I might suggest Lane County should contract out the animal services to a private organization which would not be under the constraints of a union or having only one qualified person on staff who can provide the services. Since Eugene and Springfield seem like they are also not doing so well at this function, perhaps all three could combine their needs and hire one private service to handle all calls in Lane County. See if Cottage Grove, Creswell, Oakridge, Junction City and Florence also want in on the deal. The contract could be on a per call or per service basis, billed to the particular government entity responsible for the location of the problem, with bill backs to the citizen responsible for the animal involved, wherever possible. This is solvable with some co-operation.

Just to be clear, voting for Measure 97 will not help fix this issue. The revenue from that goes only to the State, not the counties. NO on 97.