BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. (WNDU) - Berrien County has focused attention on proposed legislation involving animal-related court cases.

When an animal is seized due to a pending or active court case involving cruelty, abuse or neglect, it often sits indefinitely in a shelter.

Our reporting partners at The Herald-Palladium spoke with the manager of Berrien County Animal Services.

The paper was told it costs the shelter $30 a day to house, feed and provide medical care to each impounded animal.

County and state officials are working to change that.

This new proposed legislation would require animal owners charged with neglect, abuse or cruelty to potentially pay a bond covering the roughly $900 a month cost to care for the animal at a shelter.

The resolution approved Thursday will now be s

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