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Residency rates have gone as high as double that!
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11681
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Farm Road
Aurora, Indiana
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Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10:30 am - 3:30 pm. Open Saturday
and Sunday from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm. Closed
Wednesday.
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No
Room at the Inn
"You
see things and say, `Why?'
But
I dream things that never
were;
and
I say, `Why not?"'
-George Bernard Shaw
"WHY" do we need a new shelter? Dearborn County Animal Care and Control
is charged with taking in all stray clogs and cats in the county. In
addition, the shelter often becomes a place of refuge for surrendered
pets whose owners can no longer care for them. Vigorous attempts are
made to get stray animals back to their owners and to find loving homes
for those who have no place to go. However, there always remains the
possibility that some completely adoptable cats and dogs never make it
out of the shelter simply because we can't find them homes before we
have to make room for new arrivals
Dearborn County Animal Care & Control currently operates out of
a shelter on County Farm Road that was too small from the day it opened
sixteen years ago. The original plans called for a 4,500 sq. ft.
building; however construction was halted for lack of' funds at only
2,300 sq. ft. Since then, outside dog runs have been added in an
attempt to alleviate over-crowding, but the shelter was simply never
large enough to meet the need. It's no secret that, in the past decade,
the county population has significantly increased because of the Influx
of people moving here to enjoy rural life. That's good news, but more
people mean more animals ending up at the shelter - and, since our
compassionate staff members wait as long as possible before euthanizing
an adoptable animal, the shelter is always bursting at the seams
"WHY
NOT" provide
the best for Dearborn County's animals? A new facility will enable our
county to adopt a comprehensive, cost-effective approach to animal care
and control that will better serve both animals and people. To achieve
that end, the new shelter will have:
» A well equipped medical clinic where incoming animals can
be examined and treated.
» A sophisticated air exchange system; separate isolation
areas for incoming and very young animals; and quarantine areas for
recovering animals so that illness is contained and healthy animals
remain tree from contagious disease until they can be adopted.
continued next column..........
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Current Dearborn County
Animal Shelter
Current Dearborn County Animal Shelter
The
Dearborn County Shelter and PAWS serves all Cities and Townships in
Dearborn County, Indiana.
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An inviting space where animals and people can get acquainted, and an
adoption center where staff can counsel prospective adopters, thus
enhancing the ability to match people and animals for life-long
relationships.
The concept of the New Dearborn County Animal Shelter represents years
of' planning and research. Members of the New Shelter Committee have
spoken with several shelter designers and visited a variety of
facilities all across a 5-state area. Two of the committee members even
visited Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, the largest
sanctuary for companion animals in the country. The committee met
repeatedly to synthesize the best ideas from across the country. The
result is a traditional facility incorporating non-traditional
solutions.
Through the hard work of
Darrell Sears, the architect who volunteered
his time and expertise for this project, the plans for the new shelter
are complete Darrell is knowledgeable in both form and function and his
innovative design will serve us well for years to come.
The New Shelter will greatly
enhance our ability to rehabilitate and
place animals quickly. In addition to more than doubling the number of
dogs and cats we can accommodate, the new facility will enable us to
increase adoptions by providing a healthier environment and spaces
where animals and people can get to know each other well.
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P.A.W.S. Of Dearborn County,
Inc. 2009 All Rights Reserved.
(Partners For Animal Welfare
Society Of Dearborn County, Inc.)
P.O. Box 133, Guilford, IN 47022
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