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		<title>Deadly Dog Virus at Buddy Shelter, but Cecil County, Citizens Not Told; County Imposes Belated Quarantine but Shelter Kept Open</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2016/03/deadly-dog-virus-at-buddy-shelter-but-cecil-county-citizens-not-told-county-imposes-belated-quarantine-but-shelter-kept-open/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2016 19:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT The animal shelter operated by A Buddy for Life, Inc. under contract with the Cecil County government has had at least three cases of a highly contagious and potentially deadly virus—resulting in two deaths—but kept it a secret from county officials and citizens who continued to visit the Elkton facility and could have carried the virus home to their own pets. And in an unrelated matter, the Buddies cut back their hours of operation for the public from 39 hours to just 24 hours a week and the shelter is closed entirely on Mondays, as of this week, because the County Council refused to give the Buddies an extra $11,600 above their current $300,000 six months extension of a former $2.24 million three year contract. The county administration approved the service cutbacks of 15 hours per week, even though the Buddies had not officially signed their latest contract with the county that expires on 6/30/201, according to documents obtained by CECIL TIMES. And that level of significant service cutbacks does not appear to correlate to the relatively small requested but denied additional amount of county subsidy. A “third party” informed county officials of the outbreak [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Buddies&#8217; Cat Pal Attacks Animal Control Panel Chair; Maps of Feral Cat Colonies in Cecil County Proposed, as Carletti Protests</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2014 21:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County should know the locations of feral (wild) cat colonies harbored by local cat “rescue” groups as a matter of public and animal health concerns, the chair of an animal oversight panel has suggested. But a cat activist member of the oversight panel&#8211; who is aligned with the Buddy for Life group that holds a 3-year animal control contract with the county&#8211; attacked the chairwoman in legally questionable terms that prompted a call for “regular business” from the county attorney. At the Animal Care and Control Oversight Commission (ACCOC)’s quarterly meeting held 4/22/14, a member of the oversight panel, Ricky Lewis II—operator of the “Cat Crusaders” group that deals with feral cat colonies and other stray cats—attacked the panel’s chairwoman, Lyn Yelton, and began to claim inside information about the operations of the county’s Ethics Commission. Complaints to the commission are confidential under county law and even those filing complaints are not allowed to discuss the matter publicly. However, sources have told Cecil Times that Mindy Carletti, a veterinarian who is listed on state records as the business agent for the Buddy for Life group, filed a complaint against Yelton because she owns a dog boarding kennel. No public [&#8230;]]]></description>
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