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Residents urge Oak Lawn to end contract with Animal Welfare League after dog held 16 days
Summary
At the March 11 Village of Oak Lawn Board of Trustees meeting, two non-resident commenters urged trustees to end the village's contract with Animal Welfare League, saying a dog picked up by Oak Lawn Animal Control was denied access to its family and held for 16 days after the seven-day stray holding period.
At the March 11 Board of Trustees meeting, Kristin Adomiak and Carly Roberts urged the village to stop contracting with the Animal Welfare League, saying the shelter denied families access to animals and held at least one dog well beyond the required stray-holding period.
Adomiak, who told the board she lives in Joliet but grew up in the Oak Lawn area, said her father's dog was picked up by Oak Lawn Animal Control and taken to the Animal Welfare League. "They would not give my dog back for 16 days," she said, adding that shelter staff demanded veterinary records…
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