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Gardner updates animal control: licensing, microchip stations and TNR pilot
Summary
City staff told the council that online pet licensing and new microchip scanning stations helped reduce shelter intakes and calls; a trap-neuter-return pilot and a discount microchip program with local clinics are due to roll out to further reduce stray-cat issues and costs.
City animal control staff updated the Gardner City Council on a series of operational changes the department began after losing a local shelter and facing higher call volumes. Staff said the city launched online pet licensing through BarkPass and introduced a three-year license, incentives for microchipped and spayed/neutered pets, and five public microchip-scanning stations at city parks.
Staff reported increased licensing ("over a 100 additional pets licensed so far this year") and described recent…
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