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Animal-rescue groups urge Jackson to restore shelter and update ordinance; mayor agrees to consider task force
5748208 · August 27, 2025
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Summary
Representatives of the Mississippi Animal Rescue Collective told council the city shelter has been closed since October 2021 and asked to help update animal-control ordinance and operations; the mayor said he would not object to forming a task force to work with stakeholders.
Pippa Jackson, speaking for the Mississippi Animal Rescue Collective, told the council on Aug. 26 that Jackson’s city animal shelter “has been closed since October 2021,” and said area animal-welfare organizations have been carrying the burden and cost of shelter work. Jackson asked the council to…
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