Last September, Littlegirl was a healthy, 9-year-old mixed-breed dog when she went into the King County animal shelter in Kent for a rabies quarantine, according to her owners. Fifteen days later, when they picked her up, her head was hanging, her tail was curled between her legs, her ribs were visible, she had an "alarming" cough and she seemed oblivious to her family, Chani Hayes said. The next day, Littlegirl died at home.
The King County Council on Monday approved a controversial new, regional model for animal care and shelter, one that relies on cities to collect fees in the hopes that more money can be brought in to decrease the amount the county loses caring for animals each year. Critics of the plan say it's still too costly and doesn't address systemic problems in the current model. Claire Davis of the group KCACC Exposed, sent a letter to Councilmembers this month saying the costs of sheltering are between $460 and $724 per animal.
The Seattle Humane Society board of directors today announced that Brenda Barnette will depart to become general manager for Los Angeles Animal Services, extending the mission of bringing people and pets together to thousands of families and furry friends in Southern California.
On June 14, 2010, KCACC Exposed submitted the following letter in opposition to Executive Dow Constantine's proposed Regional Animal Services Plan, along with a 36-page, 16-point position paper outlining the specific reasons for our opposition. In opposing this plan, which is little more than the status quo under a different name, we asked the King County Council to impose strict requirements on the animal services program, before continuing past 2010 to subsidize the expensive, broken system with roughly $2 million a year from the county general fund.
“The Man Who Saved Snaps” Shares the Vision Of His Sanctuary, and His Love For The Dogs Society Has Deemed Beyond Hope
Olympic Animal Sanctuary Founder Steve Markwell returned to King County this week with an entourage of four-legged companions in tow. The purpose of his visit to the Seattle Humane Society was to address a large crowd assembled to meet the man who saved Snaps and to hear more about his philosophy and goals for saving “Dogs You’d Rather See Dead.”
The Seattle Humane Society has offered to provide animal sheltering and adoption services for all stray, orphaned, and abandoned animals when King County Animal Care and Control shuts down on Nov. 1, 2009 for potential flood issues. King County Animal Care and Control has already stopped taking animals into its Kent shelter in preparation for possible flooding from the Green River, yet, Humane Society officials assert, KCACC is continuing to take in revenue from 32 cities that contract with it for animal sheltering and control services. The need for another shelter to provide the community with animal sheltering services is urgent.
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