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Hardin County animal control: adoptions down year-to-date but shelter close to 'no-kill' threshold
Summary
Animal-control director Mike McNutt told the fiscal court that November brought 41 adoptions and a shelter live-release rate of 88 percent (90 percent is classification threshold); the shelter's census was 123 with staff shortages and flu among animals affecting operations.
Mike McNutt, who presented the animal-control report at the Dec. 9 meeting, said the shelter recorded 41 adoptions in November, returned 17 animals to owners and sent five to rescue organizations. He reported year-to-date adoptions of 230, which he said is down 28 from the previous year.
McNutt described operational strain: the shelter census was 123 the morning of the meeting, with four staff members calling…
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