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Citizens advisory
board
The board will help with fundraising, planning, updating the policy and procedure manual,
establish a responsible pet ownership education program, work with rescue groups and community leaders, assist with adoption
protocols and advertising animals up for adoption. Initial members would be Animal Control Director Patty Lentz, Fran Schuleit of Greenville, Dr. Randy Carpenter of Greenville, Rhonda Waldorf of Sheridan,
District 1 County Commissioner
Ron Blanding, a member of the veterinary advisory board and a county resident at large. Veterinary
advisory board
Local veterinarians would consult with shelter staff on health
and safety issues for animals and pet sterilization. Initial members would be three veterinarians from the county, a citizens advisory board member and Lentz. Action plan for policies and procedures
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Implement a new software program already purchased to track animals in the shelter by April 30.
• Begin using a new microchip scanner that was donated.
• Get new signs.
• Purchase a secured safe to hold euthanization drugs.
• Provide more office
space.
• Build kennel partitions.
• Install
eye wash stations. • Provide
a new medical room to be set up by the veterinary advisory board.
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Complete staff training on officer safety, animal bites, cleaning,
adoptions procedure, transportation, when to involve police, emergencies, dog fighting, when to involve the DNR, use of restraints,
temperament testing and nutrition.
• Allow the
citizens advisory board to review the county's recently amended animal
control ordinance again.
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Install water bowls in each kennel and do away with the existing spigot system.
• Follow
up to make sure people who adopt a pet get it spayed or
neutered.
• Improve community outreach by working on education materials, launching
a Web site and educating the community about pet ownership.
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Encourage philanthropy by launching endowment through a local community foundation. Disposal
of animals
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Have animal carcasses
cremated at Sleepy Hollow Pet Cemetery in Byron Center
or in a crematorium that can be donated instead of giving them to R&R Research to sell.
Disposition
of animals
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Work better with other animal shelters and rescue groups to ensure more animals are adopted.
People could take their animals back from the shelter and bring them to a research institution if they choose.
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