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Marion County lauds 10 years of prison dog training program as adopters and partners mark milestone
Summary
Marion County Animal Services and the Florida Department of Corrections marked roughly a decade of the Fido (star paws) training program, highlighting hundreds of adoptions, dozens of graduating inmate classes, and sustained community partnerships that support training, care and adoption follow-up.
Marion County Animal Services and the Florida Department of Corrections marked roughly 10 years of the county’s prison-based Fido training program, praising steady adoptions and broad community support.
Animal Services Director Kira Lynch told the Marion County Board of County Commissioners on Oct. 7 that the program launched by memorandum of agreement in March 2015 has graduated multiple classes since its first session in October 2015. “Since that time, 36 more classes have graduated,” Lynch said, and adopters from early classes shared written tributes at the meeting.
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