Animal Summit Today

Here’s one of the bitterest of ironies about life in Galveston County: Each year, people who love animals have to kill them routinely. Abandoned animals that cannot be adopted are given lethal injections. These deaths are humane. But they also are, to a great extent, preventable. It’s a heart-wrenching problem that the public has known about for years. 

Today, the Galveston County Health District is doing something about it. It has asked city and county officials to meet with members of the Galveston County United Board of Health and the Galveston County Animal Shelter Advisory Committee to discuss the problem and suggestions on solving it. It’s also asked representatives of animal-welfare groups and nonprofit shelters, as well as interested private citizens, to offer suggestions. If you have a suggestion, you’re invited to the Animal Summit. It’s at 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. today at the Wayne Johnson Community Center, 4102 Main St., La Marque.The summit won’t solve all the county’s problems with animals. But it’s a good first step. We’re glad the health district is taking it.

For More Information Contact:
Kurt Koopmann
Public Information Officer
Galveston County Health District
(409) 938-2211
kkoopman@gchd.org

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