Austin Animal Center audit finds poor conditions, challenges with ‘no kill’ policy

Austin Animal Center audit finds poor conditions, challenges with ‘no kill’ policy

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin City Council members on the Audit and Finance committee will walk through an audit done on the Austin Animal Center Wednesday which shows the municipal shelter is facing many challenges. Austin City Council asked for the audit in July of 2022, KXAN previously reported. The audit focused on why the shelter is overcrowded, why intake has been restricted since September 2022, if the animal shelter is treating animals well a…

The Austin Animal Center needs to rethink its goals and no-kill policy, city audit finds

A draft of the audit also found unsanitary conditions at the shelter and inaccurate data about the animals in its care. The findings do not come as a surprise to the shelter, which has tried to address the issues it's been consistently criticized for.