Anchorage Assembly considers $3,000 grant to train hard-to-place shelter animals

The Anchorage Assembly is set to consider a $3,000 grant from Best Friends Animal Society on July 7, directing the funds toward behavioral training for animals at Anchorage Animal Care and Control that have been sheltered more than 20 days. Animals in that group face elevated euthanasia risk at the municipal facility.

AACC is the municipality's open-admission shelter and Title 17 enforcement agency, serving the entire Municipality of Anchorage from Girdwood to Eklutna.

All $3,000 goes to outside behavioral training contractors, allocated to the "Other Professional Services" expenditure account within the Miscellaneous Operating Grants Fund of the Anchorage Health Department. No funds go to shelter staff salaries. The grant period runs through Sept. 30, 2026.

Mayor Suzanne LaFrance submitted the resolution. Best Friends Animal Society describes its mission as "ending the killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters."