After the resignation of the Jefferson Parish animal shelter director last August, parish leaders began gathering ideas on ways to reduce the stray population and the number of animals that must be killed at the parish's two animal shelters. Tonight, those ideas will be presented to the public for their input, at a meeting at the Joseph Yenni Building in Elmwood.
In the wake of the public outcry over the amount of animals put to sleep at the parish's shelters, parish leaders put together a committee to come up with some new ideas. Deano Bonano with the parish says their goal is to "minimize the number of animals that have to be put down, and address the root of the problem, which is overpopulation."
Jefferson Parish Emergency Management Director Deano Bonano:
Bonano says they will not recommend mandatory spaying and neutering, unless a pet repeatedly escapes its owner's custody.
"The second major recommendation is to increase the rabies license fees that everybody pays, who has an animal, on an annual basis, by five dollars, dedicate that five dollars to a low cost spay and neuter program, that offers low cost and in some cases, no cost spaying and neutering of animals so that we can stop having unwanted litters," said Bonano.
The first public meeting is tonight at 6:30 in the Parish Council Chamber at the Yenni Building. A second public meeting will take place next Tuesday, November 10, at 6:30 p.m. in the council chamber at the parish government building in Gretna.
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