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Residents press council for a second animal shelter; council says site search, liaison and state funding requests are underway
Summary
Multiple residents urged the city and county to secure land and funding for an additional animal shelter and to increase oversight of the Flagler Humane Society; council members said they had asked staff to pursue potential sites, established a liaison, and added the shelter to state appropriation requests with the county.
At the Oct. 14 Palm Coast workshop several residents and rescue-group representatives urged city leaders to secure a second animal shelter, increase transparency and require more financial and operational accountability from the Flagler Humane Society.
Speakers raised concerns including long surrender wait times, overcrowding and questions about whether local governments had been offered representation on the shelter’s board. Rescue leader Caroline Johnson told…
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