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Residents deliver petition seeking county-run animal services and professional director
Summary
A group representing more than 1,500 Moore County residents asked commissioners to remove animal services from the sheriff's office, create an independent county department and hire a professional director to reduce intake and euthanasia; supporters and opponents urged the board to study the proposal at a January work session.
Angela Northston Walt, founder and president of the Moore County Citizens Pet Responsibility Committee, told commissioners at their Dec. 1 meeting that her group has collected a petition asking the county to establish an independent animal-services department and hire a professional director to oversee a long-term plan to reduce intake and euthanasia.
"We are currently representing over 1,500 Moore County voters who have signed this petition," Angela Northston Walt said, presenting a packet of materials and asking the board to…
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