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Animal services leaders and community urge Board not to cut shelter staffing and hours
Summary
Volunteers, the Animal Care Foundation and community members urged the Board to restore animal services funding and avoid cuts that would reduce shelter hours, field officers and response times; foundation leaders said private fundraising and licensing revenue increases need another year to stabilize operations.
Several animal‑welfare organizations and many volunteers urged supervisors not to cut Santa Barbara County Animal Services operations, saying proposed reductions would increase shelter stays, delay officer responses and reduce reunification and adoption capacity.
Speakers including leaders from the Animal Care Foundation, longtime volunteers and people who foster shelter animals described the shelter system…
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