Hays County Animal Control is responsible for investing reports of animal bits, quarantining potential rabies cases, issuing citations and transporting animals to shelters. They say they need more officers on duty to combat the county's population growth.
Animal Control is working with a small crew as the county population grows and the number of calls increase.
"More people would be better, we could cover more," Hays County Animal Control Supervisor John Trinidad said. The U.S. Census shows Hays County was one of the fastest growing counties in Texas from 2020 to 2021. Hays County Animal Control usually only has four officers who patrol almost 700 square miles.They’re responsible for investing reports ofbites, quarantining animals suspected of having rabies, issuing citations for violations, and capturing and transporting animals to the shelter.
"If one of the deputies arrests somebody and they have an animal and there’s nobody that can come get the animal, my guys have to go out, pick it up, and take it to the shelter and leave it there," Trinidad said.On Feb. 15, a grand jury decided to not indict the Hays County deputy for the shooting."We are provided with tools and lots of training," Trinidad said. "A lot of training we get is the experience doing this for a while.
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