a pretty good sized hog farm, which provides meat,
and fertilizer. It fertilizes the Christmas tree nursery, where
prisoners work, and you can buy a living Christmas tree for $6 – $8
for the Holidays, and plant it later. We have six trees in our yard
from the Prison.

Yup, he was reelected last year with 83% of the vote.
Now he’s in trouble with the ACLU again. He painted all his
buses and vehicles with a mural, that has a special hotline phone
number painted on it, where you can call and report suspected illegal
aliens. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement wasn’t doing enough in
his eyes, so he had 40 deputies trained specifically for enforcing
immigration laws, started up his hotline, and bought 4 new buses just
for hauling folks back to the border. He’s kind of a ‘Git-R Dun’ kind
of Sheriff.

TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO

HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA (USA) COUNTY SHERIFF

AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY:

Sheriff Joe Arpaio (In Arizona ) who created the ‘ Tent City Jail’:
He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the
inmates for them.

He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. Took
away their weights Cut off all but ‘G’ movies.

He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on
county and city projects.

Then He Started Chain Gangs For Women So He Wouldn’t Get
Sued For Discrimination.

He took away cable TV Until he found out there was A Federal
Court Order that Required Cable TV For Jails So He Hooked Up The Cable
TV Again Only Let In The Disney Channel And The Weather Channel.

When asked why the weather channel He Replied, So They Will
Know How Hot It’s Gonna Be While They Are Working
ON My Chain Gangs.

He Cut Off Coffee Since It Has Zero Nutritional Value.

When the inmates complained, he told them, ‘This Isn’t The
Ritz/Carlton……If You Don’t Like It, Don’t Come Back.’