KC Pet Project Reviews

She has no compassion or interest in helping those who volunteer for the shelter, in fact she seems to support those who abuse them and deny any type of due process

Seems like they must have a good one to be doing so well.

This review is obviously old. The current team treats their volunteers terribly and shows extreme favoritism. A recent volunteer offered to help out with the cats in the adoption centers and cat habitats. After going out after an ice storm, and spending his own money to help buy food for a kitten, he was publicly insulted and humiliated by another volunteer at one of the habitat stores. He reported it and KC Pet Project management showed their current management style. They immediately contacted her and worked to keep her in the program with no retribution, at least that anyone but them would know about. They decided since he was a male and did not fit into their clique to toss him out like garbage and refuse to even talk to him. When someone tried to contact them much later, and after they had already worked with and salvaged the party who did the insulting, they used that as an excuse not to contact him until it was firmly resolved that he be dismissed. The person who finally called him, even though nothing had changed from their initial reason not to have contact, misquoted the law, and tried to claim it was due to his phone calls and e-mails. First he pointed out he had sent 4 e-mails over the 5 day period, one to report being insulted, one to ask to just be reassigned to an adoption center he had worked at for the past 5 weeks, one to complain about the manager of the program and one in response to an automatic reply saying he had still not been contacted but made aware they had dismissed him and allowed the party who slandered him to remain without any hearing. Next he pointed out that the only phone calls were in response to being contacted by KCPP finally after they had made all their decisions, a 20 second phone call to let them know he had graduated law school and a final call of 15 seconds the next day to see if they still wanted to talk. When her claims of numerous and several contacts by him failed and were shown to be flat out lies, she then claimed they had received numerous and several disturbing phone calls and emails on his behalf. When asked she admitted they were not sent by him, he had not been given any notice of them to try and stop them, and they had no indication he was behind them being sent. When he asked who had sent them or what they said, she merely replied she was not going to tell him, he had no right to know what they decided to use against him to toss him out of the program. It seems that this is not the type of management that Kansas City should spend money to build a facility for. While homeless pets is a concern supported by the populace, this type of narrow minded bigotry and arrogant management should not be supported with tax payer dollars, If they treat someone like this who was trying to help even after having two recent deaths of those close to him and dealing with helping a close family member deal with cancer,all of which they knew of before castigating him, can anyone really be sure how they treat the animals behind closed doors. After all, they don't feel the need to justify their actions.

Yes...community support is prevalent.

Shelter had Lost/Found photos of pets available on Facebook.

Indeed!

Yes, as a no-kill shelter, medical care is vital...as is behavioral approaches for training pets and their owners.

Animal retention is definitely encouraged and help is provided, when owner is receptive.

Many special adoption events are held, besides adoptions at the facility.

Yes, good fostering program.

No Kansas City, MO animals are turned away. Fostering is excouraged as are barn-type homes for cats too feral for adoption.

All animals have spay/neuter before adoption, with low adoption fees.

TNR is supported.