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Local rescues press county to reinstate spay/neuter committee, ask for clinic space in new animal-control wing
Summary
Three animal welfare groups asked commissioners to restart a committee to plan a low- or no-cost spay/neuter program and to include a clinic room in the new animal-control wing; commissioners directed the groups to coordinate with the sheriff’s contracted animal-control provider.
Representatives of three animal welfare organizations told the Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners they want the county to renew a previous 2019 approval to form a committee to design a low- or no-cost spay/neuter program and to reserve clinic space in a planned expansion of the county’s animal-control facility.
Barbara Berdzey of the Pegasus Foundation, speaking for the Pegasus Foundation, Everglades Animals Coalition and Nala's New Life Rescue, said the Everglades Animals Coalition is spinning off into a standalone nonprofit to…
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