Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Animals adopted after seizure in possible cruelty case

  March 5, 2012 in City All 99 large animals seized last week on a rural property northwest of Elk have been adopted, a news release from the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service said. 2

• SCRAPS almost out of cat food

  August 24, 2011 in News The Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service needs help restocking its shelves. 10

• SCRAPS: Top ten reasons to adopt a black cat

  August 10, 2011 in News SCRAPS is overwhelmed with black cats and kittens looking for loving homes and is offering a special through Saturday. 2

• ‘Dog tax’ violations nothing new

  November 27, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service director Nancy Hill estimates that only 41 percent of dog owners and a skimpy 15 percent of cat owners license their pets. This is … 7

• Warehouse idea for SCRAPS gains traction

  November 5, 2010 in City Plans for a new regional animal-control shelter took a step forward this week when public officials warmed to a site near the county fairgrounds.

• ‘Dog days’ are no time for a car ride

  July 17, 2010 in City Even with the windows cracked, the temperature of the leather seat inside the Mercedes-Benz parked in the Value Village parking lot on East Sprague Saturday afternoon climbed to more than … 4

• Cities, county will examine SCRAPS facility needs

  June 11, 2010 in City A proposed new regional animal-control shelter got a scratch behind the ears and a pat on the shoulders Friday. Elected officials from Spokane, Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake and Spokane County …

• WSU vets: Meatballs that killed dogs contained strychnine

  February 23, 2010 in City Washington State University veterinarians say a meatball found on a Spokane woman’s property contained the poison strychnine. KREM says that woman’s dog died last week after eating another meatball.

• Dog poisonings leave trail of questions and anguish

  February 23, 2010 in City on Page A5 Abby collapsed near the back steps, convulsing before her owner took her inside, where she died. Her companion, Snoopy, died shortly after, both victims of what animal control officials suspect … 5

• 3 dogs dead in suspected meatball poisonings

  February 19, 2010 in City Poisoned meatballs may have killed three dogs in the Moran Prairie neighborhood on Spokane’s South Hill today, and more suspicious meatballs were found in two other locations. 3

• Animal control options limited

  January 23, 2010 in City on Page A1 Almost two years after completing an agreement hailed as the solution to Spokane’s ongoing animal control problem, leaders again are debating how to regionalize dog and cat licensing and other … 9

• SpokAnimal extends city agreement

  December 9, 2009 in City on Page A6 Spokane police officers won’t have to double as dogcatchers after all. With the planned consolidation of city and county animal control agencies on hold indefinitely, SpokAnimal C.A.R.E. has agreed to …

• SpokAnimal will continue animal control services

  December 8, 2009 in News With the planned consolidation of city and county animal control agencies on hold indefinitely, SpokAnimal C.A.R.E. has agreed to continue to function as the city’s pet licensor and shelter operator …

• Without money for shelter, animal control’s in tight spot

  September 3, 2009 in City on Page A5 Spokane’s inability to pay for an expanded dog and cat shelter has put the future of animal control in question four months before the city is scheduled to join a … 2