12/23/13 - Some grant money from the Michigan Department of Agriculture will allow Livingston County Animal Control to improve its medical facilities. Every year, the DOA offers grants to licensed shelters. Animal Control won the grant in 2010, and used the money to hire a veterinary technician. The department was awarded just under $10,000 again this year, but the money can only be spent on new improvements, not preexisting expenses. Animal Control Director Debbie Oberle tells WHMI the shelter requires that all animals be spayed or neutered before being adopted, so the money will be spent on new equipment to make surgery faster and easier. Oberle says she plans to purchase a new light and implements for surgery with the money. She will also plans to reduce the amount of time between surgeries by purchasing a new autoclave, which sterilizes medical instruments using steam. Oberle says the money should arrive by February 1st, and Animal Control will get the equipment on order that same day so they can have it ready as soon as possible. (TD)
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