HomeMy WebLinkAboutAnimal Welfare 02/20/2025Corot Kosel
Chairman
Animal Welfare Committee
Sharon Baker
Vice -Chairman
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Minutes For February 20, 2025
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Alternate Alternate
Present: AWC: Carol Kosel, Sharon Baker, Mary Andrews, Shannon Dempsey, Ana V illella,
Erika Cervasio
A.C.O.: Francesca Politsopoulos
The Animal Welfare Committee meeting was called to order at 6:05 p.m. at Mansfield Airport.
Approve Minutes
Motion: To approve the minutes from January16, 2025. Passes.
A.C. O. Report
• Francesca introduced a new shelter coordinator, Jada Lebron. Jada will take over the
following responsibilities:
o Recording, tracking, and ordering Hill's pet food
o Sitting at the front desk during some shifts
o Ordering office and shelter supplies
o Providing transport to veterinary appointments
o Working with social media
o Providing enrichment for animals
o Helping to train volunteers
• Tippy, a new cat at the shelter, was trapped in Mansfield. She has a tipped ear, so was
probably part of a TNR program. Tippy will be on hold for 10 days. If she is not
sufficiently socialized to be adopted, she will be returned to the place where she was
found.
• Francesca thinks all TNR cats must be microchipped before being released. Sharon stated
that chipping had never been part of the process in the past, and she was unaware of that
requirement. Sharon will investigate, and Francesca will double check with Kaycee
Bailey.
• Francesca wants all pets to be microchipped prior to adoption. They can be chipped
during spay/neuter. A plan needs to be developed for chipping pets that are already
spayed or neutered.
• All incoming animals, even surrenders, should be scanned for chips.
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A dog might be surrendered soon: small female, under one year old. The owners are
having trouble house training the dog.
Lights are finally installed and working in the dog play area.
Cats
Morning shifts report that the cats don't like and are not eating the Hill's canned food. The
Saturday morning shift will check food charts to see how widespread the problem is.
Miscellaneous
• Preventative measures against mice seem to be working. Val Cabral volunteered to check
mice traps on Fridays.
• Erika told us that when we clean mouse droppings at the shelter we should wear glasses,
masks, and gloves.
• Carol reported that the parking lot was insufficiently plowed of snow last Sunday
morning, and visitors had to walk through snow to get into the shelter. DPW should be
asked to clear snow completely in the future.
Adjournment
• Adjourned at 7:00 pm
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Mary Andrews
Signature of Clerk Date: 2/20/2025
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