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Humane Society planning shelter
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r Afsick dog abandoned by i t s owner
r iveis in the rain, a cat injured in a
t , t-and-run accident shrieks in pain,
r d a tearful owner decides to put an
n ed pet to sleep. The staff of a local
r imal shelter is taught to handle
. esc kinds of problems and many
ore.
Every community needs an ani-
Khelter and Brazos County may
■me, thanks to the local humane
gWy.
Harolette Woods, treasurer of
e Humane Society of Brazos
Biity, said a down payment was
He in February on 1.3 acres of
nd about 4 miles south of College
ation on Wellborn Road. Money
r r the down payment was acquired
rough bake sales membership fees
id contributions. The land, which
ist about $14,000, has a house
VHr, nine dog runs and a wooden
ed
“We bought a track of land that
Hs a lot of improvement before
Han use it,’ Woods said. “So far,
ft’s only speculation as to how the
ftty will run the animal shelter,
it financing will be our biggest
oblem."
Some animal shelters operated by
humane societies are financially in
dependent, while others have con
tracts with their city governments.
“Ifyou have your own shelter, you
don’t have to worry about the city’s
input, ’ Ruth C. Schaffer, a member
of Brazos Valley Kennel Club, said.
“However, if we had our own shel
ter, we woidd still want the city of
Bryan to do something with their in
adequate facilities.
A shelter committee, co-shared by
Jim and Jean Duffey will consider all
financial support issues and building
suggestions before making any defi
nite plans for the animal shelter. The
committee will also decide how the
land can be adequately used.
The American Humane Associa
tion has established the guidelines
for building an adequate animal shel
ter and has published them in pam
phlet form. The pamphlet suggests
that among other things the shelter
should have “a veterinarian on the
premises or one that can be called in
an emergency.
Dr. Sam C. Scarmardo, a local
veterinarian, explained that because
of a city ordinance a nonveterinary
group like the animal shelter could
not hire a full-time vet.
few electronic system
visually deprived
“It’s like building a doctor’s office
and then hiring a doctor to work
there,’ said Scarmardo. “It’s consid
ered unethical.
To help formulate plans for their
animal shelter, the Humane Society
of Brazos County sent four members
to a workshop in Oklahoma earlier
this year.
“It was primarily a workshop on
shelter operations, procedures and
management,” said Cheryl DeMeo,
a Humane Society member who at
tended the seminar. “We also
learned how to prepare photographs
for court concerning animal cruelty
cases, saw animal handling demon
strations and talked about items
ranging from distributing newslet
ters to various methods of
euthanasia.
When the animal shelter first
opens, it probably won’t have a spay
ing or neutering clinic, but will con
tinue to operate in conjunction with
local vets and the vet school, DeMeo
said.
Scarmardo, who opened his prac
tice only a few years ago, presented
the idea to local vets of rotating
monthly schedules to help with
neutering and emergencies. Woods
said.
“I don’t do any more than any of
the other vets in the area, Scar
mardo said. “We all try and help the
humane society by offering our serv
ices at cost.”
“Inertia will be their biggest prob
lem because people will volunteer to
help, but no one will get off his
rusty-dusty to do anything,” said Dr.
Dorothy T. Roberson, a veterinar
ian.
Woods agreed that it would be
hard to run an animal shelter on a
strictly voluntary basis.
Some animal lovers believe the
city government should provide
some financial support for the animal
shelter’s maintenance.
Betty L. Schier, vice president of
the Brazos County Humane Society
said, “In the past, our cities haven’t
bothered to take a stand. I feel the
councilmen need to stand behind us
so we could get more public sup
port. ”
When questioned about Bryan of
fering some financial aid to the shel
ter, City Councilman Pies Turner
said, “Money for the animal shelter
could be put into next year’s budget,
but I hesitate to comment on what
the chances are for this allocation oc-
curing.
“It was the taxpayers who turned
down the 1977 bond issue, not the
councilmen,” he said.
During last year’s bond election,
Turner was opposed to allocating any
money for the animal shelter, said
Woods.
“I was for the animal shelter, but
didn t want to give them $40,000 to
$50,000 to run it,” said Turner.
“The Humane Society has done a
good job raising money, but I think
they need support from at least one
of the two cities,” said Dr. Kathy
Wheeler, president of the Brazos
Valley Kennel Club.
“College Station refuses to admit
that they even have a stray animal
problem, but we know they do by
how many calls we get,” DeMeo
said. “Bryan knows they have a prob
lem, but doesn’t feel they could
spend the money to build a new
pound. Perhaps when our shelter is
established they will contract with
us.”
Because of rising school taxes, tax
payers living in the A&M Consoli
dated School District aren’t willing
to give any more money, said Rober
son, a resident of the school district.
“I’d like to see government control
of the animal shelter because it
would be easier for everyone con
cerned, Charles Honeycutt, of the
Bryan animal control unit, said. “We
should work hand-in-hand with the
humane society because they handle
the problems out of our reach.”
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