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Pike County Fiscal Court debates stray/wild-horse response, asks county attorney to draft agreement with humane society
Summary
After residents and commissioners raised public-safety and animal-welfare concerns about stray/wild horses, the county judge asked the county attorney to draft a program and a contract template to allow the Humane Society or a rescue group to collect and care for animals while ensuring statutory compliance and documentation.
Pike County officials spent an extended portion of the Dec. 18 fiscal-court meeting on a recurring problem: stray and wild horses that roam county roads and reclaimed mining sites.
The county judge read passages of the Kentucky statutory requirements governing stray equines and said the law requires the county judge to contract with a licensed veterinarian, record animal-identifying information, post photos on the state veterinarian’s database, and keep records in a county book. The judge repeatedly stressed a need to comply with the statute and asked the county attorney to draft a legal opinion and a contract the…
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