Stray animal services uncertain as final budgets approach
Better Together Animal Alliance, formerly known as Panhandle Animal Shelter, currently holds stray dog intake contracts with Ponderay, Sandpoint, and Bonner County.
The future of stray animal care in Bonner County is up in the air.
For more than a decade, Better Together Animal Alliance — a nonprofit shelter based in Ponderay — has held contracts with local municipalities to house stray dogs. After the shelter announced it would raise its rates substantially this year, elected officials began exploring other options.
In the 2023 budget cycle, Sandpoint, Ponderay, and Bonner County paid BTAA a total of $18,400 to take in 406 stray dogs. According to the shelter, the actual cost of caring for the animals was $274,054.
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