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Commissioners defend Mobile County Animal Shelter’s no‑kill status; staff urges end of Milo Foundation placement agreement
Summary
Commissioners and animal‑shelter staff on Feb. 24 defended the Mobile County Animal Shelter’s no‑kill status using January intake data, and a county official reiterated a previously requested termination of the rescue placement partner agreement with the Milo Foundation, saying the county had lost confidence in that partner’s placement capacity.
A county commissioner and Mobile County Animal Shelter staff used a Feb. 24 commission meeting to rebut social‑media claims about the shelter’s operations, restate January intake statistics and repeat a request to terminate the county’s rescue placement partner agreement with the Milo Foundation.
The commissioner stated January figures for the shelter: 27 dogs or puppies taken in, 41 adoptions to the public, six returns to owners, 75 transfers to foster partners, three euthanized for medical reasons and 11 euthanized for behavior reasons. The commissioner said the shelter reports data monthly to Best Friends (a national animal-welfare organization) and that, by that organization’s standard, a no‑kill shelter is one that euthanizes fewer than 10% of animals taken in. The commissioner said Mobile County meets that threshold and that the shelter had never euthanized an animal other than for medical reasons, inability to rehabilitate as determined by a veterinarian, or by court order.
Tina, identified in the meeting as an animal‑shelter staff member, commended shelter employees and said the shelter has sustained no‑kill status for at least five years. Tina also said the shelter has recently started a foster program and encouraged residents interested in fostering or adoption to consult the Mobile County Animal Shelter website.
At the Feb. 6 commission conference meeting the county asked commissioners to authorize termination of the rescue placement partner agreement with the Milo Foundation; at the Feb. 24 meeting a commissioner said he had lost confidence in the Milo Foundation’s capacity to safely place animals in Mobile County homes and reiterated that request on the record. No formal vote on termination was recorded in the Feb. 24 meeting minutes included in the transcript.
The commissioner invited rescues and other concerned parties to contact his office to discuss the matter rather than debate on social media.
