This cat was not orphanned. It's parents likely died years ago. The adult human with whom it lived died and spent several days unattended. Upon discovering the situation our public safety officers took necessary steps on behalf of a dead person and a sick cat-Nuff said. Let's deal with the real problems of our city and its people!

How many of these people taking up our City Council time are actually from Woodbury. I really think the council has better things to do with it's time.

wow Iam glad these animal do gooders are fighting these injustices. I am sure Ms. Long would be willing help pay personally the addedd costs of keeping stray animals longer (assuming she is even a resident of Woodbury) just so she adn her fellow PETA-like freinds can feel better. Using the same flimsey economic arguments that were made previosuly about Woodbury's arrangement with the demonic Animal Human Society, we can just as easily assume the call for Woodbury to contract with a "no kill" shelter is only in the economic interest of of Animal Ark. Gee how selfish. Go try this argument on Eagan and see if it works

The cat was orphaned and the owner's wishes were not honored. But besides, we were the only people who signed up to speak last night. Unfortunately, the city council is satisfied with how animals are dealt with in the city of Woodbury. If you read through the invoices from the AHS and saw what your city pays for current impound services, considering the high number of animals that are deemed "other outcomes", one would think you'd be more upset about that than two people filling up an 9 min time slot during the open forum part of the meeting. If the city council held their impound facility accountable for the contract it signed then we wouldn't have to keep showing up but I guess it's easier to sweep it under the rug. I challenge you all to read through the AHS invoices paid by the city and then we all can have an informed discussion .

Mr.Munro don't you get it? Only you and Ms. Long signed up because your Animal Ark self serving issue has no merit. most of us have more important things to do like cleaning our sock drawer than listening to someone who doesn't even live here attack our public workers and others who do good in our community. Go back to Eagan and bother your own officials with silly stuff.

Animal Ark has pursued this issue not to get a contract but b/c AHS consistently ignores minimum holding periods and every year euthanizes thousands of animals that they consider "unadoptable". I personally advocate for the welfare of animals. Other individuals, non profits, etc... advocate for homeless youth, the elderly, human rights, and many worthy causes. Animal Ark advocates for those that really CAN'T speak for themselves. In the case of Jimmy, AHS didnt follow correct and appropriate statutes and acted negligently by unlawfully euthanizing an animal. This is a pattern for AHS, everyone involved (including them) knows it but clearly they and the city are not willing to admit ANY wrongdoing or deal with this systemic failure. That is why I showed up again b/c they have been trying to sweep this under the rug from the start. If the city and residents want to ignore the facts that's fine, we will just keep showing up. It may be silly to those that hide behind their computer screens but if it were your pet that was euthanized and it's remains we're literally held captive for 2 full months, then maybe you'd have a different and more compassionate perspective. At least that's what I can hope for... Thanks