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Resident urges town to release dog held four months at Hempstead shelter, calls confinement inhumane
Summary
A resident called on the board to release "Titan," a dog held in solitary confinement at the Hempstead animal shelter for four months despite not being legally deemed dangerous; the speaker urged further evaluation and networking with rescues.
Diane Madden, speaking during public comment, urged town officials to release a dog named Titan from prolonged solitary confinement at the Hempstead animal shelter.
Madden said Titan had been under solitary confinement for four months and that court filings and an evaluation did not deem the dog dangerous. “This dog has to get off of the property to someone willing to allow him to decompress,” she said, arguing that extended isolation is inhumane and that a rescue group was ready to take the dog.
Madden contrasted Titan’s situation with other dogs at the shelter she described as receiving more rapid networking and placement after serious incidents. She asked the board when Titan would be released and requested another fair evaluation outside the shelter.
Board members did not announce a decision at the meeting. The exchange occurred during the public-comment period; the shelter and animal-control staff did not speak on the record in the transcript segment provided.
