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Pet Responsibility Committee details services and funding history to commissioners
Summary
Angela North Zumwalt, president of the Moore County Citizens Pet Responsibility Committee, briefed commissioners on the group's history of county funding, recent pet-care events (129 pets served at one event), volunteer capacity, and plans to focus on school education programs moving forward; she said the group can largely self‑fund those education efforts.
Angela North Zumwalt, president of the Moore County Citizens Pet Responsibility Committee (PRC), used public comment time on Oct. 1 to summarize the organization’s funding history, services and recent activities.
Zumwalt said the PRC was appointed by the board in 2006 and has worked with county leaders through departmental restructures. She told commissioners that after an earlier transfer the PRC’s county line item funding was reinstated and that in 2020 the board increased funding by awarding a grant after PRC became a nonprofit. She described ongoing prevention and outreach work during and after COVID‑19.
Zumwalt described a recent pet care day held in Robbins (Robins in transcript) where 40 volunteers served 129 pets in three hours; for a $12 fee pets received a vet exam, two vaccinations and two months of flea/tick medication, and owners were counseled on spay/neuter options. She said the PRC has provided services for more than 1,400 pets in Moore County across events and that their school education program (for fourth graders) will continue and expand to eight schools this semester, supported by donations and volunteer efforts.
Zumwalt told the board the PRC has refocused its work and is "well able to self fund" the education and therapy‑dog programs going forward but wanted to clarify the organization’s funding history for commissioners.
Next steps: PRC staff said they will continue outreach and the county will remain informed of volunteer and program needs.
