The Orange Animal Shelter may soon be sending some of its adoptable dogs and cats to the Southeast Texas Humane Society in Beaumont. Orange Fire Chief David Frenzel, who oversees the city’s shelter, said the Beaumont group asked to get some of the Orange animals. The Humane Society draws more people to increase the chances of adoption, he said.
The Orange City Council on Tuesday will vote to approve a resolution allowing the Humane Society to take the animals and accept responsibility for spaying or neutering. The Orange shelter is licensed by the Zoonoisis Control Division of the Texas Department of State Health Services. Frenzel said licensed shelters are required to have all pets that are adopted be spayed or neutered and have immunizations.
In Orange, a local veterinarian offers a discounted price on the sterilizations for people who adopt the pets. The people who adopt a cat or dog pay for the procedure in the city fees.
Frenzel said to keep the state license, the city shelter must guarantee the animals adopted be spayed or neutered. The city attorney created a legal agreement so the Humane Society would take on the responsibility and the city could maintain its license.
The Humane Society also requires sterilization. Frenzel said the agreement should be good for both shelters.
The council meets at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the council chamber next to the Orange Public Library.
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