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Shelter to use aluminum-can recycling revenue to cover routine disease testing included in adoptions
Summary
The Animal Shelter director told commissioners that aluminum-can recycling proceeds will fund feline leukemia SNAP tests and heartworm testing for dogs, allowing those tests to be included in standard adoption packages.
Tricia Parker, Animal Shelter Director, told the Board that proceeds from aluminum can recycling will create a steady income stream for the shelter and will be used to fund SNAP testing for feline leukemia and heartworm testing for dogs. Parker said this revenue allows those tests to be included in the standard adoption package rather than offered only as add-ons.
The director did not report a dollar amount for the recycling revenue or a timetable for implementing the expanded testing in adoptions, and no formal budget appropriation was requested at the meeting. Parker's announcement was framed as a program improvement funded by ongoing recycling proceeds.
