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Animal control director warns of overcrowding; commission adds policy language, affirms Alabama code for euthanasia
Summary
Animal Control Director Christina told commissioners the shelter is overcrowded, with roughly 60 dogs and 25 kennel runs, and said rescues could not accept animals; commissioners added an employee-acknowledgement sentence to the shelter SOP and voted to state explicitly that euthanasia follows Alabama code.
Christina, Chilton County’s animal control director, told commissioners the shelter is operating under heavy overcrowding and that county staff have reached out to more than 50 rescues without success.
“Currently, we have a 60 dogs, and, we're causing more harm to them than we are caring for them because we're packing them in there, like sardines,” Christina said, describing kennel conditions and staff time required for care. She said feeding roughly 60 dogs costs about $150 every two days.
Commissioner Childress moved to insert one…
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