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Residents urge Moore County to remove animal services from sheriff's office, cite high euthanasia rates
Summary
Three residents urged the Moore County Board of Commissioners to shift animal services out of the sheriff’s department and to professionalize shelter operations, alleging inaccurate euthanasia-rate reporting and missing veterinary records; no formal board action was taken during public comment.
Three residents urged the Moore County Board of Commissioners on June 17 to restructure county animal services, arguing the shelter’s current operation under the sheriff’s office has led to high euthanasia rates and poor recordkeeping.
Bill Hammond of Pinehurst told the board the sheriff’s method of calculating euthanasia is “incorrect and misleading,” and said county-provided numbers understate the shelter’s actual euthanasia rate. Hammond said the sheriff’s dashboard listed a 15.92 percent euthanasia rate for April but that including owner-requested…
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