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Dog pound
now open
No members of the Board of Supervisors turned up for the official opening of the county dog pound last Friday at 1 p.m. at the county landfill, however, county officials, animal loverjs and a few homeless canines applauded the occasion anyway.
County Administrator John McCarthy was on hand as well as representatives of the Rappahannock Animal Welfare League and the shelter’s operator, Tracey Clark ofWoodville.
Mrs. Clark said the pound has actually been open since Monday, Dec. 10 and adopted out the first dog last Thursday.
The pound will be open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The county had been paying $6 a day to keep dogs in a private kennel in Fauquier County. Mr. McCarthy said it now costs about 75 cents a day to feed a dog, so the pound won’t kill the dogs as long as there is space to keep them. There are eight kennels with runs at the pound, and six of them were occupied Friday.
Besides the kennels and runs there are two small storage rooms at the pound. One of these will be used for euthanasia and treating sick dogs, Mrs. Clark said.
Mrs. Clark said the pound is seeking donations of an examination table, a sink large enough to serve for washing and dipping dogs and a small refrigerator.
Mrs. Clark’s salary as the part-time animal shelter manager is being picked up by the Rappahannock Animal Welfare League, a private, non-profit community group which depends on donations and fundraisers.
See listing of lost and found dogs, page 2.
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