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Commissioners agree to revisit Prairie Paws funding, pursue coordinated animal-control plan

2662114 · March 17, 2025
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County legal staff and commissioners agreed to ask Prairie Paws to reduce its contracted amount while Riley County develops a countywide animal-control enforcement plan and coordinates ordinances with cities.

County legal staff and commissioners discussed the county’s animal-control arrangements and agreed to reopen contract funding discussions with local shelter Prairie Paws while the county finalizes where enforcement will be housed.

County counselor Brian Parker told the board the county currently lacks an active countywide enforcement mechanism: "we don't have an enforcement mechanism. Nobody's going picking up stray dogs out of the county." Parker said…

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