LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - In another blow for the city and one of its agencies plagued with problems, the assistant director of Louisville Metro Animal Services has resigned.
Jackie Gulbe turned in her resignation July 14 saying with a great deal of consideration she had decided to resign. Her last day with the agency will be July 30.
"It has to do with a long string of uncertainty of the future, where that agency is heading and you know a person can only take so much uncertainty," said Gulbe.
WAVE 3 obtained a Metro Animal Services memo from May 30 stating that Gulbe and a man dropped off a dog in a zipped suitcase claiming she was just bit. The memo says an elderly beagle was inside that suitcase, and its temperature was 104.6 degrees.
WAVE 3 Troubleshooter Eric Flack asked Gulbe about what the memo claims.
Flack: "When that dog did bit you did you put it in a suitcase?"
Gulbe: "I did not put it in a suitcase, no.
Flack: "Did a dog end up in a suitcase?"
Gulbe: "I don't know anything about the suitcase.
Flack: "You dropped it off just like a regular dog?"
Gulbe: "Actually I didn't drop it off, someone else did."
Flack: "Did they put it in a suitcase?"
Gulbe: "You know it's an incident that really has nothing to do with anything. The dog is fine, the dog went home, so I don't know why this is really a topic for discussion."
Gulbe says this incident had nothing to do with why she has been on leave for about six weeks. She says that involves a health issue.
Several WAVE 3 investigations over the past few years have highlight the problems showing poor conditions and poor leadership. The most recent concern was a distemper outbreak.
An audit earlier this year recommended the hiring a private agency to take over. Only one group, No Kill Louisville, applied. The city has since reopened the search.
Susan Neumayer is serving as interim director of Louisville Metro Animal Services.
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