We are pleased to report that after several months of negotiation and a growing grassroots demand for fair funding, Clermont County Commissioners extended the operating agreement with Clermont Animal Care Humane Society (CACHS) exactly one month before CACHS services would have ended. This agreement ensures for the continuation of Clermont Animal CARE to provide the county’s dog warden and animal shelter services through 2020.

Thank you for your part in making this happen. To achieve such significant change, elected officials needed to know that the quality of animal care in a community is important to voters, and your voices were heard! 

Although the new 2020 budget still falls short of the actual cost of providing basic animal services, Clermont Animal CARE is prepared to cover the remaining shortfall to ensure that Clermont County remains no-kill in the coming year. 

We are hopeful that this agreement by the County Commissioners represents a long-term vision and commitment to best-practice lifesaving animal services for our community.

We will continue to support Clermont Animal CARE as they build upon this victory and work toward county commitment for a shelter budget in 2021 that reflects actual animal shelter costs. A responsibly-funded budget will be necessary to ensure that animals in our county receive the services to which they are entitled under state law. And it will help ensure that a humane society will continue to work in partnership with our county to elevate the level of services provided so that we can remain a no-kill community, one that we can all be proud of.