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Jefferson County resident urges commissioners to restore animal-shelter contract after loose-dog incident
Summary
Resident Ken Ramage told commissioners that area shelters would not take a stray dog and asked the county to re-establish a shelter contract after the private provider with Snake River canceled; staff said they will re-check options and follow up.
Ken Ramage, a Jefferson County resident, told the Board of County Commissioners that a loose dog in his Rigby neighborhood was not accepted by local shelters and urged the county to re-establish a contract so deputies have somewhere to take animals.
Ramage said the dog had gotten loose and, though a neighbor caught it and he put the animal on Facebook, he "could find, and nobody would take the dog"…
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