http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/montgomery_officials_flooded_w.html
New Jersey Real-Time News
Rumors about Montgomery animal shelter closing flood officials with phone calls
By New Jersey Local News Service
September 23, 2009, 1:41PM
MONTGOMERY -- If you want to bombard a township with calls from angry people, start a rumor that cats and dogs are going to die.
That's exactly what happened Tuesday and today, when an Internet rumor claiming the local animal shelter in Montgomery was going to close and all cats and dogs remaining there would be euthanized.
And it happened across the country, too, as a viral rumor with countless incarnations made similar claims about shelters in communities named Montgomery. Only one shelter, located in a Texas County by the same name, is closing and its operator was working to find homes for all the pets, according to a local newspaper there. [...]
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/60651872.html
Philadelphia Inquirer
23 September 2009
Local shelter closing, dooming pets? No way
By Peter Mucha
Talk about news getting twisted until it loses the truth: No animals face death today because of the closing of a Montgomery County Animal Shelter. [...]
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20090923/NEWS01/90923006
The Leaf Chronicle [TN]
23 September 2009
Local animal shelter staying open
By ANN WALLACE
Misinformation posted on Facebook over the weekend has launched a wave of concerned phone calls and e-mails to the local animal shelter and county mayor’s office.
There was a typo in the Internet article about an animal shelter in Montgomery County, Texas needing to close because of lack of funding, said Elizabeth Black, public information officer for Montgomery County, Tn. [...]
New Jersey Real-Time News
Rumors about Montgomery animal shelter closing flood officials with phone calls
By New Jersey Local News Service
September 23, 2009, 1:41PM
MONTGOMERY -- If you want to bombard a township with calls from angry people, start a rumor that cats and dogs are going to die.
That's exactly what happened Tuesday and today, when an Internet rumor claiming the local animal shelter in Montgomery was going to close and all cats and dogs remaining there would be euthanized.
And it happened across the country, too, as a viral rumor with countless incarnations made similar claims about shelters in communities named Montgomery. Only one shelter, located in a Texas County by the same name, is closing and its operator was working to find homes for all the pets, according to a local newspaper there. [...]
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/60651872.html
Philadelphia Inquirer
23 September 2009
Local shelter closing, dooming pets? No way
By Peter Mucha
Talk about news getting twisted until it loses the truth: No animals face death today because of the closing of a Montgomery County Animal Shelter. [...]
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20090923/NEWS01/90923006
The Leaf Chronicle [TN]
23 September 2009
Local animal shelter staying open
By ANN WALLACE
Misinformation posted on Facebook over the weekend has launched a wave of concerned phone calls and e-mails to the local animal shelter and county mayor’s office.
There was a typo in the Internet article about an animal shelter in Montgomery County, Texas needing to close because of lack of funding, said Elizabeth Black, public information officer for Montgomery County, Tn. [...]
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/09/23/conroe_courier/news/web_animal0924.txt
The Courier of Montgomery County [Texas]
23 September 2009
Rumor Mongrels: Confusion leads to flurry of pet adoptions at animal shelters
By Brad Meyer
Unsubstantiated rumors that dogs and cats would be euthanized when the Humane Society of Montgomery County ceased operations in Conroe last weekend resulted in traffic jams and a rush to adopt pets. [...]
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