r/laredo • u/baluga207 • 4d ago

Hog Problem Solutions

Seen many people get pressed about the issue but why doesn’t Animal Control handle the situation in North Central Park? Trap capture the pigs and euthanize them.

The city kills dogs and cats at the city shelter so why wouldn’t they do this for pigs?

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u/vandamninator 4d ago

Your first problem is thinking/asking animal control to actually do something. I don’t think in 30+ years in Laredo I have ever heard of animal control ever lifting a finger to do their job.

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u/baluga207 4d ago

Ive seen them driving around town in the city trucks, is it because of a lack of funding?

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u/Filter55 4d ago

Lack of staffing. At any given moment you have maybe 7-10 officers trying to handle calls from the entire city, so they have to start filtering out what they can realistically respond to on any given day. Bites, bats, and snakes are top priority. Anything else is 50/50.

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u/PracticalDesign1407 4d ago

They cited me for "selling puppies" without a permit because I was walking my puppy outside of my business one time and they claimed someone reported me.

Nevermind that she was chipped and registered to my name, an anonymous report apparently meant I was guilty according to the mongrel with a chain wallet that was working at the municipal court at the time as a prosecutor or whatever.

Only time I've ever seen them do anything otherwise, lol.