Resident credits superintendent with steep euthanasia reductions, asks why resolution language was removed
Becca Bean praised newly hired superintendent Stephanie Adams Hawkins for reducing euthanasia rates from previously reported 33'40+% to under 10% in four months and asked why language that would allow the investigation to extend to other departments was removed from the posted resolution.
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Becca Bean, a Norman resident who addressed the council, credited Superintendent Stephanie Adams Hawkins with rapidly lowering euthanasia rates at the Moore animal shelter and urged the council to protect that progress while pursuing accountability. Bean said Hawkins reduced the euthanasia rate from the previously reported 33'40+ percent range to under 10 percent in four months by expanding foster and rescue programs and instituting proven practices. "She did a tremendous job over the last 4 months, taking your euthanasia rate... down to under 10 percent in just 4 months," Bean said.
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