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Hats off to Animal Control
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[DEC. 4, 2003]
"This
year has seen a rebirth of Logan County Animal Control," states Joni
Tibbs of the Lincoln City Council. "Under the leadership of Pat
O'Neill [Logan County Animal Control chairman] with the strong
support from county board Chairman Dale Voyles, this department is
cleaner, healthier, better staffed and modernized."
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Tibbs is Animal Control Committee
chairman for the city of Lincoln. She submitted a copied report to
the city council from the Illinois Department of Agriculture Bureau
of Animal Welfare. The report was for the month of October 2003. The
expenses outweighed the income by $992.85, but that was something
the committee was expecting because of the recent, needed changes
that have been made.
The welfare report states the
facilities are satisfactory, and there are now no improvements
required. Tibbs also included the data for Jan. 1-Nov. 10, showing
1,170 animals had been brought in or picked up by animal control.
Within her time as council member on this committee, 652 of those
animals were picked up between the dates of May 1 and Nov. 10.
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The report also included the total of
complaint calls responded to and animals brought in for all the
towns in Logan County, with Lincoln's numbers being the highest.
There were 57 calls responded to and 47 animals brought in for the
city of Lincoln, all within the month of October.
"We want to get the message out that we
just want people to take good care of their animals," said Tibbs.
In the
closing of her report, Tibbs remarked, "I am so very proud to be a
part of this committee and the city's representative of animal
control."
[Janell Woolard]
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