BARC Fires a Vet, But Hey It's All Good

• Dr. Sims was a great person and doctor as well; If and when she did say that she did not have enough time to work up 15 additional dogs, with DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS THAT DONT EVEN EXIST @ BARC; Follow that up with a selection of about 3 ORAL ANTIBIOTICS to treat whatever you can blindly diagnose,In addition to the other animals that need attention at BARC as well. It gets really tiring when people on the outside looking in fully expect the veterinarians and vet staff to work 24 hours a day to get all the needs met at once, as if they aren't allowed to have a life outside of BARC, YOU don't stay at work all day! Do you have any idea how long it takes to vaccinate/deworm/evaluate a whole ward of dogs and consequently enter information in the computer about each said animal? Dang near ALL DAY (WITH 2 techs working @ it together). And you know....somehow even if they did work around the clock I don't think even that would be good enough for some of you people. BARC is not a bad place, they have alot of people there that actually care and want to do things right but guess what? BARC, like most other city facilitated places is puppeted by politics first, and reality is last. You try to do something right there and you either get no support, ignored or get told what you can't do, and why it can't be done and left to sort it out yourself.

• What kind of precise diagnostics can they do at BARC?

• I have to agree. There is information that was posted here that is not correct at all. What was left off of that email(not printed by Craig) was that ...Dr Sim Stated that "she did not have the time" to properly diagnose or work up the dogs and puppies. Enough time?? As a vet, it is her job to make sure that each and every animal is taken care of. Dr Sims was a lazy vet that would cry and complain to anyone that listened, including volunteers, about what other people would file complaints about. Dr Sim was also removed/from doing any surgeries...why?! Well, ask about the dogs and cats (multiple) that died from complications od her surgical technique Then we can go into the misdiagnosed dogs that she worked on, only to have them put to sleep.. I also like how Gerry Fusco talks about Sherry Stephens being added to the vet techs, what about mentioning that she was removed from being a Kennel Manager in the South Ward.

• Hi Disgusted, Could you please let me know what information you believe is incorrect? If you have crucial information that you believe is in the public's best interest, I urge you to share it. If you want to talk off the record or even e-mail me an anonymous tip, I'll gladly follow up. But in the meantime, I fail to see the "gossip" or "innuendo" in this piece. It's a short item with cited sources, so I'm not sure what you're referring to. Thanks, Craig

• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Houston-TX/BARC/98724426856?ref=ts

• Craig, this is such a bullshit piece it proves just how little you care about the facts and how much your rely on your small select group of fans to provide you with news/gossip/innuendo. Sometime I'd like to see you do some actual investigation and reporting like a real journalist, but you won't get anything out of BARC because you've burned too many bridges over there. Who cares anyway, right? Your readers don't know the difference between what's real and what you pull out of your butt.

• Boy, the new management at Houston's BARC seems so different from the new mgmt at Chicago's Animal Control (CACC). That director, who started just a few weeks ago, already created a facebook page to communicate with the public and to advocate for the animals- here is the link http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cherie-Travis-Commissioner-of-Chicago-Animal-Care-and-Control/196504186268?ref=nf Maybe this is a good idea that can be shared with Houston? There are so many good people who care about BARC and donate all their time. Just a small hand out to the public would mean so much to all of the volunteers and to the animals. It would save lives. Transparency is everything here.

• Maybe Dr. Sims should have been applauded, rather than fired, for going above and beyond the protocal in trying to save these animals. Don't see what the harm is in getting the word out early on these 15 to try and save them. If a rescue or foster is willing to take one of those dogs into their care, without a complete workup, and Dr Sims was trying to get the word out early to save them, she is a hero and BARC management has hit a new low. Unless there was something else going on, I am on the side with Dr Sims and these 15 poor dogs.

• Atencio is probably somewhere exercising.

• and what did Dr. Sims have in common with Dr. Costas? They both cared more about animals getting saved and out alive than bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo. Agree with wtf where is Atencio?

• Why isn't the new Bureau Chief, David Atencio commenting on this?

• I seem to remember Annise Parker promising more transparency. Boy, her administration is off to a great start.

• ..and the dogs are dead..

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