Jackson County health official proposes countywide animal-control/quarantine program
Elizabeth Townsend (health administration) asked the board to consider pursuing a county animal-control/quarantine program that could license dogs and create a daytime kennel; she said municipalities signaled willingness to pay and cited a past program that generated over $100,000 in its first year.
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Elizabeth Townsend from county health administration briefed supervisors on the limits of current bite-response procedures and proposed exploring a county-run animal-control/quarantine program. "We get all the animal bites that come reported to our office, and then we send out a quarantine report," Townsend said, and noted that current practice relies mainly on home quarantines because the county lacks an established quarantine facility.
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