The St. Louis County Council’s Ethics Committee wants to remove Public Health Director Kanika Cunningham from leading the county animal shelter.

In its recent report, which will be presented at the council’s weekly meeting Tuesday night, the committee recommends a vote of no confidence on Cunningham. The report is the culmination of four council hearings, during which 11 people involved with the shelter testified.

“I, after drafting this ethics report, do not have any confidence in Dr. Cunningham running the animal shelter,” council member Michael Archer, chair of the Ethics Committee, said.

In February, the county regained control of the shelter from the Animal Protective Association, which had been running it for several years. The shelter then suffered a parvovirus outbreak that resu

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