Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Best Friends/Pets Alive Programming Problematic


The City of Los Angeles began working with Best Friends Animal Society in 2020, several years after the City of San Angelo began working with Pets Alive, a similar organization.  

The City no longer takes owner surrendered pets due to things like owner illness or death. (ASAC approved 4-19-19) 

 The City no longer will euthanize a pet for a resident of San Angelo. (ASAC approved 8-15-19)

The City no longer accepts pets from Tom Green County (ASAC approved 1-21-21) 

LA officials are questioning the value of their relationship with Best Friends.  San Angelo City Councilmembers cannot get a straight answer to their questions about the relationship, even though the Shelter Chief attended Best Friends' Executive Leadership Certification tuition free.  

City Council plans to talk about dog intake policies in their meeting next week, scheduled for December 3rd at 8:30 am.  

Staff recommends referring the intake policies to the originating committee, including Animal Services staff and Concho Valley PAWS leadership.
Yes, the partnership that turned San Angelo into a third world community for loose pets .  Some of that history over the last six years can be seen in the posts below (most have data obtained from the City of San Angelo).

Community Releases:

"More Dogs on the Street than Ever" --  January 2024

"Council Endorses Let Them Roam Unaltered" -- February 2024

Managed Intake:

"Council to Undertake Restricting Animal Services to City Limits" -- March 2021

"Celebrating Not Taking Pets Except in Rare Circumstances" - October 2021

"Shelter Tightens Intake Chokehold" -- August 2022

"Council Supports Restricting Current Shelter Operations" -- November 2022

Deprioritizing Spay/Neuter:

"Animal Shelter Update to Council Next Week" -- October 2022

"Council to "Accept" Animal Shelter-PAWS Update" -- February 2024

"Shelter Released Unaltered Community Cats for Few Months" -- June 2021

"Puppies Fill Shelter Again" -- February 2024

"Animal Shelter Released 500 Unaltered Dogs over Six Month P'Bingoeriod" -- September 2018

"Bingo PIR:  Municipal Court Citations for Unaltered Shelter Pets" -- November 2023

"Proclaim Public Compliance Data on Spay/Neuter" -- February 2018

"City Animal Shelter Seeks Bids for Adoption Services" -- April 2020

"Spay/Neutering San Angelo's Legions of Unaltered Pets" -- November 2022

"Three Dogs Gave Birth in Shelter" --  June 2022

"Shelter Still Lacks Compliance Data on Spay/Neuter Ordinance" -- June 2021

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