Williamson County animal shelter to stop using breed labels for dogs

The Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter will no longer use breed labels to identify its adoptable dogs, according to a Tuesday announcement from the shelter. “How a dog is labeled or their physical appearance is not an indication of their personality, their past or future behavior, or their suitability for a particular adoption placement,” the statement reads. The shelter points to a study cited by the Animal Farm Foundation, a nonprofit that works to promote pit bull dogs, that reports breed labels assigned to shelter dogs by staff members are incorrect at least 75 percent of the time.

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Source: Community Impact- Round Rock