The Animal Care & Control Division of the Public Works Department in Bloomington, Indiana is an organization responsible for addressing and responding to all companion animal needs in the community through education, enforcement and support in order to build a community where people value animals and treat them with kindness and respect.
It was set up in the year 2004 and started out with 15 employees and an annual budget of $782,931 USD. Sadly, about 2277 animals had to be euthanized in the first year alone, but on a positive note, 3257 stray animals were rescued and a total of 5608 animals were taken in and housed. People were happy to adopt treated and rescued animals into their homes and in that year, 1896 adoptions were overseen by the organization generating an annual adoption revenue of about $13,146 USD.
Let’s see if anything has changed, for the better or for the worse, in 2020.