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Logan County animal shelter reports steady intake, details per-dog cost and ordinance update plans
Summary
Shelter staff reported intake and outcome numbers for the past year, estimated average cost per dog of $72 (processing) and $15 per dog per day operating cost, and said the county ordinance for animal control dates from 1987 and will be reviewed for updates.
Logan County animal-shelter staff reported on shelter operations and costs at the Jan. 9 Fiscal Court meeting, giving year-to-date intake figures, average veterinary and processing costs per dog, and plans to update an animal-control ordinance from 1987.
Shelter representative Eric said the shelter’s 12-month totals (since March 1, per the transcript) included 357 dogs brought in with 364 dogs leaving the facility and 266 adoptions. Recent months included a number of puppies in foster care; at the time of the meeting five puppies were available for adoption with more expected in the coming weeks.
Eric provided a per-animal cost breakdown for intake: sterilization through a county arrangement costs $50 per animal at Butler County, vaccines and deworming average about $21.38, heartworm testing $7.18, and the shelter charges a $1 microchip fee. He summarized those figures to an average intake bill of about $72.38 per dog. He also estimated an average operating cost for shelter care at about $15 per dog per day.
“Getting fixed, it's $50. ... So you're looking at $72.38 per dog that's brought into the facility,” Eric said.
Eric said the county’s existing ordinance governing animal control dates to 1987 and that the shelter and county staff plan to work with the county attorney and city partners to modernize the code. No ordinance change was voted on at the meeting.
Court members thanked shelter staff and discussed the challenges and costs of foster care, veterinary appointments and the shelter’s budget implications. No new appropriation was made during the meeting.
