Humane society meeting moved to Hobart facility
Chicago Tribune
September 25, 2015
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-humane-meeting-st-0926-20150925-story.html
The Humane Society of Hobart's board of directors has changed the location of its Monday public meeting from Hobart City Hall to the shelter, 2054 E. Indiana 130.
The meeting will be held at 4:30 p.m.
Police Chief Richard Zormier said Friday this was the first he heard of a change in venue and he had no current plans to have police officers on hand for crowd control at the smaller location.
The humane society has come under scrutiny from local animal activists and Portage city officials.
Activists have called for more transparency from the shelter, including being able to see the number of animals its brings in and the number of euthanasias it performs. They also said board meetings haven't been advertised so the public could attend.
Portage officials were upset upon learning that about 60 percent of the animals picked up by Portage Animal Control and taken to the humane society were euthanized from June 2014 through June of this year. In Hobart, which like Portage and Lake Station uses Hobart Humane Society for its animal control, 38 percent of the animals brought in during all of 2014 were put down, according to statistics provided by the shelter to the city.
Chris Skrenka, a board member and volunteer at the shelter, said the meetings have never been advertised, but the board has never stopped anyone from attending.
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