Margao: Nearly three years after the contract with the animal welfare organisation to carry out the animal birth control (ABC) programme expired, the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) has been unable to put in place an alternative mechanism. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by MMC with South Goa Animal Welfare Trust, an animal welfare organisation […]
Fulton County Commissioners get heated during debate on animal control fight with City of Atlanta – WABE
Fulton County Commissioners rejected an effort Wednesday to restart animal control services in the City of Atlanta without an agreement between the two governments. Fulton County ended those services Friday because of the lack of intergovernmental agreement, which has been the case since the beginning of the year. Commissioner Marvin Arrington, Jr., led the effort […]
Young-Williams launches new service to provide animal control for Knoxville, Knox County
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A new animal welfare service has been launched by Young-Williams Animal Center to provide animal care and control for the City of Knoxville and Knox County. This service follows the shelter’s move to take over animal control from local law enforcement. The newly established Young-Williams Animal Services will handle animal field […]
Lake County News,California – Clearlake Animal Control: ‘Annie,’ ‘Rose’ and the dogs
CLEARLAKE, Calif. — Clearlake Animal Control has many more new dogs awaiting their families this week. The Clearlake Animal Control website lists 52 adoptable dogs. “Annie.” Photo courtesy of Clearlake Animal Control. This week’s dogs include “Annie,” a female Siberian husky mix with a white coat and blue eyes. There also is “Rose,” a female […]
New Jersey Animal Control Officer Arrested, 37 Dogs Seized
An animal control officer in New Jersey is facing multiple animal cruelty charges for dumping a malnourished dog in a dumpster and leaving the canine for dead. Reports say 57-year-old Richard A. Dubarton III worked as an animal control officer for different New Jersey towns, among them Irvington and Plainfield. Additionally, Dubarton owned a kennel […]
Budget decision on six more animal birth control centres a publicity stunt, say Tiruchy residents
The animal birth control (ABC) centre at Konakkarari in Tiruchy Express | MK Ashok Kumar TIRUCHY: The corporation budget for financial year 2024-25 (FY25) tabled earlier this week announced the opening of six additional animal birth control (ABC) centres in the city. While this would take the total number of ABC centres in the city to […]
Pups celebrate 1st birthday at Macomb County Animal Control – Macomb Daily
Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel gets a big kiss from 1-year-old Australian Cattle Dog mix, Danica, while Macomb County Animal Control Chief Jeff Randazzo supervises. (PHOTO BY SUSAN SMILEY) Six one-year-old Australian Cattle Dog mix pups enjoyed a special birthday celebration Wednesday complete with individual cakes and a visit from Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel. […]
Metro animal care and control wait for missing part to fix a heat unit
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — One of the heating units at Metro Animal Care and Control has a defect part, acccording to councilwoman Joy Styles’s Facebook update. They discovered the issue this morning. Metro maintenance and Lee company have been out to the facility, and depending on the weather, Lee will be back tomorrow with the […]
Richmond Animal Control rescues second obese cat and more Va. headlines
• Strong winds, thunderstorms, torrential rain and flooding swept through the state Tuesday, closing or delaying dozens of Virginia schools and prompting widespread power outages.—WTVR • The state could lose 60 of its 112 Community Health Workers by July 1, Virginia Department of Health documents show, once federal grants funding the grassroots positions dry up.—WMRA/VPM • “Virginia […]
Locals volunteer to save animal control adoptables from euthanasia
A Columbus Animal Care and Control dog wears an “adopt me” harness at the Holly Jolly market on Dec. 9. (Olivia Yepez) COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Local volunteers are hard at work trying to get former strays into loving homes to save these pets’ lives. A volunteer corps of about 20 regular members has been […]