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Article: D.C. Animal Care Up in the Air; Humane Society Exits Over Contract; City Says It Can Cover
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- The Washington Post
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- September 5, 2003
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The Washington Humane Society withdrew from the D.C. Animal
Shelter yesterday, leaving only a few staff members to help care for
about 80 animals as city officials scrambled to reach agreement with
the group or another contractor to operate the facility.
Jody Huckaby, executive director of the Humane Society, said
yesterday afternoon that he planned to turn over control of the
shelter to the D.C. Department of Health last night, after the last
of the nonprofit group's equipment was loaded into moving vans. The
Humane Society has run the city's animal shelter for about 20 years.
City Administrator John A. Koskinen said that shelter operations
would not be disrupted and added that the city ...