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		<title>Moore Names New Cecil Co Animal Shelter Head, has Several Months as Baltimore CO Shelter Manager, Hawaii Rescue Role</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2016/05/moore-names-new-cecil-co-animal-shelter-director-has-several-months-as-baltimore-county-shelter-manager-hawaii-rescue-role/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2016 20:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Executive Tari Moore has selected Abigail Lightning Bingham as the Director of Animal Services that will operate the county’s recently purchased animal shelter as part of Moore’s plan to handle animal care and control with government employees, instead of non-profit humane organization contractors as in the past. Moore praised her choice as having a “wealth of knowledge and experience [that] will make her a key player in the development of our Animal Care and Control Division, and we are excited for this opportunity to positively influence policy and outcomes for Cecil County’s pet population. We recognize the important role animal care and safety plays in the lives of Cecil’s citizens, and look forward to providing transparency, accountability, and positive prevention and intervention programs in new and creative ways.” Moore is in the last seven months of her term as County Executive. Bingham will begin her new job here on May 9 and the government-operated animal care and control operations begin on July 1. Last week, the county closed on the sale of the former Cecil County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Inc. shelter in Chesapeake City. The county paid just $395,000 for the 12-acre property [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil Co Exec to Give Buddies More $ Despite Council Budget Cuts, No Spending Audit; Option to Extend Kennel Lease Through 2017</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 21:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT Cecil County Executive Tari Moore’s proposal to give an extra $24,000 to her preferred animal control contractor, A Buddy for Life, Inc., for a six-month extended contract actually gives the group a net fiscal gain over their past pact and removes requirements for an independent audit of how taxpayer funds were spent in 2015. Moore signed a $271,020, six-month extension of the Buddies previous three-year contract on 12/29/2015, even though she did not have sufficient funds in the current Fiscal 2016 budget year to pay for it. The Buddies do not own an animal shelter facility and the county also signed a separate $48,000 lease with the owners of Rainwood Kennels to continue to house animals at the Elkton site. On top of the money paid directly to the Buddies, the county is also taking over repairs and maintenance costs of two trucks used for animal control that were previously the fiscal responsibility of the Buddies—at a taxpayer cost estimated by county officials at $4,980 for six months. Now Moore is asking the County Council after-the-fact to approve a total of $24,000 in extra spending for total animal control services—despite the fact that the Council [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Animal Control Group Admits Secrecy on Fatal Attack, Claims Big Taxpayer Costs for Day of Care; State Probe Continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2014 23:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Cecil Times Special Report Cecil County’s animal control contractor, A Buddy for Life, Inc., has admitted it omitted details of a fatal attack by one of its ‘foster’ dogs in a required report to county officials, while a state inquiry into the group continues and new financial data indicates taxpayers are paying caviar costs for Wal-Mart food and care. A state investigation is continuing into the operation of the Buddy shelter for nearly a full year without a required state license. A spokeswoman for the state Department of Agriculture, which includes the Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners under its umbrella, told Cecil Times that the vet board met in late January and “this matter is being investigated” and “until they have a final document” no further comment can be made at this time. The Buddy group did not obtain its required state license until 12/26/13 but began taxpayer-financed operations on 1/1/13. [SEE previous Cecil Times report on the Buddy group’s lack of licensing here: https://ceciltimes.com/2013/11/state-vet-board-to-investigate-buddy-animal-shelter-on-license-inspection-issues-family-says-buddy-foster-dog-killed-their-pet-attacked-woman/ ] As the Buddy group enters the second year of its three-year, more than $2.25 million contract with Cecil County government, the Animal Care and Control Oversight Commission (ACCOC) &#8212; which under the county’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
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