An assessment of Corpus Christi Animal Care Services found critical gaps in the city department’s spay/neuter and adoption programs, a lack of veterinary and foster care, and a workplace culture at the aging shelter that makes it ill-equipped to care for and find homes for a growing population of stray cats and dogs.
Jan Glick, project manager and animal services specialist with Citygate Associates, presented the consulting firm’s key findings and recommendations from the report during a Corpus Christi City Council workshop on May 8.
The presentation came just two days after Animal Care Services confirmed in a statement that the city has been disposing of euthanized animals at the Cefe Valenzuela Landfill while awaiting the completion of service on an on-site cremation unit…