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New Lorain County dog warden says kennel 'almost always full'; staff will propose changes to redemption fees
Summary
The county’s new dog warden told commissioners the county kennel is nearly always full, cited average and current dog counts and said a prior temporary reduction in adoption fees did not change discharge rates; he proposed exploring lowered redemption fees for owners and said he will bring a resolution.
Andy Laubenthal, the new dog warden for Lorain County, told the Board of Commissioners on March 14 that the county kennel is almost always full and that temporary reductions in adoption fees did not noticeably increase the number of dogs leaving the kennel.
Laubenthal said the kennel has 28 full-size kennels plus several smaller temporary cages; the average population over the six weeks he had been in place was 34 dogs, and on the morning of the meeting the kennel held 41 dogs. He told the board that during an August 16–Oct. 1 fee-reduction period…
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