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Weber County’s animal shelter grapples with full kennels, lack of revenue
As part of budget cuts, Ogden City shut down its animal shelter at the George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park in November 2010 and prepared to move its remaining animals to the newly expanded and improved Weber County facility near the Golden Spike Events Center. Weber County’s shelter model — set up as a fee-based enterprise fund under the sheriff’s office — aimed to service up to 15 cities as well as unincorporated areas of the county. Billed as “state-of-the-art” in a Salt Lake Tribune news story from October 2010, the 20,000-square-foot shelter launched with 15 full- and ...
