- The Memphis Animal Shelter hopes to open its new facility by mid-November.
- The new shelter is 35,000 square feet, nearly three times the size of the current one.
- It has an in-house veterinarian clinic and an air quality control system.
?We?re actually excited,? said Hall. ?This new animal shelter will provide us the amenities that many of the citizen?s desire in an animal shelter.?
The new shelter will open just two years after the Memphis animal shelter was raided for animal abuse. It?s a reputation the shelter has been trying to shake since.
?We are moving into a new facility, we are re-imaging the new shelter, we are encouraging community support and partnership,? said Hall. ?This is something we want the city to be proud of.?
Hall says the new shelter is more than three times the size of the current one. It has an in-house veterinarian clinic, an air quality control system, and new ways to clean that protect the animals.
?We want to set the national standard in terms of animal shelters in the United States,? said Hall.
Green paws on the floor lead to the cat area where they'll be kept in, what the shelter calls, cat condos. They will be separated and sanitary.
?We have a new state of the art HVAC system so the quality of the air for the animals in this facility is much more improved, which will help to reduce disease in the animal population,? said Hall.
Blue paws on the floor lead the way to the dog kennels. The kennels have an access door for safe and easy cleaning as well as an automatic water drinking system. Hall says they're improvements to ways the shelter has struggled in the past.
?Our animals, that unfortunately make it to the shelter, are being cared for to the best of our ability,? said Hall.
There will be no more webcams at the new animal shelter.
That?s a request of the employees. The new shelter hopes to open mid-November. The shelter is offering a one-day, $10 adoption at the old shelter from 4p-7p on Thursday.
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