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Animal services ordinance review paused for six months as county launches spay/neuter voucher program
Summary
The board voted to table proposed amendments to the county animal control ordinance for six months while a new spay/neuter voucher program and related implementation details are completed; Animal Services director said the program already has more than 200 names on its waitlist.
The Walker County Board of Commissioners voted April 3 to table an ordinance proposed to amend Chapter 6 (animal code) for six months to allow staff time to implement and evaluate a new spay/neuter voucher program and to refine ordinance language.
Bailey Clements, director of Animal Services, explained to commissioners the county has begun a donor-funded spay/neuter voucher program and already had a waiting list of roughly 200 residents seeking assistance. Clements said…
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