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Residents and commissioners press Spalding County to strengthen animal-control staffing and enforcement
Summary
A resident described delays and an intimidating response from animal-control staff; commissioners pressed county management for options to increase staffing, enforcement and proactive outreach.
William Borrelli, a resident of 599 Smoke Road in Griffin, told the Spalding County Board of Commissioners during citizen comments that animal-control responsiveness is failing and described an incident in which he said he called 10 times and no one came to pick up a stray dog.
Borrelli said the animal-control director refused to come to the scene until “2 sworn animal control officers and 4 Spalding County deputies were there,” and described that as “very intimidating” and “borderlines bullying.” He said he has emailed members of the board multiple times and has not received a response.
The complaint prompted extended…
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