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Cape Gazette NEWS TUESDAY, JUNE 11- THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013 S
manager sign off on all other
euthanasias.
"KCSPCA is not breaking the
CAPA law," Usilton said. "The
law is poorly written, and our
take on the requirements are dif-
ferent from the auditor."
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By Rachel Swick Mavity shelters were clean; however,
rachet@capegazette.com the audit found violations of .
the state's Companion Animal
Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary Protection Act, known as CAPA,
will continue to provide dog because animals were not prop-
control for Kent County. erly vaccinated or examined as
Kent County Levy Court required, and officials were not
commissioners unanimously keeping accurate records.
awarded the $869,000 contract New Castle County Auditor
to Safe Haven. Kent County's bid Robert Wasserbach said the
was $772,000, but during the con- county's abuse policy reviews
tract discussion, commissioners all complaints about any organi-
and a county attorney voiced zation doing business with the
concern that the KCSPCA county.
contract was not valid. The bid "If you are going to euthanize,
documents included clauses state law requires you to meet
that would allow KCSPCA to certain conditions before you eu-
increase costs if the shelter lost thanize," Wasserbach said. "For
its contracts in Sussex or New some reason, KCSPCA doesn't
Castle counties, or if the state see the need to keep records to
law changed, show they are in compliance."
KCSPCA Executive Director The audit shows vaccinations,
Kevin Usilton said he believes which are required within eight
the shelter's bid was valid, hours, were not performed.
"Offering a true dog-control Medical examinations, required
contract is expensive, and muff- within 72 hours, were not per-
ple-year contracts are contigent formed.
on many external factors," Usil- Wasserbach said the state law
ton said. Missing out on the could clarify requirements for
contract, causes financial con- vaccinations and euthanasia, but
cern for the shelter, but Usilton he said KCSPCA should be able
said the KCSPCA will continue to show through records it is in
to rely on donations, compliance, but it can not.
"The challenges of state un- In several cases during the
funded mandates and counties' $10,000 audit, the auditor could
limited budgets will continue to not match the explanations for
create issues which negatively euthanization stored in the soft-
impact our human and animal ware system with paper records.
populations," Usilton said. Usilton said computer soft-
ware does not give shelter
Audit raises concerns about officials all the capabilities they
KCSPCA policies need, which is why they also
Contributing to problems for keep paper records. He said the
KCSPCA is a recently released auditor faulted KCSPCA be-
independent audit, funded by cause the auditor could not find
New Castle County, which found records.
KCSPCA improperly euthanized "The auditor did not under-
dogs, mismanaged records, and stand the flow of documents and
failed to perform required ex- the limits of our software, and
aminations and vaccinations, refused to pore through docu-
The report, released May 8, ments and emails to validate
was commissioned by New Cas- them," Usilton said.
tle County Council after more CAPA requires examination
than a dozen complaints were by a veterinarian, who then must
filed with that county's Auditor's sign paperwork to allow eutha-
Office beginning in Septem- nasia.
ber 2010. Independent auditor One dog was euthanized upon
Anthony Scannell started the six- intake without veterinary exami-
month investigation in June 2012. nation or approval, the report
Usilton denies any wrong- states. Another dog was eutha-
doing. He said KCSPCA is nized for fighting and aggressive
complying with both state law behavior, but a veterinarian did
and its contract with New Castle not sign the euthanasia request
County. as required, according to the
"No animal was euthanized audit.
unlawfully," Usilton said. Usilton said he does not be-
The audit included both aft- lieve the state law requires both
nounced and surprise visits, a veterinarian and shelter work-
as well as test cases on animal er to sign off on all cases prior
records at the shelter to deter- to euthanization. He said only
mine if the shelter was operating a veterinarian needs to approve
according to the contract and euthanasia for an injured ani-
following state regulations, mal. He said either himself, the
The report shows KCSPCA veterinarian or an animal care
Sussex responds to audit
Sussex County paid $668,000
for its dog-control contract with
Kent County SPCA. Eddy Parker,
Sussex County director of as-
sessment, said the constable's
office, which he oversees, fields
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