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Animal Services reports citation compliance gains, new shelter site work and expanded partnership clinics
Summary
Animal Services Director Sherry Carrier reported progress on a lower-cost spay/neuter citation program, site work at the new shelter, partnerships with nonprofit clinics, and upcoming targeted sweeps in Hawthorne and Dream Center West neighborhoods.
Animal Services Director Sherry Carrier updated the Tulsa Animal Welfare Commission on May 12 about early results from the revised spay-and-neuter citation program, construction activity at the new shelter site, recent partnership clinics and planned neighborhood sweeps.
Carrier said staff contacted 54 intact animals in the course of regular duties and issued 35 citations; of those 35 citations, she reported 14 animals came in and received the $30 spay or neuter surgery. She cautioned that court timelines — including a typical 30-day window and the possibility of an additional 30-day extension — mean full compliance figures may take months to appear.
On the new shelter, Carrier said heavy equipment had arrived, trees had been removed, dirt work was underway, a work trailer was on site…
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