Misty Roach is frustrated with Tulsa’s animal shelter. Since mid-January, data shows the shelter euthanizes an average of 18 animals a week. Now, Roach is urging city leaders to shift more funding to prevention, law enforcement and spay-and-neuter programs.
During a March 9 Tulsa Animal Welfare Commission meeting, Roach outlined a five-point proposal she said could reduce shelter intake and hold backyard breeders accountable.
“We’re currently planning a larger facility, but we’ve got to be honest,” she said, referencing the city’s new $13.8 million shelter expected to open this fall. “If we continue using the same model we’ve been using, a bigger building will only make the crisis worse.”…