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available for animal care. Injured or
sick animals or animals deemed un-
adoptable were put down.
Volunteer groups in Glynn County
(No Kill Glynn) help fill the foster and
money gap. They have put their mon
ey and time into rescue and paying for
medical services for animals.
In the past if a hurricane was
even remotely predicted to come near
Glynn County, all the animals were
put down. The shelter was emptied.
Groups stepped up and a transport
vehicle was purchased so the animals
could be moved.
Director Austin has done a fine
job in the short time she has been at
GCAS. She has reached out to volun
teer groups, promoted fostering ani
mals, and sends animals to other res
cue groups.
Animals transferred to other groups
are up 141 to date over last year.
The County built a new shelter
which is much more than a shelter.
Staff and volunteers work with foster
ing, providing veterinary care, and so
cializing the animals.
GCAS can only provide up to $300
for an animal’s medical care. Any
amount over that must come from
donations otherwise the animal may
have to be put down.
Many of the problems that still ex
ist come with educating the public and
continuing overpopulation issues.
Animals are over bred, abandoned,
abused, dumped, discarded.
“Two French Bulldogs were dumped
recently on Highway 99,” Austin said.
“They had been used for breeding
and had skin issues. They were not
micro-chipped. If they had microchips
and were licensed, we could find the
owners.”
One possible fix for this irrespon
sible owner problem is the required
licensing / micro-chipping of animals.
The owner pays a small annual fee
and receives the license and has his /
her cat / dog micro-chipped.
The owner can refuse to micro
chip the pet but then the license fee
is higher.
When a pet is micro-chipped the
chances of it being returned if lost are
greater. GCAS has returned 46 more
pets to their owners this year so far
than in all of 2023.
Chairman Wayne Neal asked about
enforcing a licensing program. Austin
told him there would be a learning
curve but that she is sure the people
who have loose dogs running through
their yards or damaging property
would be in favor of licensing. “With a
license and a picture of the animal we
would know who it belonged to,” she
said.
Another solution that goes a long
way toward reducing the unwanted
animal population is spay / neuter.
Austin suggested increasing licens
ing fees for those animals who have
not been spayed or neutered. She also
suggested no fees for spayed / neu
tered pets with current vaccinations.
“We could offer vouchers toward
spay / neuter with licensing,” she said.
Another solution is a low or no cost
spay / neuter clinic.
“We are looking at possible grants
to cover this cost,” Austin said.
GCAS has been looking for a vet
erinarian for three years. In that time
one person applied then took anoth
er job. The pay range is $101,000 to
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sources and they suggested we offer
$120,000 per year with a three year
contract and a $5,000 bonus per year
each of those three years.”
A flexible schedule could be includ
ed for those times that the veterinar
ian has to work after hours.
The recruitment brochure is on the
county’s website. The medical room
is equipped for surgery. This is some
thing the former GCAS site did not
have.
If GCAS had a veterinarian on site,
GCAS could possibly offer low cost
spay / neuter clinics.
A position for a vet tech has recent
ly been posted on the county web site.
Austin discussed facility needs
next. A grant has been submitted for
some of the needs but it is a long pro
cess, she said.
A generator is needed for loss of
electricity; artificial turf would pre
vent digging, be cleaner, have flow
through drainage to prevent holding
water; shade canopies would provide
shade in the dog play area and keep
the surface of the turf cool.
“One of our volunteer groups is try
ing to fundraise for the shades,” Aus
tin said.
She also said five generators were
applied for in 2022 through FEMA.
“It’s a three year process and we are
still hoping to hear from them.”
Meanwhile, generators have to be
rented.
Austin’s next ‘ask’ was to tighten
the current animal ordinance.
• Tethering - the flaw is the six foot
tether, she said. “We see dogs on a six
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foot leash tied to a fence post and the
dog is unable to move. The ordinance
needs to say the animal needs to be
able to move.”
Restrict the tethering material
to something the dog cannot chew
through. Define the material.
Better define what a shelter is. “It
shouldn’t be a cardboard box with a
plastic bag over it,” she said.
Restrict what the animal can be
tethered to. “We had a case where the
animal was tied to a car bumper and
dragged after the car.”
• Running at large ordinance - the
ordinance only includes dogs and cats.
‘We have been called numerous times
to the 1-95 Exit 29 area to catch the
same two horses running loose in the
road. We have no way to enforce this.
We need to change the ordinance lan
guage to include any domestic animal
or pet,” Austin said.
• Create a licensing ordinance - no
licensing fee would be charged for pets
that are spayed / neutered, micro-
chipped and current on rabies. Indi
vidual fees will be required for pets not
spayed / neutered or micro-chipped.
Currently 1,387 dogs (817) and cats
(570) have been taken into GCAS in
2024. That is 257 more than the same
period in 2023. Adoptions are down;
37 less this year.
Chairman Neal commented, “We
can strengthen the ordinance.”
Com. Bo Clark commented that
strengthening and making the ordi
nance more specific would help law
enforcement with the ability to make
a case and put abusers in court.
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