the Kansas Humane Society could be forced to euthanize more animals this after the Kansas Department of Agriculture decided to enforce a decade's old law KSN Zena toer is live in Northeast Witchita Zena how did this law come to light Jeff Julia the KHS says that one of their Partners has been fined for accepting a transfer of sick puppies from this building they say that this is something that they do regularly transferring animals from one shelter to another other but they say that now the Kans
as Department of Agriculture is cracking down and enforcing a statute from 2004 that statute says you can't transfer sick animals from one shelter to another Jordan bany unz with the KHS says there are no exceptions made on the type of disease so even animals with minor illnesses could be kept from transferring to other places with more room that means they can't be moved from wit animal services to KHS it means we can't send them out to rescue or Foster essentially any illness is now a death se
ntence for those animals um because they're suddenly starting to enforce this law that was put in place 20 years ago I did speak with the kda's animal health commissioner he says the state has always enforced that statute on a Case by casee basis he also says shelters can send pets to foster homes when they're sick but only under specific conditions Jeff Julia this statute has been in place for decades it basically says you can't transfer a sick animal out of a shelter unless you're putting them
under a veterinarian's care KHS says with this rule being enforced they're worried about overcrowding the Kansas Humane Society says for years it's been transferring and accepting sick animals to and from other shelters and sending them to foster parents we are governed by uh the statutes that they have in place um and enforce they haven't enforced this um which has allowed us to help countless animals that have come to us with treatable diseases Jordan bany unz with the KHS says all that chang
ed on Monday one of our Humane Society Partners was cited by them uh due to the transfer of uh several parvo positive puppies um that we had transferred to them he says the KHS contacted the KDA they said transporting any animal with an infectious dis disease could get their license revoked and result in Hefty fines up to $1,000 per animal per day I've got to point back to what our charge is as an animal health Division and that's protect societies and the pets that are out there in society the
KDA says it hasn't ramped up enforcement it says back in 2019 it made rules more flexible so shelters could Foster out sick pets under proper Veterinary supervision the department also says it doesn't want animals to be euthanized because of lack of space and it's open to Future conversations on changing some rules the humane society says they're waiting on a full clarification of Rules from the KDA they say they're expecting that sometime next week and they say if those rules are as strict as t
hey believe them to be they'll be lobbying lawmakers for changes here for you Zena taher casn news3
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