print  |  email

FEATURE: Wake Breaks Ground on Animal Care, Control and Adoption Center Expansion


9/9/2009

Wake County broke ground on the expansion of the County’s Animal Care, Control and Adoption Center, 820 Beacon Lake Drive, Raleigh, today, Wednesday, September 9, 2009. The shelter expansion will allow Wake County to fulfill its agreement to house animals from the city of Raleigh, town of Garner and town of Cary. When the city of Raleigh begins delivering animals to the Wake County Animal Care, Control and Adoption Center on July 1, 2010, there will be consolidated sheltering countywide.

"Our partners have provided thoughtful input and their participation has helped us develop a plan that will provide high-quality care for cats, dogs and other pets in Wake County for many years to come," said Wake County Board of Commissioners Chairman Harold H. Webb.

The current Wake County Animal Care, Control and Adoption Center opened in 1996 and was designed to include 140 dog kennels and 100 cat kennels for animals from all of Wake County except the city of Raleigh, and the towns of Cary and Garner. The expansion will provide the first consolidated animal shelter in Wake County, offering animal care services for all of Wake County.

The expansion will be approximately 6,700 square feet and include the addition of 84 new dog holding units, 75 new cat holding units and building system improvements for the existing dog holding areas. This will give the shelter a total capacity of 218 dog kennels and 175 cat kennels or approximately 18,000 animals per year.

"We are excited to begin the first part of our three-phase expansion," said Environmental Services Director Tommy Esqueda. "We know this facility will serve the residents – two-legged and four-legged – of Wake County well into the future."

For more information about the Wake County Animal Care, Control and Adoption Center, including:

  • How to adopt a pet,
  • Rabies prevention and vaccination,
  • Low cost spay and neuter services,
  • Microchipping,
  • Lost and found pets,
  • Volunteering,
  • and the animal foster care program,

visit www.wakegov.com/pets.

 



back to current news items