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Article: Fierce Divisions Over D.C. Shelter; Humane Society Again Seeks Deal [ Corrected: 11/19/03 ]
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- November 10, 2003
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The contract to operate the District's animal shelter is worth
less than $2 million per year, a tiny fraction of the city's $5.6
billion budget. But when District officials dropped the Washington
Humane Society and selected a little-known Canadian company for the
job, animal-rights groups reacted with large-scale outrage.
They bombarded the offices of Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) and
the D.C. Council with angry telephone calls, flooded their computers
with e-mail and showed up by the dozens at a public council hearing
to denounce the selection.
Before long, the city canceled the contract with the company and
reopened negotiations with the Humane Society, which has operated the
shelter for ...