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Controversial Williamson Co. animal shelter program ends

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

[Editor] There hasn’t been any Italian Greyhounds news lately, so I will post some general dog news.

An animal shelter pulled the plug on a program promoting the adoption of black cats and dogs after criticism that the event would have taken place the same week as Juneteenth, a state holiday commemorating freedom for enslaved blacks in Texas.

The Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter planned to reduce adoption fees June 14-20 for black-coated animals to $25 through a “Black is Beautiful” promotion, the Austin American-Statesman reported in its online edition Wednesday.

You can read the entire article here.

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