Comments on: Response to Grand Jury report on Animal Control http://pets.blogs.sonomapets.com/198/response-to-grand-jury-report-on-animal-control/ Just another Sonoma Pets weblog Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:37:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Norma Haskins http://pets.blogs.sonomapets.com/198/response-to-grand-jury-report-on-animal-control/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Norma Haskins Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:58:27 +0000 http://pets.blogs.sonomapets.com/?p=198#comment-123 This story is replaying all over our great country. Animal Control has always been on the bottom of the list when it comes to funding. In order to make Animal Control Departments efficient they must have proper funding. Having just retired from 34 years as an animal control officer I lived through the same problems. When I started in 1973 we had no shelter, no equipment and no training. It took me years to get the funding I needed to do a respectable job. I did it by showing my town that I could bring in a lot of money, with the right equipment, by enforcement of our local and state aws. This story is replaying all over our great country. Animal Control has always been on the bottom of the list when it comes to funding. In order to make Animal Control Departments efficient they must have proper funding.

Having just retired from 34 years as an animal control officer I lived through the same problems. When I started in 1973 we had no shelter, no equipment and no training. It took me years to get the funding I needed to do a respectable job. I did it by showing my town that I could bring in a lot of money, with the right equipment, by enforcement of our local and state aws.

]]> By: bowwowow http://pets.blogs.sonomapets.com/198/response-to-grand-jury-report-on-animal-control/comment-page-1/#comment-121 bowwowow Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:31:11 +0000 http://pets.blogs.sonomapets.com/?p=198#comment-121 I don't understand why this agency falls under the Ag Commission when it has so many law enforcement duties. It would make more sense, and there would be more funding, if ACC reported to the Sheriff's Office. Can someone explain that? I don’t understand why this agency falls under the Ag Commission when it has so many law enforcement duties. It would make more sense, and there would be more funding, if ACC reported to the Sheriff’s Office. Can someone explain that?

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