We’re very disappointed. We falsely hoped the Pets’ Trust Plan could start on October 1, 2023. The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners ignored us in the 2023-2024 budget. However, they did, again, increase the budget for the Animal Services department plus add a little extra slush money. When will they learn? The Animal Services budget has now quadrupled from where it was when the Pets’ Trust idea began, and the key results aren’t changing!
Here’s Doug Hanks’ September 23, 2023 story from the Miami Herald:
