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Residents, rescues urge county not to shift animal-control work to sheriff after high-profile cruelty cases
Summary
Several residents, veterinarians and rescue volunteers urged the board to retain trained animal-control staff and rejected proposals to transfer investigations or shelter responsibilities to the sheriff’s department, citing recent hoarding and cruelty cases and a planned corporation-counsel review of the animal-control ordinance.
A large group of St. Clair County residents, rescue volunteers and animal-care professionals filled the commission chamber on April 16 to press the board against proposed operational changes to county animal control and to demand transparency after recent cruelty and hoarding cases.
Several speakers said the county had circulated reports and social posts suggesting animal-control responsibilities might be transferred to the sheriff’s department. “Animal control has to deal with animals. Sheriff’s department—they’re for the people,” one resident said, arguing deputies are not trained for complex animal investigations and could…
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