LEXINGTON, Ky. — A dog named Choco spent 565 days — more than a year and a half — in the custody of Lexington-Fayette Animal Care & Control after being seized in a cruelty case. Two others, “Morty” and “Richard,” waited 264 and 248 days. The reason they sat so long, the agency says, is that once a court case ends, the city has no clear legal authority to keep a seized animal or place it for adoption. A package of proposed changes to Lexington’s …
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