It's another busy day at the City of Austin's Animal Center.
This Monday there were 1,149 animals in inventory. About 600 were on site, the rest are in foster homes.
On her desk, Chief Animal Services Officer Abigail Smith has what looks like a police badge. It's there because she's a chief. But beyond that, Smith says it gets her access she couldn't get otherwise. "For example," Smith says, "it came in handy when we were responding to the Bastrop fires … Those were federally protected lines and you needed credentials to get through."
