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Commissioners approve animal-control ordinance changes, direct staff on new shelter site search
Summary
The board approved ordinance language requiring pet owners to keep animals on their property, removed a 14-day mandatory euthanasia clause from a draft, and authorized staff to continue site selection and form a fundraising committee for a new animal shelter.
McDowell County commissioners voted to accept revisions to a proposed animal-control ordinance that require pet owners to keep animals under control on their property and to remove a clause that had proposed a 14-day euthanasia holding period for shelter animals.
County planning staff briefed the board that the planning board drafted the ordinance after concerns about dogs roaming at large and causing injury to people, livestock and property. The draft included a holding-period section for shelter animals; staff said that provision originated from operational concerns about shelter capacity and out-of-state transports.
A commissioner moved to accept…
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