Jacksonville city councilmember Raul Arias, who represents the Southside, is responding to concerns over a push he’s making to shorten the time for the city’s animal shelter to hold stray animals before they’re put up for adoption.
Arias’ bill would change the requirements for the city’s Animal Care and Protective Services (ACPS) shelter to hold animals for three days, instead of six, before they can be adopted. Some local pet owners and animal advocates are worried that the change could cause missing pets, whose owners are searching for them, to be adopted into another home.
“We want our city shelter to run properly and animals to be protected,” said Vickie Nelson, who runs a Jacksonville-based Facebook group that helps reunite lost pets with their owners…