Junction City Animal Shelter officials are working with an architect on plans for a new shelter. A new building is needed to provide more space, explained Shelter Director Vanessa Gray. "We're just excited to get that ball rolling finally." Once plans are completed the city commission will be approached to see what can be done.
Gray noted that since COVID-19 it has been an uphill battle at the Shelter. "Every day we're dealing with probably 10 to 15 calls for surrender. We've not been able to assist people that much with surrenders due to how full we've been." She added that the Shelter does push adoption of animals but there are a lot of stipulations by landlords and Fort Riley.
Gray noted that the space issue is tough. There are 22 large runs but the Shelter has about 40 to 45 dogs at any given time in crates, pens or whatever can be devised to keep them safe and care for them.
Adoption fees at the Shelter are $145 for dogs and $95 for cats. That includes such things as spayed and neutered, vaccinated, dewormed, given preventions plus such tests as a heartworm test.