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Cleveland council probes spike in animal intake, asks for budget detail for critter control
Summary
Council members pressed the Division of Animal Care & Control for details after staff described rising intake, increased euthanasia and a larger professional-services line that covers spay/neuter, feral-cat TNR programs and private veterinary contracts.
The Cleveland City Council pressed the administration on the Division of Animal Care & Control’s 2025 budget, seeking a line-by-line explanation after officials said the pound is taking in more animals and spending more on outside medical and spay/neuter services.
At a budget hearing, Bruce Campbell, manager of Animal Care & Control, told the council the division budget includes about $15,000 for APL services, roughly $100,000 for additional spay-and-neuter work and $150,000 for medical services provided by West Park Animal Hospital for injured and sick animals. Campbell said the city participates in trap-neuter-release (TNR) for feral cats: cats “that are caught and turned in over to the APL…are neutered, and then they’re re released into where they were found,” he said.
Council members pressed for more detail about the “professional services” category after Campbell said critter-control work — raccoons, skunks, groundhogs, opossums — is contracted through…
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