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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