Anniston animal shelter accused of abuse

ANIMAL SHELTER IS UNDER FIRE TONIGHT, ACCUSED OF ANIMAL ABUSE AND MISUSING FUNDS. WVTM 13 LISA CRANE LIVE IN ANNISTON RIGHT NOW. NOT WHAT YOU EXPECT TO HEAR ABOUT AN ORGANIZED MISSION THAT’S SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING ANIMALS. LISA. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT, GUY. AND THESE ACCUSATIONS ARE COMING FROM ANOTHER ANIMAL RESCUE GROUP. THE DIRECTOR THERE, CALVIN TUCKER, ALSO KNOWN AS BLACK KNOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SAYS THAT THE LEAGUE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE IS NO PLACE FOR ANIMALS. AND HE’S ALREADY TAKEN 20 OF THE CATS. ALL OF THE CATS THERE AND SOME OF THE DOGS TO OTHER SHELTERS. CALVIN TUCKER IS NORMALLY RESCUING ANIMALS FROM THE STREETS, BUT RECENTLY HE’S TURNED HIS FOCUS ON THE LEAGUE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE IN ANNISTON. HE SAYS THESE PICTURES SHOW ANIMALS IN CAGES FILLED WITH FECES AND FOOD, BOWLS FILLED WITH MOLD. SHE’S TAKEN A LOT OF ANIMALS OFF OF THE STREETS AND ANNISTON, BUT HOWEVER, THEY’RE NOT GETTING INVADED. THEY’RE NOT GETTING VETTED. THEY’RE JUST THEY’RE LIVING THEIR LIVES IN CAGES. THE DOGS ARE LIVING IN CAGES. THEY’RE LIVING IN FECES. A LOT OF HEARTWORM POSITIVE ONE JUST HAD TO BE EUTHANIZED. HE RECENTLY TOOK 20 CATS AND FIVE DOGS FROM THE FACILITY. SEVERAL OF THOSE CATS ARE SICK WITH CONTAGIOUS ILLNESSES AND THE GREATER BIRMINGHAM HUMANE SOCIETY IS HELPING HIM QUARANTINE AND VET THOSE ANIMALS. WE MET THE OWNER OF THE LEAGUE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE TODAY. HEATHER WILSON SAYS THEY’VE GONE THROUGH SOME HARD TIMES, BUT SHE INSISTS HER ANIMALS ARE HEALTHY AND SAFE. WE HAVEN’T HAD THE FUNDING. WE WENT THROUGH A REALLY ROUGH PATCH DURING LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD A CHANGE IN HANDS FROM OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND WE JUST DIDN’T HAVE VERY MANY ADOPTIONS COMING THROUGH AND FUNDING WAS NOT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ECONOMY AND THINGS, WE LOST FUNDING. WILSON SAYS RIGHT NOW THEY’RE NOT TAKING ANY NEW ANIMALS UNTIL THEY FIND HOMES. FOR THE 25 DOGS REMAINING THERE. BUT TUCKER SAYS THE LEAGUE NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN. THIS IS NOT A PLACE FOR ANIMALS TO GO. I WOULD GO SO FAR AS TO SAY THEY’RE BETTER OFF ON THE STREETS. THE NET PLACE, ABSOLUTELY. NOW, I SPOKE WITH THE CALHOUN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY JUST A SHORT TIME AGO AND HE SAYS THEY DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT OF ANIMAL ABUSE AND FINANCIAL ISSUES WITH THAT RESCUE. AND THEY’RE LOOKING INTO THEM TO SEE IF ANY CHARGES SHOULD BE FILED. THE DA SAYS IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE LEAGUE, THEY SHOULD CALL H