Animal Control- Wilkinson County

A call to action.

For too long, Wilkinson County has struggled with animal welfare issues, having no where to turn and no one to help. Our resources have been limited to inactive local rescue, disinterested commissioners and other government officials or overloading well intentioned animals lovers with far too many mouths to feed.

It’s time for change.

Wilkinson County needs Animal Control. No, not rescues playing animal control. Government funded AND regulated animal control. At the current time, Wilkinson County has two local rescues. Only ONE is licensed for intake, licensed to adopt, or to hold. How are we, as residents supposed to have confidence in change?

Who do we call? When there is an aggressive dog, a dead animal, an injured animals, a resident needing assistance?

Silence. Silence is all that has met resident complaints for more far longer than we should have ever accepted.

Out of area rescues are tired. They are limited as to how much assistance they can offer to our county because we have SO MANY in need. While we appreciate them all, citizens need resources. REAL resources.

We need answers, not countless pointless meetings, unreturned calls, unanswered emails. We don’t need “It’s coming, we have a plan. Just bare with us. Let me work on it.”

Small town economics and leadership are drowning this county. Government officials want votes, fueled by false promises and Googled five year plans.
We can’t get real change because our officials are controlled by private agenda and personal issues.

We need to force change. We need to stand for our beliefs and stop taking “we’re working on it” for an answer.

The county’s current plan of action is stressing the budgets of our municipalities to supply PART TIME animal control officers.

The perfect solution, assuming animal issues can schedule themselves during business hours.

Many would call this a good thing and while it may improve issues in the county. What happens outside your of those schedule “part time” hours. What happens to our taxes and the municipalities budgets while we accept the less than reasonable?

Smaller counties than ours have dedicated animal control buildings, full time officers and active animal aid groups. Why are they more committed to their residents than our commissioners?

Demand results. Demand legal, accountable, properly educated Animal Welfare Resource Officers.

Stand with me, demand change in Wilkinson County. Force our commissioners to develop a publicly discussed plan and to accept accountability for poor decisions and wasted funding.