Jeff Wright

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  www.dog1001.com/dog-5/summit-county-dog-rescue-ohio.htm - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/17/2007    Last Visited: 5/17/2007  

  cantonrep.com Local news and sports for Stark County, Ohio. for Dog Warden Jeff Wright, who is heading for the same job in Summit County started the Daisy Dog Rescue Web site in the dogs.

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  Published on: 10/15/2008    Last Visited: 10/15/2008  

  Installed were, front row from left, John Clay, treasurer; Randall Prock, junior warden, Jeremy Willman, Worshipful Master; Jeff Wright, senior warden; Brad Wells, secretary; back row, Benjamin Oakley, senior deacon; Danny Nestleroad, installing master; Skip Smith, junior deacon; John Eden, senior steward, Brian Spilman, chaplain; Kevin Sligar, installing marshal; and Jason George, junior steward.

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  Articles On Daisy Dog Rescue - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/20/2005    Last Visited: 1/28/2008  

  Cimadevilla is one of two interviewing the replacement for Dog Warden Jeff Wright, who is heading for the same job in Summit County.
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  Wright hasn't been available for comment recently.He starts a new job as Summit County's dog warden this month.
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  Wright became dog warden with no experience.
  
  The county has a written job description that requires two years experience as a chief deputy dog warden, but Wright had none.Before he was put in charge of the pound in 2001, he worked mall and amusement-park security, and listed no experience in any animal control position.
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  Wright echoed Vignos' comments.
  
  "Primarily, my job is to pick up the strays," Wright said earlier in response to criticism by rescue groups such as Daisy Dog Rescue.
  
  He said he's tried to advertise the dogs; he has a laptop and digital camera in his office.
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  Then Wright refused to allow her in.
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  "They've been a godsend," said Dog Warden Jeff Wright.
  
  Wright said he and his staff have attempted to advertise the dogs at the pound online and are running a commercial on local cableChannel 11.
  
  "We've tried," Wright said."But we don't have the staff to do it."
  
  He said the staff - Wright, a pound keeper, a dispatcher and six deputies - don't have time to field calls.
  
  "Primarily, my job is to pick up the strays," Wright said.
  
  On Friday, Wright worked on paperwork in hopes to secure grant money for another car the pound can use for transporting stray dogs.
  
  Wright, who became dog warden in 2001, said he's also working on adding more cages to the pound, which was built nearly 20 years ago.
  
  "There is lots to do, but we don't have the money to do it," he said.

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  Beacon Journal | 03/25/2006 | Official defends pound... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/25/2006    Last Visited: 3/25/2006  

  It's the same job Jeff Wright was hired to do in 2004 for $55,000.He came to the job with 2 ½ years experience as Stark County's dog warden and 19 years private security experience.
  
  He agreed to resign after a year as the Summit County chief.County officials have said they accepted his resignation because he used too many sick days.According to Wright, he had specific plans to overhaul the shelter, keep animals alive longer and find them homes, but his plans were derailed by county officials who wanted control of the facility.He said the frustration of the job made him sick.
  
  Wright gives examples of a 20-point plan he said he submitted to his superiors to improve the shelter.It included using the Internet site PetFinder.com to post pictures of dogs for adoption.He said he was told to discontinue posting the animals because he didn't get approval from county spokeswoman Jill Skapin.
  
  "Every move was micromanaged," Wright said."They didn't want to keep animals alive longer than three days (required by state law).They didn't want to feed them or clean up after them.I was told to back off.
  
  "I didn't want to sound like a disgruntled employee -- that's why I didn't speak out sooner," Wright said."But there are a lot of us.Most of the information the animal rights (groups) get comes from former employees -- and some of it is pretty good information."
  
  Skapin said she did not order Wright to pull the plug on the adoption Web site."It's absolutely not true," she said Friday."I don't remember anything at all about talking to Jeff about putting animals on the Internet."
  
  Nine people applied for the director's post in 2004.Besides Wright, five of the applicants had experience with animal control, animal care or shelter management and the required certifications.
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  Neither man was re-interviewed when Wright left or before Congrove was chosen to replace Anthony Moore, who was demoted for using the wrong dosage of euthanasia drugs.

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  Belleville News-Democrat | 09/05/2004 | Pooches... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/5/2004    Last Visited: 9/5/2004  

  Dog owner Jeff Wright of Topeka, Kan., came to the All Breed competition to parade his Irish setter, Chevy.He hopes to win the coveted "Best of Show" award given at the end of the show, which runs through Monday.
  
  "The 'Best in Show' is what all of us dog owners really want at the end of the day," said Wright.

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  The Independent - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/8/2001    Last Visited: 5/7/2002  

  The dog had to be destroyed, and Jeff Wright, county dog warden, wrote a letter to Davis stating "this breed of dog can kill an adult without provocation."
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  In his letter, Wright said he supported the ban in Massillon and would be seeking similar bans in Canton and Alliance.Many people who had expressed opposition to the ban are from outside Massillon and said they feared a domino effect in other cities.
  
  Filhour said it is silly to ban one breed because of poor handling by owners and trainers.
  
