Letters to the Editor
SPCA needs to be more responsive

To the Editor,

I am writing about the job the Bath SPCA. or Humane Society is doing for cats in my area of W. Washington St., mainly between two and 12 W. Washington St. I called them several months ago pertaining to four young cats that were dumped from a pick up truck in the church parking lot across the street from my home. Nothing was done about it. A few weeks later, a woman knocked on my door, because she almost hit one of the cats. Because it ran on my front porch, she wanted to tell me what happened.

I explained to her how the cat and three others were dumped off. Since it was abandoned she took it home with her. A few days later, she stopped again at my house to tell me she took the cat to her vet and after an exam, she was told it had feline leukemia and being contagious to cats it had to be put to sleep. I again called the Bath SPCA and talked to an assistant director, who gave me a name Scott Maszo and cell phone number. I was given the impression that he would take care of it. I also was given the impression that he worked for the county. After several phone calls from myself and a neighbor with no return calls, I finally called Ron Nielsen, a county legislator to complain. I was informed that Scott Mazzo was not a county employee, but employed by the Bath SPCA, paid in part with county funding the SPCA receives from the county. I gave Mr. Nielsen the number for Mr. Mazzo that I was given. A short time later Mr. Nielsen called me back and said I would be contacted by someone from the SPCA. About 10 minutes later, I received a call from the assistant director who told me, (this was Labor Day weekend,) Mr. Mazzo was on vacation and would take care of the problem when he got back on Oct. 3. I called Mr. Nielsen and he still hadn't been called back by Mr. Mazzo. It's beginning to seem like the SPCA doesn't do their job. Now I ask, should the county, using tax payers money, partical fund a do nothing for cats SPCA? I don't think so. At this time, there are about eight cats between two and 12 W. Washington St., living in dumpsters, eating birds, and a baby squirrel one cat caught.

It's time to do something, if needed get new management of the SPCA.

Donald Chapman Bath