The City of Gallup notified the McKinley County Humane Society on Sept. 25 that its contract for operation of the animal shelter located at 1273 Balok Street would terminate on Oct. 27.
According to its Sept. 29 press release, the City took this step for many reasonsin response to long-standing and unresolved operational problems, and in consultation with the city/county Animal Control Authority.
The city has planned and will execute a transition of shelter operations that it says will assure the unabated continuation of all shelter functions. Current employees of the Humane Society are being offered continued employment, shelter volunteers will continue to be welcome, displaced animals will continue to receive shelter and care, fostering and adoption and veterinary services will continue, together with all other shelter functions. In short, there will be no reduction or pause in shelter services.
“This step was not only necessary, but will result in an improved shelter and improved and more efficient coordination between animal control and shelter operations,” City Manager Frank Chiapetti Jr. stated in the press release.
