Delaware County's problems with animal control are not going away.
The county's Animal Protection Board has notified the Brandywine SPCA that they are terminating their agreement with what used to be the Chester County SPCA as of June 1.
That does not mean, however, that there will be no animal control services in the county as of June 1. What it means is that the county no longer wants to be the go-between working with its municipalities and the SPCA. The hope is that the municipalities now will work directly with the SPCA for services.
Part of the issue seems to be unpaid bills on the part of the municipalities.
The Brandywine SPCA is notifying Delco towns that they will still be available for animal control - and the rate actually will be going down.
Right now the Chesco SPCA charges Delco $275 for every animal delivered to their facility in West Goshen. The county Animal Protection Board then passes that cost along to the local municipalities. Now the local towns can work directly with the SPCA at a cost of $250 per animal.
All of this, of course, stems from the move a few years back by the Delaware County SPCA to get out of the animal control business and embrace their mission of being a no-kill facility.
A plan to built a new county-operated shelter in Darby Township proved to be too expensive. The county has been working with the folks in Chester County ever since.
It was never believed to be a permanent solution.
It's still not.
You can read the details here.
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