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Lakewood public-safety panel agrees to law department draft changes to allow and regulate trap-neuter-return
Summary
After two years of volunteer and legal work, the public-safety committee instructed the law department to revise city animal code to protect community cat caregivers, include training and registration, and remove a director-approval requirement for TNR activities.
The Lakewood Public Safety Committee voted to direct the city law department to prepare ordinance language that would explicitly protect community cat caregivers, require accessible training, and create a registration step for caregivers while removing a specific requirement that each trap-neuter-return (TNR) participant be individually approved by the director of public safety.
Advocates and volunteers told the committee the current city code language and an administrative approval process have discouraged wider volunteer participation in TNR. "TNR can be successful in Lakewood today if we remove barriers to participation and allow residents and organizations to roll up their sleeves and do the work without red tape," said Megan Galeta of the Citizens Committee for Lakewood Animals and Shelter…
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