Hamilton County Animal Shelter temporarily closed

Jason Futch reporter2.riverbendnews@gmail.com After weeks of uncertainty from the community, Hamilton County Coordinator Gary Godwin was able to put rumors about the closure of the Hamilton County Animal Shelter to rest. Godwin said that due to the resignation of its current animal control officer, Rose Bonney, and the other animal control officer being out due to illness, the operation of the facility would not be sustainable. "It is a full-time job for one person to keep the animals fed and the building clean," Godwin said. On Wednesday, Jan. 8, Bonney posted on the Hamilton County Animal Shelter Facebook page that the shelter was closing and suspending animal intake, and that she ha