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INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Animal Care Services currently operates under the supervision of another city-county department, but the animal welfare service will soon become unleashed and become its own agency.The Indianapolis City-County Council approved splitting off IACS from the Department of Business and Neighborhood Services during its Monday meeting. It will become independent on New Year's Day.
'IACS' independence comes as it prepares to build a new animal shelter on Raymond Street and Emerson Avenue. The new shelter is estimated to open in 2026.Laurie Collins has fostered hundreds of pitbulls from IACS through her organization, Lucci's House Bully Rescue. She is cautiously optimistic for how the split could make IACS better.'No matter what you do, it's never enough,' Collins said.
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