Stray animals are commonly found in rural parts of Seward County, but with kennels already full of animals found in Liberal, the city’s animal shelter has adopted a policy of not accepting animals from rural areas of the county. The issue was brought to light at the June 13 town hall meeting hosted by the Seward County Commission, and the commission addressed the problem at its June 20 regular meeting. After the town hall meeting, Administrator April Warden researched what other Kansas counties were doing with their local animal shelters, and she got an array of responses. “We had anywhere from $9,000, $7,500, $4,500 the counties are contributing. They have a memorandum of understanding within the cities, and most of them said it’s usually the sheriff’s office,” she said. Warden said sheriff’s office officials would get called out for stray animals in the county, and they would bring those animals to the shelter.
Source: Liberal First
