Hasn’t KCACC fixed the problems identified in the consultant reports?
Sadly, no. In the past two years, KCACC has made a few small improvements that were more than a decade overdue, such as finally separating the cats from the dogs, and installing a grate over the open sewer trench in the dog kennels. And at the direction of the King County Council, KCACC has also purchased new cat cages for both shelters, and installed a new cat adoption trailer at the Kent shelter. KCACC has also finally extended the hours for the Kent shelter to include evenings and weekends – after years of promising that this would be done. However, despite an infusion of nearly $1 million in additional funds in 2008, and budget increases in 2009, KCACC has made few other improvements. There has been no significant expansion of the kennels available for dogs, even though the council specifically allocated $200,000 for this purpose. No monitoring cameras have been installed, although council specifically directed $15,000 for this project. KCACC still fails to protect healthy animals
