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Trumbull County forms task force after volunteers warn of overcrowded shelters
Summary
Jason Cook, president of the Healthy Hearts and Paws project, told Trumbull County commissioners the county’s shelter system is in crisis and volunteers are overwhelmed; commissioners agreed to form a public-private task force and scheduled an organizational meeting for next Wednesday at 11:00 a.m.
Jason Cook, president of the Healthy Hearts and Paws project, told Trumbull County commissioners during public comment that local volunteer shelters are overwhelmed and county shelter capacity is inadequate. “We're averaging a 100 dogs a month being intaked. We're currently caring for a 120 dogs,” Cook said, adding that his volunteer operation sits on 20 acres and is building new facilities.
Commissioner Rick Hernandez acknowledged the scale of the problem and described prior county work on pound planning, including donated land and architectural fees. Hernandez said the county had looked at options that stalled because of a memoranda-of-understanding (MOU) issue with AWL and noted the county had spent money on architectural design: “the county did come up with 200 over…
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