...pets won't be denied entry into the shelter and that there should be no one told to drop a dog back on the streets or to just "let them roam".
This is all fair policy and supported by Best Friends Animal Society and proven best practice.
The problem is Best Friends has been advising the shelter all along. In their numerous site visits and other consultations there has been no evidence that BFAS found any concerns with the shelter's actual practice, "Let them roam unaltered (and hope no one is harmed)."
Also, Toellner recommended the parties responsible for shelter management for the last seven years work on "eliminating public confusion," caused by BFAS partner Concho Valley PAWS.
The City of San Angelo can be quite recalcitrant, sticking to its dysfunctional ways long past any reasonable call for change.
The Best Friends gang brings slick talk and bags of money. Imagine sticking to your bureaucratic guns (no service for you!) and getting a new pot of money (or the chance to jettison a significant pesky expense). That may be in our near future.
An Animal Taskforce is working in parallel track to the Shelter-BFAS-PAWS behind the scene machinations. The Taskforce is addressing the problems caused that very collaboration (which shut off intake, failed to enforce pet ordinances and failed to ensure citizens microchipped or spayed/neutered their pets).
This recent Best Friends contact with its "other follow up items" could be concerning. Remain aware for what city leaders do next. Will it be an RFP, the acceptance of a proposal or a letter of intent? Time will reveal.
Update 3-14-25: BFAS has a playbook and the game in San Angelo is well into the second half. For a reminder of what Best Friends did in the first half:
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