This weekend a group of local residents gathered peacefully outside the AMC Theatres at Kent Station to ask for support in keeping King County Animal Care & Control (KCACC) open. According to the flyer, Kurt Triplett, the current King County Executive, recommends that KCACC be shut down. The goal is to phase out the county’s two shelters, one in Kent and the other in the Crossroads area of Bellevue, by June 2010.

Those who support stopping King County from closing the animal shelters are concerned about where the 12,000+ animals will go if not adopted before the closure. They are also concerned about all of the King County cities who will be without animal care and control services should this proposed action occur.

This is in addition to the proposed move of the Kent shelter by November 1, 2009 when flooding is anticipated in the Green River Valley where the Kent shelter is located.

To learn more about this group’s position, visit their blog or join their group on Facebook.

For an update about King County’s plans, visit the KCACC’s website and its “Message from the Manager.”