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Local shelter warns new state animal‑care standards will force service cuts; Golisano grant funds renovations
Summary
Beverly's Animal Shelter warned supervisors that New York State’s Companion Animal Care Standards Act, effective Dec. 15, will sharply increase staffing, facility and paperwork requirements and could force the shelter to limit DCO coverage to Waterloo, Fayette and Seneca Falls.
Representatives from Beverly's Animal Shelter told the Seneca County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 13 they are racing to meet the state’s Companion Animal Care Standards Act, which takes effect Dec. 15. Shelter president Pat Morin and treasurer Mia Macheiser said the new law requires higher staffing ratios, facility upgrades and far more documentation, changes that may force the shelter to limit Dog Control Officer (DCO) service to nearby towns (Waterloo, Fayette and Seneca Falls) and decline calls from more distant parts of the county when…
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