Push For Pet Licensing Working In Huron

A push to promote pet licensing is paying off according the Beadle County Humane Society. Kim Kruger with the Humane Society addressed the Huron City Commission Monday night…

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Kruger says the increased awareness of pet licensing in January lead to a good response from the public although the number of actual pets licensed in Huron is roughly near 25-percent. Overall numbers for pets in 2011 was down…

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There were 922 calls to Animal Control in 2011. The nicer late winter weather we’ve seen is causing the numbers of animals in the Humane Society’s care to rise…

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Kruger also told the Commission that a fence is now in place around the dog park located just south of the Humane Society’s building on South Highway 37. The dog park is free for the public to use.