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Baker City council hears urgent calls to find short-term impound option while exploring long-term shelter
Summary
City staff and animal-rescue groups told the council the city faces an imminent loss of its local inbound animal facility and reviewed short- and long-term options including a temporary veterinary contract, transport to regional shelters and creating a local shelter with mixed public/private funding.
Baker City councilors on Feb. 11 heard that the local contracted animal clinic will end its impound services in mid‑February, leaving the city without a nearby inbound facility to hold dogs picked up by police or code enforcement.
City staff summarized a range of options and urged the council to secure a short‑term arrangement with a local veterinarian while a longer‑term solution is developed. Summer Brown, representing Best Friends and the local dog program, and volunteers and rescue leaders urged faster action and offered community support for a permanent shelter.
The problem, staff said, is twofold: the animal clinic notified the city in mid‑December that it plans to withdraw from the impound contract because the…
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