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Build the kennel
We’re happy to hear that the Board of Supervisors is considering options toward erecting a permanent building at the county landfill east of Amissville. A construction trailer is a fast fix, but the county needs to put up a permanent structure.
The most obvious reason is for the needs of landfill operator Harold Artz. He needs more than a lawn chair under the recycling shed, and more space for his records than the front seat of his pickup truck.
But there’s another reason. The Rappahannock Animal Welfare League, which formed several months ago, has spent untold hours trying to find homes for the stray and unwanted animals found along the county’s roads.
They, and Animal Warden Ray Pullen, are hampered in their efforts by the location of the dog pound in a private kennel in Fauquier County. It is not open to the public, so Mr. Pullen must accompany anyone who goes there to look at a dog. The time Mr. Pullen spends for that, as well as the travel time back and forth with dogs he picks up, cuts into the amount of work he can get done with the animals.
If the county builds its own pound, it will be open for set hours each week. Whether staffed by volunteers or others, it would be a place where people with missing animals could go to look for them. There would be a place they could call, and a central place to store records about lost and found pets.
Though the landfill site is far from a central location, it is within the county, and it is open to the public. In the long run, it would also cost far less for the county to operate its own facility than it pays to the private kennel.
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