San Diego Humane Society President Gary Weitzman spoke to ABC 10News about the situation for the first time on Friday.
SAN DIEGO — San Diego Humane Society's president called the lack of transparency over the location of 318 small animals it sent to a partner organization in Arizona"really unprecedented."
Steve Farley, who is the CEO of Tucson's Humane Society, told ABC 10News last week nearly 250 of the animals were adopted out of a private rescue organization in Maricopa County. The rest of the unadopted animals were returned to HSSA last weekend and most of them are now up for adoption there, per Farley.Weitzman said Farley still won't tell him the exact location of the animals that used to be under his watch.
"How on Earth would you market and advertise and look for homes for animals if no one knew who you were or that you had them? It just doesn't add up," Weitzman said. "All of these animals are accounted for and they are in happy, adoptive homes," Farley says."There really are no questions unanswered and I provided all the information to San Diego Humane Society and to anyone else who asks because this is ultimately a really good story."
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