Animal Care Services has a new home!  The new $12 million dollar campus style facility opened its doors January 7, 2009 and visitors are already impressed with its welcoming atmosphere.  The new shelter is located just minutes from downtown off the Highway 151 access road near Old Highway 90 and it sits on 15 acres with room for future expansion.

The highlight of the new shelter is undoubtedly the expanded adoption kennels for both dogs and cats.  The area for dogs features more than 100 runs for adoptable canines looking for permanent homes.  Don’t forget to check out our “get acquainted” areas for you to visit with your potential future pet.  Feel free to bring other family members, including the four-legged ones, so everyone can get to know each other.  

The cat adoption kennel features both individual enclosures and a 45 square foot “Cat Condo” where potential adopters can get to know our wonderful feline friends.  Both Adoption areas are easily accessible with cats featured prominently in the main lobby of the shelter.

The new ACS facility also features more than 38,000 square feet of space to provide humane care for the lost, abandoned or stray animals in our community.  Kennel space is expanded more than 40% compared to our old shelter and each kennel features soundproofing, skylights, and innovative cleaning systems.

Medical care for the shelter’s animals has been upgraded thanks to a new veterinary clinic on site. The new clinic is twice the size of the previous medical facilities and features not only expanded treatment areas but a state of the art surgical suite.  Thanks to our expanded veterinary capabilities, Animal Care Services will soon be able to offer free and low cost spay/neuter and vaccination services to the public.

Other highlights of the innovative ACS shelter include covered stalls for livestock, a separate sick bay kennel and a special housing area for feral cats.  Visitors will appreciate the expanded parking and there’s plenty of green space and roomy benches throughout the facility.

The new shelter is just one way in which we’re embracing the positive goals outlined in the ACS 5 Year Strategic Plan- our community’s “road map” to becoming a No Kill city by 2012.  How can you help?  Opt to Adopt at ACS. Volunteer.  Foster.  Spay.  Neuter.  Practice Responsible Pet Ownership.

Stop by for a visit to the new Animal Care Services shelter…we’re sure you’ll agree—It’s a new day for companion animals in San Antonio.