FORT WALTON BEACH The Panhandle Animal Welfare Society no longer is going to serve as a convenient depository for unwanted pets.
As one of a host of changes being made to how Okaloosa County s animal shelter will function going forward, owners attempting to surrender a pet could get turned away. Now, instead of saying Yes, we ll take it, come on in, the policy is What can we do to help you keep the animal? said PAWS Executive Director Tracey Williams. We should be a last resort, a resource, not a boarding facility or dumping ground. . We have to stop allowing animals that have a place to live to be surrendered until we can make room for them.