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Levelland residents press city over animal shelter access and transparency; council funds feasibility study
Summary
Multiple residents urged better hours, volunteer access and clearer euthanasia/transfer notices at the Levelland animal shelter. City Manager James Fisher said the shelter budget has been separated and the council has authorized a feasibility study for a new facility.
Hundreds of residents who filled the council chamber urged Levelland officials on Monday to change how the city operates its animal shelter, citing locked doors, poor communications and dogs euthanized or removed without clear notice.
"How can anyone reclaim or adopt an animal when there is no one there and no communication?" asked Jan Symnacker, a longtime volunteer, pressing the council to "stop the chatter and do something." Several other speakers described missed callbacks, locked doors during posted hours and volunteer restrictions that…
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