Thursday, October 27, 2022

Shelter Owner Surrenders Remain Low

Overcrowding at the City of San Angelo Animal Shelter was not the result of pet owners surrendering their pet or returning an adopted pet.  Shelter Chief Morgan Chegwidden blamed the situation on litters of puppies.  City Manager Daniel Valenzuela said the problem of stray pets in our community had gotten out of control.  

The question is how the shelter's intake diversion for the last four years impacted the number of dumped, unaltered animals in our community.  To that answer add the nearly 1,500 unaltered pets the shelter released to owners in the last two years.

PAWS cited overworked and underpaid shelter staff in its public relations efforts around the horrific hoarding conditions.  Hopefully, Council's shelter update on Nov. 1 will hear back from staff on these issues, puppies, strays and shelter worker pay.

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