Higher Fees for Pet Owners on County’s Radar
Pasco County Commissioners will review a business plan for Animal Services when they meet Tuesday, Feb. 19. The new plan calls for an increase in licensing fees to fund programs that are hoped to help the county save more animals.
Pasco County Animal Services has been charged with a mission to save 90 percent of the animals that come into its shelter. In order to do so, however, the agency says it needs more funding to pay for programs designed to increase its capacity to care for animals and also to reduce the county’s feral cat population. That’s why Pasco County Commissioners will be presented with a new business plan for Animal Services when they meet Tuesday, Feb. 19. The plan calls for a number of new programs and also an increase in pet licensing fees by as much as $10 for dogs. (See the county's current fees here.) Here’s what a memo from county staff to the commission has to say about the plan: At the November 20, 2012 BCC meeting, staff informed the Board …
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Dennis Costantino
1:08 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The 90% program is a failed idea whose origins are from dubious origins. The program is flawed in the sense that it releases cats back into the wild, where they DO NOT belong, since they are domesticated animals that are destructive to the local environment and bird populations. After the cats are released they are guaranteed a slow and steady death of disease or a quick death as food for Coyotes… more ›