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Resident says Mobile animal shelter refused intake and cited policy she says assigns ownership to feeders
Summary
A resident told the council she was turned away when trying to surrender kittens at the Mobile animal shelter and said written materials at the shelter imply people who feed or care for animals are deemed owners; she asked the council to review the policy and cited a confrontational exchange that required police involvement.
Sabrina Mass addressed the Mobile City Council during public comment on July 1 to raise concerns about the city's animal shelter and its intake procedures.
Mass said she and her husband took in a stray pregnant cat and cared for the kittens but were told by shelter staff they could not surrender the animals. She said shelter staff insisted the kittens were hers and that…
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