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Local resident urges Cranston to fund after-hours animal-control coverage
Summary
A Cranston resident told the council she has encountered injured and stray animals at night and urged the city to provide after-hours or on-call animal-control coverage, citing public safety and a Rhode Island statute assigning municipalities responsibility for impounding stray and dangerous animals.
At public comment during the Oct. 27 meeting, resident Laura Almagno of 289 Knollwood/Norwood Avenue asked the council to consider funding an after-hours or on-call animal-control officer. Almagno described multiple incidents in which she found injured or stray animals outside typical business hours and said police told her they were not permitted to transport…
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