Inside Chicago Animal Care and Control’s toughest challenges

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Sue Cappello about the challenges faced by Chicago Animal Care and Control.

 A “sit-down” discussion about Chicago Animal Care and Control (CACC) with the newly named Executive Director, Sue Cappello. Discussed are the realities and challenges of running any city’s municipal animal shelter, as well as why so many people are currently relinquishing animals. CACC is always seeking new volunteers. And there are various other new programs which Cappello […]

People in this episode

Guest: Sue Cappello

Topics covered

• animal shelter
• volunteering
• animal relinquishment
• municipal services
• challenges in animal care

Keywords

• Chicago Animal Care and Control
• animal shelter
• volunteers
• animal relinquishment
• Sue Cappello

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chicago Animal Care and Control

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