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Residents and volunteers urge council to move Animal Care & Control out of CMPD and fund a new shelter
Summary
Multiple speakers at Charlotte’s public forum urged the City Council to increase funding for Animal Care & Control (ACC), create a new state‑of‑the‑art shelter and move ACC out from under the Charlotte‑Mecklenburg Police Department to improve staffing, volunteer processing and animal welfare outcomes.
Several volunteers, foster parents and nonprofit leaders urged Charlotte’s City Council during the public forum on April 28 to increase funding for Animal Care & Control (ACC), relocate the unit out from under CMPD oversight and build a modern shelter with more kennel capacity.
Why it matters: Speakers described increasing intake numbers, limited kennel capacity and rising euthanasia rates tied to lack of space and staff burnout. Several asked the city to boost ACC budgets and to reorganize the shelter outside the police department to simplify volunteer onboarding and increase operational flexibility.
What speakers said - Katie Ferioli, a…
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