Action for Animals Austin

Thanks to Austin Pets Alive!  and Sue at Counter Culture for bringing this good news to our attention--The Austin City Coucil passed a unanimous resolution last Thursday with recommendations for a plan to achieve a 90% save rate at Town Lake Animal Shelter within 18 months by changing some existing policies and implementing new programs.

From Fox7 News:

Some of the recommedations include:

1. Off-site adoption throughout the City and County staffed 7 days a week in high traffic areas.
2. Partnerships with EmanciPet to help increase the capacity of the shelter to make more impounded animals ready for adoption.
3. Employing training techniques to help resolve treatable behaviorial issues in adoptable cats and dogs.
4. End the killing of any healthy or non-aggressive dog while kennels or cages are  unused.
5. Developing a plan to maximize the utility and usage of the Davenport Building and existing shelter structures in compliance with the Council’s October 2007 directive
6. Implementing a public-awareness campaign to educate the public about the adoptable and lovable nature of shelter animals.

This is certainly great news for Austin's homeless dogs and cats. I don't think this resolution came easily; it took a lot of hours and input from community leaders/animal rescuers and advocates who understand that it's not acceptable to euthanize 10,000 dogs and cats a year at TLAC. I wish this plan success.

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