Animal shelter needs funding
“Stanislaus County’s overcrowded animal shelter strains rescue network,” (modbee.com, March 26)
Stanislaus County has a crisis on our hands. Though there may be other serious issues begging for county reform or resolve, most do not result in the death of an innocent animal.
The Stanislaus Animal Services Agency is legally mandated to care for animals as a municipal shelter. Dramatically underfunded and under-resourced on every level, the facility and its staff are drowning, with no life-line in sight. As a result, healthy, adoptable companion animals are losing their lives due to a critical lack of resources. This is unacceptable…