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Public speakers at County hearing push for funding, spay/neuter and flexible donation rules for shelter
Summary
Four public speakers at the June 26 St. Louis County Committee of the Whole meeting urged council members to back fee-waived adoptions, easier acceptance of donations and a robust spay/neuter program to reduce shelter population pressure and improve outcomes.
Four members of the public addressed the Committee of the Whole on June 26 and urged immediate policy and funding changes to support the county animal shelter.
Shannon Blatzky, a master’s-level shelter medicine professional, told the council she supports fee-waived and reduced-fee adoption policies and specifically urged approval of Bill 41 to allow fee-waived adoptions and Bill 116 to give the shelter greater flexibility to accept grants, gifts and donated services. Blatzky said such tools are “an accepted and encouraged practice in current shelter medicine and management” and noted that changes that reduce shelter population are among the fastest…
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