🐶 DC breaks ties with Humane Rescue Alliance

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DC Takes Over Animal Services

The city has ended its 45-year contract with the Humane Rescue Alliance, surprising shelter leaders. Starting January, D.C. Health will assume responsibility for animal control, housing impounded animals and investigating dangerous and rabid animals. [Axios]

911 Has An Improvement Plan

D.C. released a 22-step plan to avoid a repeat of numerous 911 outages this summer. The plan has lofty goals and strategies like upgrading network hardware, better training for IT personnel, and implementing competitive hiring practices, but includes few specifics. [ABC7]

• D.C.’s 911 system came under fire this summer after having eight outages, one of which led to the death of an infant. [City Cast DC 🎧]

New Development In Ward 8

A huge new development is coming to D.C.'s St. Elizabeth's campus in Ward 8. It will include two apartment buildings with 500 units – 152 of which will be affordable housing – townhomes, and a public park. [Urban Turf]

DC Insider Trivia

First, Let’s Answer Last Week’s Question:

Washington is a museum mecca, but how many museums are there in D.C.?

• Less than 50
• 50 - 70
• 80 - 100 ⭐
• Over 100

There are 82 museums in Washington, D.C., and I’m pretty sure no one has seen them all (except for maybe that one TikTocker who tried 🫢). From the massive National History Museum to weird local gems like the Mansion on O Street, they span the gamut in terms of size, subject, and location.

Chances are you’ve been to all the popular ones already. But, journalist Madeline Weinfield told the City Cast DC podcast which underrated museums you should be exploring too.

🏅 Nice work, Kathy F., Rob O., and Rida B. for guessing correctly first!

Now, For This Week’s Question:

What animal was never a D.C. local news icon?

1. Franklin the Bear
2. The Capital Fox
3. Caddy The Rock Creek Crocodile
4. Rusty the Red Panda

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