Public can help save Pet Rescue animals

Daily Herald
Published: 12/25/2008 10:29 PM

Operation Mia is a group that has been trying to save the animals at Pet Rescue. There have been countless complaints filed against the shelter for animal cruelty and neglect.
Volunteers and former staff have stepped forward to tell the truth about pets suffering as prisoners.
We have tried to do everything right by appealing to government organizations responsible for protecting animals from harm. We have written, phoned, e-mailed, met with The Illinois Department of Agriculture officials, DuPage State's Attorney Joe Birkett's office and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's representatives, Bloomingdale Police, and the village board. Operation Mia has pleaded with these agencies to fulfill the mandated legislation to save the pets to no avail. All of these agencies have been supplied with reams of documentation and incontrovertible evidence of severe neglect and abuse.
Attorney fees to save the pets are being paid for by former volunteers who can ill afford to pay. It seems unfair to have government agencies that are mandated to oversee the welfare of these animals shirking their responsibilities forcing Operation Mia volunteers to look to outside resources to save the animals.
The media particularly The Daily Herald, Fox News, Tribune, and has been sympathetic to the plight of pets and exposed our incompetent IDOA and the slow-moving court system.
A standard aphorism uttered repeatedly by workers at PRI was "Penny and Dale can't take care of the animals because they have to spend too much money on attorney fees." This is why we are appealing to the public for advice or help that can save the pets. How long do these animals have to suffer and die in silence?
Ethel Lillis
Elgin