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BARC Competes For Record Number Of Adoptions Houston's animal shelter is in a national competition to win 100,000 dollars. It all hinges on whether BARC can significantly increase its adoption rate. |
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BARC Director Gone With Shelter Reorganization The man who led recent changes at Houston's BARC Animal Shelter has left the agency amid a reorganization effort. |
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Animal Shelter Swamped, Needs Public's Help It's not often you get can a dog for just $20 or a cat for $10. But the folks at Houston's animal shelter say record numbers of animals have been brought in this winter and they are desperate to find them homes. |
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BARC Hopes Lower Prices Will Increase Adoptions There's no more room at the city's animal shelter and BARC officials hope a cut in adoption prices this weekend will help alleviate the overcrowding. |
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Non-Profit Launches Support for BARC Houston's city pound will soon get a fundraising boost from a new non-profit organization. The Houston BARC Foundation has formed to support the city's animal control program. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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Houston's Bureau of Animal Regulation and Control — known as BARC — is over capacity and needs to make space for more animals. As Laurie Johnson reports — an unusual spike in law enforcement activity has left BARC with no room for strays. |
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New BARC Chief Says City Shelter is Changing It's been six months since David Atencio first stepped through the doors at Houston's Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care, known as BARC, a beleaguered agency that had gone through several leaders and developed a bad reputation over the past few years. The new general manager says it's his dream job and that real change is taking place at BARC. Jack Williams reports. |
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Houston's Animal Control Has New Boss Mayor Anise Parker isn't the only one people will be watching closely as the new year gets underway. The City of Houston's Bureau of Animal Regulations and Care has a new leader as well. As Bill Stamps reports, the new manager takes over a troubled department with a history of turmoil. |
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The agency in charge of Houston's stray dogs and cats has a new leader. The Bureau of Animal Regulation and Control has gone through a lot of turmoil in recent years. But with today's announcement, they're hoping to put all of that in the past. Bill Stamps has more. |
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Houston Officials "Frustrate" BARC Leader After quitting earlier this week Houston's turnaround agent for BARC now says he'll stay on even though he's not getting paid right now to stick around. Laurie Johnson has more. |
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Houston's Bureau of Animal Regulation and Control Department(BARC) continues to be one of the most talked about subjects among local leaders and observers. Today, Houston City Council was supposed to vote on a contract extension for Interim Chief Gerry Fusco. Bill Stamps reports — that vote never happened. |
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BARC Culture Labeled "Unacceptable" Houston councilmembers delayed approval of a contract to hire a turnaround agent at BARC. The council also heard from an outside consultant on the culture and perceptions of the city's animal control department. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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One of the biggest controversies in Houston City government may also be one of the least publicized. It's over the handling of BARC, the city’s animal control agency. Bill Stamps reports — the group is under its third leader this year and his job won't be permanent. |
