Why do we need a new shelter?
Anyone who has been to the shelter knows the awful deteriorated condition it is in. From the crumbling foundation, rotten window jambs, outdated gutters which regularly clog and harbor harmful germs. To the inadequate heating and cooling systems. In the winter frost and ice build up on the floors and guillotine doors of the dog pens. Lack of secure and easy to access outdoor exercise pens for the dogs.
There are only 10 dog pens and 10 cat pens. Quite often this is not enough room to meet the needs of the counties animals that are strays or animals that are being relinquished and the shelter staff turns many away. Unfortunately according to the shelter manager, the County and Animal Shelter Board will not allow for a much larger facility to be built as additional yearly funding for upkeep and staff will not be provided.
Of the 10 dog pens only 7 have access to the outside. These outside pens are small, cramped with the same cement floors and cement block walls as the inside pens. Some of which have weakened and become wobbly and unsafe.
There is no examination room, no where to quarantine sick animals, no where to bathe or groom animals.
Crumbling foundation.
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| Germ harboring outdated gutters |
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| Damaged, bent and uninsulated guillotine doors. Inside pen door. |
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| Outside Kennel Door Rusted and Worn Out |
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| Rotting & Damaged Window Jambs |
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| Threshhold of dog doors. |
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The outside pen's guillotine door has dangerous metal and screws sticking out.
The wood is rotted away, the cement crumbling. |
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| Old inefficient heater. |
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| Inside dog pens with no outside access. |
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| Inside Dog Pens With No Outside Access |
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| Cat Room |
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| Expandable Cat Cages |
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| Cat Play Room |
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Ice & Frost Build Up In Dog Pens
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| Siding falling off building exposing insulation. |
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| Dog "exercise" pens and garage in background (which contains Dog Quarantine Area). |
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| Garage/Dog Quarantine Area |
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| Dog "Exercise" Area |
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| Dog "Exercise" Area |
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| Puppy Playpen |
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| Office |
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| Office |
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| Office |
