{"id":459,"date":"2018-10-07T10:56:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T17:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/?p=999921628"},"modified":"2018-10-07T10:56:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T17:56:44","slug":"public-invited-to-the-oct-9-animal-care-task-force-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/pets\/public-invited-to-the-oct-9-animal-care-task-force-meeting","title":{"rendered":"Public invited to the Oct. 9 Animal Care Task Force Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mayor\u2019s Animal Care Visioning Task Force will hold its first meeting on Tuesday, and plans to discuss a pair of audits<\/a> that covered everything from euthanization rates to limited use of volunteers at the city’s shelters.<\/p>\n

The meeting, open to the public, is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Bixby Park Community Center, 130 Cherry Ave.<\/p>\n

Mayor Robert Garcia created the task force out of a recommendation from the review that specified community engagement. Animal advocates had been hoping for such a committee to be put together. The recently formed group comprises animal-welfare proponents, rescuers, pet-focused organizations, and people who simply love animals and care passionately about their well-being.<\/p>\n

(See \u201cMeet the New Members of the Long Beach Animal Care Vision Task Force,<\/a>\u201d July 19, 2018.)<\/em><\/p>\n

There will likely be comment either from the task force or the public about the replacement for ACS Manager Ted Stevens, who will be leaving his position for a new one. During the Sept. 18, the City Council<\/a> meeting, a number of outspoken animal advocates pleaded for, among other changes, a manager who would adopt no-kill strategies and practices for shelter animals. (No-kill<\/em>, depending on the organization, has similar definitions; according to Best Friends<\/a>, the benchmark is 90 percent save rate for healthy or treatable shelter pets.)<\/p>\n

Visit the Mayor\u2019s Animal Care Visioning Task Force<\/a> page for the full meeting agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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