King County plans to close its animal shelters in Kent and Bellevue by Jan. 31, and leti the cities and regional, nonprofit animal-care groups take over the care of the region’s unwanted pets. The King County Metropolitan Council voted Monday to direct County Executive Kurt Triplett to end the county’s role in the sheltering business. In addition to asking other jurisdictions to take over the care of unwanted local pets, the Council also wants the cities to handle animal-control field services by June 30, 2010 unless the entities can ink new agreements allowing the county to recover the full cost of providing such services to the cities.
King County will close its animal shelters by January 31, 2010 and end offering animal control services to cities within the county by June 30, 2010, according to a new legislation adopted by the King County Council on Monday. Brenda Barnette, CEO of the Seattle Humane Society, said her organization and the county have been discussing a possible agreement to provide sheltering services once county shelters close. The Seattle Humane Society has also begun talks with local cities, she said. Barnette said the Humane Society could accommodate the county's new deadline.
The Metropolitan King County Council today adopted legislation directing the County Executive to end the provision of animal sheltering services by January 31, 2010, and to end the provision of animal control services to the cities by June 30, 2010, unless new agreements are made that allow the County to recover the full costs of field services.
The Seattle Humane Society will be hosting a talk by Steve Markwell, the founder of Olympic Animal Sanctuary in Forks, who lives among 30-40 dangerous dogs and works to rehabilitate them. The public is invited to bring their lunch and meet Steve and some of his dogs on Tuesday Nov. 10 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Seattle Humane Auditorium. The event is FREE and donations to Olympic Animal Sanctuary are encouraged.
Six members of the Metropolitan King County Council today introduced legislation directing the County Executive to end the provision of animal sheltering services by April 1, 2010, and end the provision of animal control services to the cities by that same date unless new agreements are made that allow the County to recover the full costs of field services.
King County Auditor Cheryle Broom today released a performance audit of the King County Animal Care and Control program that found that despite some improvements at the County’s primary animal shelter in Kent, several problems still exist in its leadership, organization, and operation.
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