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Manager Matt Ruger talks about the after-hours animal drop-off procedure at the Fairbanks North Star Borough Animal Shelter Wednesday morning, April 23, 2008. Borough Assembly member Bill Stringer has proposed a change that would let the public animal shelter put unhealthy or underage pets up for adoption, a practice currently banned. The change would hand the shelter manager the power to decide whether a seriously injured or ill kitten or puppy, or one younger than eight weeks old, should be spared from immediate euthanasia if a foster family is lined up to care for the animal. Stringer said removing the rule that young or ill pets be euthanized will give the shelter some flexibility.
