Kansas City Pet Project Cutoff Coming Soon

And so, this week Kansas City comes full circle in our sordid journey with animal control.

The local animal activists who said that a pricey shelter would solve so many local problems have all vanished and moved on to new career paths . . . Their promise to raise 8 MILLION BUCKS in private funding was unfulfilled and now their partnership with city hall will conclude very soon following longstanding complaints about wild dog packs on local streets and after a poor soul was mauled to death late last year.

Here's a preview of the end game already in the works . . .

“KCPP was surprised to learn of the letter from KCCAC to the City Manager stating it wished to discontinue its contract with the City, effectively terminating its subcontract with KCPP for animal shelter operations in April,” KC Pet Project said in a statement last week to KSHB 41 News.

The ordinance to be introduced Tuesday directs the "City Manager to transition animal control operations from the City’s current contractor, Kansas City Pet Project, to the Neighborhood Services Department no later than December 31, 2025, and to cooperate with such contractor to facilitate a smooth transition of such responsibilities by providing contractor no fewer than 90 days’ notice of the date on which such contract will terminate and City staff will assume all animal control operations; reducing the contingent appropriation in the General Fund by $500,000.00; appropriating $500,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the General Fund to hire a manager of animal control services, negotiate equipment purchases, and public engagement efforts with residents and relevant stakeholders; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Ordinance to be introduced to transfer animal control operations back to Kansas City, Missouri

An ordinance will be introduced Tuesday at a KCMO City Council committee meeting to move animal control operations from the Kansas City Pet Project to the city's Neighborhood Services Department.