Animal Services

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Animal Services Center
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Mission Statement To encourage responsible pet
ownership by providing an animal registration
program, field enforcement services, educational
services, and life safety services. The humane
care and successful placement of stray and
unwanted animals, and the eradication of rabies
from the communitys animal population are
critical to successful operations.
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• Animal Services Fast Facts
• Fiscal Year
• 2000/2001
• 36,138 Shelter Visitors
• 15,897 Calls For Service
• 10,498 Companion Animals Impounded
• 2,356 (22) Miscellaneous (Wildlife / Pending
  Animals)
• 3,853 (37) Companion Animals Successfully
  Placed
• 4,289 (41) Companion Animals Euthanized

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Existing Feline Facility
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• Building Constructed In 1981
• Capacity - 118 Felines
• Bermed Construction

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Existing Deficiencies

• Structural Integrity

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• Mechanical Deficiencies

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• Environmental Control

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• Safety Issues - Uneven and Wet Walking
  Surfaces

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Existing Canine Facilities
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• Current Buildings Constructed in 1989
• Separated Canine and Feline Operations
• Consists of Three Separate Kennels
• Capacity - 114 Canines

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• Structural Integrity

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• Corrosion

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• Disease Control

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Other Considerations

• Unattractive Street Appeal
• Inadequate Access
• Inadequate Signage

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• Decentralized Services

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• Noise - Adjacent A.P.D. Gun Range

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• Current Facilities Fail To Comply With
• the Americans With Disabilities Act

• During Peak Season, Euthanasia Rate Increases
• Due To Capacity Limitations

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Planned Improvements

• Construction of a New Feline and Canine
• Center With Adoption Rooms
• Rehabilitation of Canine Kennels
• Approximate Cost - 2,150,000

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Design Features Of Renovated Facility

• Adoption Rooms

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• Natural Lighting

• Quieter/Odor Free

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• Aesthetically Pleasing

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• Hands-Off-Animal Viewing

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• Separate Air Exchange Systems

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• Individual Kennel Drains Reduce Transmission
• of Diseases

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• Epoxy-Resin Poured Floors

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• Retail-Like Presentation of Animals

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What The Improvements Accomplished

• Increased Adoption Rate
• Healthier Animals
• Fosters Livable Neighborhoods
• Greater Buy-In From Public
• Lower Maintenance
• Increased Efficiency
• Quieter
• Odor-Free
• Increased Citizen and Staff Safety
• Community Awareness
• Greater Volunteer Interest

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In order to achieve operational excellence and
foster livable neighborhoods, the rehabilitation
of the canine kennels and the construction of a
multi-purpose canine and feline center is
critical to achieving the mission of providing
humane animal care, educational services, and the
placement of stray and unwanted animals.