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FOX19 Cincinnati covers our fight for animal welfare in Ripley County.
FOX19 Cincinnati (WXIX) · August 6, 2026
Ripley County nonprofit fights for animal welfare as area struggles to adopt regulations
Reporter Alexis Martin’s coverage lays out the reality Ripley C.A.R.E. works in every day: no county animal shelter, no animal control officer, and no meaningful local ordinances beyond a vicious-dog law dating back to 1991. The report follows our founder, Geneen Ostendorf, who has spent nearly two decades advocating for animals in Ripley County and formally launched Ripley C.A.R.E., Inc. in 2024.
“We don’t have any standards. There’s no accountability in Ripley County.”
— Geneen Ostendorf, Founder & President, Ripley C.A.R.E., Inc.
No county animal shelter
No animal control officer
No modern animal welfare ordinances
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