Friday, September 01, 2000
Humane group lobbies county
By Cindi Andrews
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LEBANON — The Warren County Humane Association bombarded county commissioners with numbers and supporters Thursday to persuade them to keep backing the private group's efforts.
Almost 50 association supporters turned out in response to rumors — which the commissioners didn't deny — that the county was leaning toward building its own dog pound.
The county began looking at that avenue this summer when the humane association announced plans to expand its Cook Road animal shelter and said it would need commissioners to doubleits annual funding, to $200,000.
The group's 9,500-square-shelter, built in 1987, has seen its animal population increase, officials say. It took in 9 percent more dogs and cats last year than in 1995. Over the same period, the shelter adoption rate increased from 19 percent to 24 percent, all with 50 percent less staff than the national average for its size, according to Bill Meade, an architect with a California-based firm, who is designing the shelter's addition.
It would cost the county about twice as much to run its own shelter he said — plus more than $1 million to build a facility. Commissioners Larry Crisenbery and Mike Kilburn said they would wait until Commissioner Pat South is present to make a decision.
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