  "Since 1975, 35 different breeds of dog have been involved in fatal attacks across the U.S.," he noted.

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  cantonrep.com - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/16/2003    Last Visited: 5/17/2003  

  Stark County Dog Warden Jeff Wright said many residents are unaware pound dogs are up for adoption.

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  cantonrep.com - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/19/2002    Last Visited: 10/19/2002  

  Jeff Wright, Stark County's dog warden, knows the technique well.It's what he would preach to anyone trying to fend off a normal dog attack.
  
  But pit bulls are different.
  
  He said they're not normal.
  
  "If you run, it's going to get you," Wright said."If you lie down, it's going to get you.It's a Catch-22."
  
  The county's dog pound is now home to 23 pit bulls, a breed that state authorities have labeled "vicious."Local officials have collected them from owners accused of fighting them against one another, and they've picked them up after attacks on people.They've euthanized a handful in the past few days.
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  Wright said most problems seem to be in the Canton area, though he said there are plenty of pit bulls in Alliance, too.
  
  He said a state law restricting the breed isn't tough enough.He plans to meet with Canton Safety Director Joe Concatto next week to discuss beefing up the city's law to deal with the problem.
  
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  "You can't really trust the breed," Wright said.
  
  Information on an Internet site devoted to the breed describes the breed as loyal.It lists Fred Astaire, Helen Keller and Thomas Edison among the famous owners of pit bulls.
  
  Wright said he may suggest that Canton adopt a law similar to Akron's.That city's restrictions include muzzles and fluorescent collars while being walked, and a warning sign where they live.
  
  The law was adopted in 1987.It was revised several times, most recently in 1999.

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  cantonrep.com - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/25/2003    Last Visited: 1/25/2003  

  At least not as far as Stark County Dog Warden Jeff Wright is concerned.
  
  A member of Coalition for Animal Concerns, a group of animal-rescue operations in the area that seeks to find them homes, Wright has been working with rescue groups to save dog lives.
  
  In his recent annual report to the Stark County commissioners, Wright said that he and his deputies impounded more dogs in 2002 than the year before.
  
  Even so, they euthanized fewer of them and adopted more of them out.And more impounded pooches were reunited with their owners - more than 25 percent more than in 2001, according to the dog warden's statistics.
  
  Unlike what some have come to expect in people prison, few dogs are repeat visitors to the dog warden's office on Mahoning Road NE, Wright said, noting that while the number of dogs impounded fluctuates from year to year, no great spike generally occurs.
  
  The most common type of dog in doggy jail is, as some might guess, a mixed-breed dog.Generally, they're either German shepherd or Labrador retriever mixes, Wright said.
  
  Dog warden deputies routinely patrol the county for strays and respond to residents' complaints.They take sick or injured animals to the Stark County Humane Society on Route 62, and they work with rescue groups to find homes for the dogs.
  
  Ultimately, Wright would like to add a wing in his building as a pet adoption area where dogs receive their shots, are groomed and are ready to go to new homes.
  
  "But it's going to take some money," he said.

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  cantonrep.com - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/7/2002    Last Visited: 9/7/2002  

  Stark County Dog Warden Jeff Wright holds two pit bull puppies seized Thursday night by police who arrested four Canton men.Police found drugs in the house and evidence of dogfighting.These puppies, 8-week-old puppies and four adult pit bulls were seized.Wright said they likely will be euthanized.
  
  CANTON -- Fourteen pit bull dogs - including week-old puppies - are facing death after police raided a home on the city's east side.
  
  Four men were arrested at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday at 2422 Tuscarawas St. E where police said they found crack cocaine, evidence of dogfighting and a defunct marijuana- growing operation.
  
  Police initially went to the house on a tip that a man wanted on several felonious assault charges was inside, said Lt.
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  Stark County Dog Warden Jeff Wright said his Deputy Philip Sedlacko took them to the dog warden's office at 1701 Mahoning Rd. NE.
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  Wright said the dogs, which also include two puppies between 6 and 8 weeks old, may be transferred to the Stark County Humane Society until the court schedules a hearing ordering them destroyed.
  
  "Unfortunately, because of the liability, all of them will be euthanized," he said.
  
  Another strike against them is that their parentage is unknown.
  
  "We just don't know what their breeding is.There could be inbreeding, and that can cause some problems," he said, noting that aggression is characteristic of inbred animals.
  
  "You can tell (the adult dogs) have been fighting - they're scarred up," Wright said."The mom of the two older pups is very aggressive and very scarred up."
  
  She barked fiercely and growled in her cage Friday afternoon.
  
  The older male dog seized Thursday night will need medical attention soon, Wright said.In addition to wounds from fighting, it has an eye infection.
  
  Beside the scarring and other injuries, the dogs' ears had been cut off.
  
  "(Owners) trim them back because it's less of a target for the other pit to get a hold of," Wright said.Dog owners also typically train the dogs by "putting weights around their necks to make them more muscular or beefing them up with steroids," Wright said.
  
  The seizure of pit bulls used for dogfights is the second this week in Canton.

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