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Best Friends Animal Society begins embedded program with Evansville shelter; commission signals interest in ordinance changes
Summary
Best Friends Animal Society has placed an on-site expert at the Evansville shelter to provide training and operational support. Commissioners discussed speeding court handling of dangerous-dog and cruelty cases to reduce animals held during long legal processes.
Best Friends Animal Society has begun an embedded assistance program at the Evansville shelter, the nonprofit’s senior manager told the Animal Control and Education Commission, and commissioners discussed whether changes to local ordinance or court procedures could shorten the time animals are held during prosecutions.
Richard Angelo, senior manager of national embedded programming at Best Friends, said the organization placed an on-site expert, Susie Clayton, with city shelter staff and has brought field and veterinary teams to provide training and operational assessments. "We bring in the experts to be able to say here's how we can do…
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