Stray Rescue

State Sen. Joe Keaveny has filed legislation that would return the St. Louis Police Department back to local control for the first time since the 1850s.

Morning headlines: Friday, December 2, 2011

Marshall Griffin

STL area democrat files local control legislationThe legislation, sponsored by Joe Keaveny, would return the St. Louis Police Department back to local…

Stray Rescue founder Randy Grim carries a puppy to a transport van during a rescue in the summer of 2011.

Aldermen vote to free up money for Stray Rescue

Rachel Lippmann

A year-long battle over the best way to use about $258,000 in donated tax dollars that were originally intended for a new city-operated shelter is…

The city of St. Louis hopes to soon completely vacate the old city pound on Gasconade, pictured here. The new pound will be located in an old vehicle emissions station on the north side.

Board of E&A approves funds for new animal shelter

Rachel Lippmann

The nearly 10-year-old effort to build a new city animal shelter came a big step closer to completion today, when the Board of Estimate and Apportionment…

City outlines needs for newer animal control strategy

Rachel Lippmann

A new city animal shelter on the north side, a full-time veterinarian and vet techs to staff it, and more animal control officers are all on the wish list…

Money to help Stray Rescue finish its shelter appears headed for another political showdown with a resolution introduced today at the Board of Aldermen

Animal shelter money appears headed for another political showdown

Rachel Lippmann

Accusations of political gamesmanship are flying today after the introduction of a new St. Louis Board of Aldermen resolution giving about $255,000 to the…

A law that would require pets to be spayed/neutered and microchipped got committee approval today; funds to help Stray Rescue complete its shelter did not.

Mandatory spay-neuter clears committee; funds for Stray Rescue do not

Rachel Lippmann

What Ald. Stephen Conway called a comprehensive animal control strategy for St. Louis is somewhat in limbo tonight after an aldermanic committee passed…

The city’s pound on Gasconade once held most of the stray dogs the city would pick up in a day. Now, it houses just dangerous or bite dogs, and those that are part of the court system.

Stray Rescue reflects on a year as St. Louis' official dog shelter

Rachel Lippmann

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-976404.mp3Last year, 90 dogs left the St. Louis city pound for what Mayor…

Mayor Francis Slay and Stray Rescue founder Randy Grim with a four-legged friend in July 2010.

Animal House money now to go to Stray Rescue

Rachel Lippmann

In December, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote that money collected via tax bills for a planned new animal shelter in the city of St. Louis was sitting in…

Arts

Stray Rescue gets more, gives more, needs more

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 19, 2011 - Just one month after the completion of the new dog yard at Stray Rescue of St. Louis,…

Gulliver, a dog rescued this week, was used as a "bait dog" in dogfighting. Dogfighting, and other animal abuses, will be carrying heftier fines for the offenders soon.

City of St. Louis, Stray Rescue fighting animal abuse

The City of St. Louis and Stray Rescue are taking additional measures to encourage responsible pet ownership in the City of St. Louis.This week, the…