Category: OSHA
Conn Humane Society Hires New Director, Gives Little Detail
The troubled Connecticut Humane Society has hired a new director, replacing Richard Johnston who was forced to quit following allegations of wrongdoing from former staff members. Gordon G. Willard, the society told workers, has been selected as the new executive director, starting August 5. The 130-year-old charity gave little details today on Willard. It did not state [...]
Ct Humane Society Loses Top Charity Rating
The Connecticut Humane Society’s website (at least as of tonight July 26) urges potential donors to go to the guidestart.org website to see its review of the 130-year old charity. I guess Society Chairman Chris White would rather you went to that site which does not have a review of his organization. He would rather [...]
Conn Legislators Demand Meeting With Ct Humane Society, Release Euthanasia Report
Legislators for Animal Advocacy today released a report at a press conference that contained details on the euthanasia of dogs and cats at the Connecticut Humane Society (CHS) and demanded a meeting with members of the charity’s board. The following is from CtNewsJunkie.com, which attended the press conference in Hartford. Unsuccessful at its first attempt [...]
Ct Humane Society Ex-Director Got More Than $100k In Settlement
Richard Johnston, who for 20-years ran the Connecticut Humane Society as its controversial director and board chairman, was given more than $100,000 in compensation when he left the charity under pressure in March. That fact along with other intriguing details were obtained today by CtWatchdog.com as the result of a Freedom of Information request to [...]
Connecticut Legislators Gathering Investigative Data On Humane Society
Dear Representative Urban,
You asked about the Connecticut Humane Society’s (CHS) investments, cruelty investigations, education programs, medical clinics and other facilities, transportation vehicle, euthanasia of animals, and agency status.
Alicia Wright, the Public Relations Director for CHS, refused to answer our questions because the agency is “presently swamped with many projects and positive changes designed to continue to improve [their] programs.” But we were able to obtain considerable information from other sources, including the Office of the Attorney General, the Department of Agriculture, CHS’s website, and members of Coalition for Change, an organization devoted to reforming CHS.
Legislator Calls For Resignation Of Ct Humane Society Board
A prominent legislator today asked that all board members of the troubled Connecticut Humane Society resign and allow competent animal advoctes to run the 130-year-old institution. State Representatives Diana Urban (D-North Stonington/Stonington) said the problems at the society are so serious, systemic, and ongoing and the only way for it to survive is for the board [...]
Legislators To Call For Moratorium On Behavioral Euthanasia At Conn Humane Society
The Legislators For Animal Advocacy is scheduled to discuss its recommendations for the problem-ridden Connecticut Humane Society at a press conference Wednesday in Hartford. The press conference, which had originally been scheduled for last Thursday, will include a call to end euthanasia for behavior issues because of concerns raised that the 130-year-old charity is not [...]
Heat Turning Up On Conn Humane Society Board
The group that gets credit for forcing the resignation of Connecticut Humane Society President/Board Chairman Richard Johntson tonight announced that a state legislative group will have its own comments Thursday about continuing problems with one of the oldest and best known state charities. The Coalition For Change, the group that disclosed wide-spread problems with the [...]
Congressional Aides: Excellent Place For Consumers To Go For Help
Congressmen, for many people, have about the same credibility as journalists and used car salesman. But congressional aides are a much different story: at least they should be. They are a wonderful resource for consumers to turn to when they run into roadblocks or questions dealing with the federal bureaucracy and other issues. Every member [...]
Fired Ct Humane Society Finance Assistant Has Questions For CHS Board
The following is a letter that Bridget C Karchere, former Conn Humane Society finance assistant, send to the new leaders of the board of directors.
It was written after the new chairman – Chris White – falsely told a donor that the board had met with disgruntled workers who had been fired.
“I was hoping that when Chris White contacted me,” Bridget told me “I could ask him, what was in my personnel file that prompted my termination? He states that due to what was in my personnel file my firing was legit. Which puzzles me, I was never written up at CHS. I, in fact, was considered a key staff member, and personally congratulated by Richard Johnston, in October 2009, for what a good job I was doing as the Finance Assistant. Of course this was prior to the news of the petition for Union representation at CHS.”
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