Waterville animal shelter’s director departs after facility closes briefly because of to unwell animals

Chris Mitchell walks Beatrice from an outside kennel to an indoor kennel Monday at the Humane Society Waterville Spot at 100 Webb Road in Waterville. Mitchell is on the animal shelter’s board of directors. Other folks connected to the facility walked canines on a grassy place around the kennels. Abundant Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

WATERVILLE — The Humane Culture Waterville Area animal shelter has closed temporarily thanks to animal sicknesses, in accordance to officials.

Meantime, some animals have been parsed out to other services, and the govt director is no longer employed by the shelter.

Officials would not say Monday no matter whether Lisa Oakes was fired as government director or remaining of her possess choosing, expressing only she was no lengthier an personnel as of very last Thursday.

 

The shelter’s board of administrators requested the point out Wednesday to inspect the shelter because of to concerns it was overpopulated with animals

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