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Animal-control director reports shelter strain, lower adoptions and higher returns
Summary
Animal Control Officer Mike McNutt told the Hardin County Fiscal Court that adoptions and rescue placements remain depressed while returns-to-owner and complaint responses have risen; the shelter’s live release rate fell short of the 90% no-kill benchmark for 2024.
Animal Control Officer Mike McNutt reported to the Hardin County Fiscal Court on Feb. 11 that the county animal shelter continues to face capacity and health challenges, with lower adoptions and more animals returned to owners.
“January, we adopted out 26. We return 16,” McNutt said, and he described rescue groups statewide and regionally as “full,” which has reduced off-site placement options. He told the court that rescue transfers have been constrained and some animals are being transported…
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