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Oops! County explains how driver’s licenses were posted in place of animal adoption photos

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Dissent

Jakob Emerson reports:

Sangamon County Animal Control (SCAC) is embroiled in a community controversy once again.

SCAC is responsible for the sharing of uncensored photos of Illinois driver’s licenses to the internet in the place of photos of animals available for adoption at the facility.

Anyone in the world with an internet connection could see photos, names, addresses, birth dates, and the license numbers of local residents on a third-party website called PetHarbor. The site is used by animal control facilities across the country to provide updated information and photographs of animals available for adoption.

Read more on NewsChannel20.


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