Sonoma County animal control changes approved
Sonoma County’s Animal Care and Control Division will be under new management on Friday after three county supervisors on Tuesday approved the timing of the transfer.
Sonoma County’s Animal Care and Control Division will be under new management on Friday after three county supervisors on Tuesday approved the timing of the transfer.
In Paris, where owners and their four-legged companions are inseparable, you expect to see a poodle in a café. But it appears that the social life of man’s best friend is just as busy on this side of the pond.
A man convicted of murder after three bloodhounds allegedly matched his scent to the victim should be set free because the evidence against him was not legally sufficient, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday.
“Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It’s So Hard to Think Straight About Animals”
In a 4-1 vote Sonoma County supervisors said Tuesday they favored County Administrator Veronica Ferguson’s request to move animal care to the Department of Public Health.
Sonoma County’s top executive wants the Animal Care and Control Division to be moved to another county department and fall under new management, an extraordinary development stemming from a director’s controversial firing.
A study comparing a University of Pennsylvania method for evaluating a dog’s susceptibility to hip dysplasia to the traditional American method has shown that 80 percent of dogs judged to be normal by the traditional method are actually at risk for developing osteoarthritis and hip dysplasia.
