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Animal services seeks code changes to shorten hold times during overcrowding, add enforcement for roadside pet transfers
Summary
Cobb County Animal Services on Oct. 28 proposed code changes to allow shorter impoundment holds in declared emergencies, update board appointments and add local enforcement authority for roadside pet transfers.
Steve Hammond, director of Cobb County Animal Services, told the Board the department proposed three amendments to Chapter 10.
The first updates a membership reference after the Atlanta Humane Society absorbed the Cobb County Humane Society, so the code will reflect the new organization name. The second proposal would allow Animal Services to reduce impoundment and confinement hold periods from the current five working days to three working days…
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