Are animal advocates ‘unreasonable?’ UF shares Bishop shelter expansion review

After a third-party review of Manatee County’s Bishop Animal Shelter expansion, the Manatee County Commission chairman said animal advocates are becoming “unreasonable.”

After the Bishop Animal Shelter unveiled its $12 million expansion in December, animal advocates took to the Manatee County Board of Commissioners meetings to tell board members that this expansion has “fallen short of the mark.”

The animal advocates, many of them longtime volunteers, said they had concerns about the noise level inside the prefabricated dog kennels, the size of the kennels, and staff safety at Bishop, 5718 21st Ave. W., Bradenton…

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