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12 FRANKLIN COUNTY TOWNS HAVE
BANDED TOGETHER TO SOLVE THEIR
COMMON PROBLEM. WHERE TO HOUSE
STRAY DOGS. 22NEWS REPORTER SY
BECKER WENT THE OPENING TODAY OF
THE REGIONAL KENNEL IN
MONTAGUE..
3 SECONDS OF DOGS BARKING FULL
SOUND UP WITH THE HELP OF A
STATE GRANT, FRANKLIN COUNTY
SHERIFF CHRISTOPHER DONALEN
CONVERTED AN OLD BUILDING NEAR
THE MONTAGUE POLICE STATION INTO
A NEW KENNEL. HE SAID FRANKLIN
COUNTY TOWNS HAVE HAD A SERIOUS
STRAY DOG PROBLEM . ANIMAL
CONTROL OFFICER ED GRINNELL TOLD
22NEWS THE REGIONAL SHELTER
SOLVES A BIG PROBLEM
UP UNTIL NOW A COUPLE OF VETS
WOULD HAVE OUTSIDE KENNELS, AND
I HAVE A KENNEL IN MY OWN
FACILITY BECAUSE I WORK WITH
DOGS
THERE WERE STRAY DOGS ON THE
STREET REALLY, AND THAT'S HOW
IT ALL GOT STARTED. THE DOGS NOW
HAVE A PLACE TO COME IN 12 TOWNS
IN THE COMMUNITY JAMES DION OF
TURNERS FALLS SAID HE LIKELY
NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
ADOPT OSCAR HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR
THE NEW REGIONAL KENNEL
I STOPPED OFF TO SEE WHAT THEY
HAD I FOUND OSCAR AND AFTER TEN
DAYS I COULD ADOPT HIM. SO IT
WORKED OUT PRETTY GOOD FOR ME
SINCE THE REGIONAL KENNEL OPENED
ITS CAGES, ITS BEEN HOME TO 80
DOGS, MOST OF HAVING ALREADY
BEEN ADOPTED. IN MONTAGUE IN
FRANKLIN COUNTY SY BECKER 22NEWS
.