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Seattle Humane Society Offers King County a Solution
October 05, 2009
As early as November 1, 2009, King County Animal Care and Control shelter in Kent is set to close. We have offered to provide all animal sheltering and adoption services for King County.
Seattle Humane Society’s goal is to save all the healthy and treatable animals in King County, and to elevate the status and the welfare of animals throughout our community. For this reason, we are offering to step forward to work with the cities, and assist the county with its current challenges – without the benefit of the roughly $1.5 million annual subsidy that King County has been providing to KCACC to provide the same services. But in order to be able to succeed in this endeavor, we need to move forward without delay...
Want to know more about the issues? Here are links to where you can find consultant’s reports as well as media coverage.
King County Animal Care and Control Citizens’ Advisory Committee Report 9-24-2007
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – DAVIS KORET SHELTER MEDICINE PROGRAM Consultant’s Report: 1/8/08-1/10/08
Nathan Winograd Consultant’s Report: 03-2008
Puget Sound Business Journal 9-24-09
Puget Sound Business Journal 10-05-09
Seattle Humane Society Offers King County a Solution 10-05-2009
Seattle Humane Society Letter to Executive Kurt Triplett and Councilmembers 10-07-2009
Seattle Humane Society Ready to Care for King County Animals 10-19-2009
Update on Plans to Shelter County’s Orphan Animals 11-05-09
Seattle Humane Responds to Council's Deadline to Close Shelters on Jan. 31 11-10-2009