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Residents urge independent review of animal control after reports of sick dogs and poor responsiveness
Summary
Multiple residents testified at the Nov. 17 Spalding County meeting about alleged shelter lapses, unreturned calls and an investigation into unauthorized trapping; they asked the board to commission an independent review of intake, accessibility and staffing at the county shelter.
Several county residents used the citizen-comment period at the Nov. 17 Spalding County Board of Commissioners meeting to raise concerns about animal-control operations and to ask the board for an independent review.
Laurie Todd, who identified herself as founder and director of Walking Home Together (an animal-welfare society in Conyers), said she visited the shelter recently and found a very sick puppy in general population. "This dog was obviously sick, and I was perplexed," Todd said, and described asking shelter staff for fluids and a mop while the dog…
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