Animal activists continue complaints despite efforts to improve Bishop shelter

Animal activists continue complaints despite efforts to improve Bishop shelter

Commissioner George Kruse said the donation of the Bishop Animal Shelter to Manatee County in 2021 was both a blessing and a curse. The donation, valued at $18 million, increased the county’s capacity to take animals off the streets and led to the closing of the outdated Palmetto Animal Shelter. But the expansion efforts created a public firestorm and took focus away from the original plan to build a brick and mortar shelter in East County. Give…