Adams County Pet Rescue: You've come a long way baby
Bob Kirkpatrick/The Sun Tribune - ACPR now has space for kitty condos to house stray and or abandoned cats.
Adams County Pet Rescue held an open house March 31 to show those that attended the improvements being made at the facility to best accommodate the animals the shelter takes in.
For starters, the animal intake area has been remodeled, and new flooring has been laid down throughout the building to help the facility be more sanitary. Kitty condos are now a part of the picture, and the shelters’ isolation room has also undergone a major transformation.
“Our quarantine room is much improved,” Roger Thieme said. “We completely gutted it and have installed UV Germicidal lighting that run all the time when no animals are in there. The lights kill anything it hits. We now feel this is one of the best quarantine facilities there is.”
Another vast improvement to the shelter was the addition of a new ventilation system.
“It’s a state of the art fresh air system that filters 1300 cubic feet per minute,” Thieme said. “You just set the thermostat and that’s it.”
A commercial dehumidifier for moisture control is now in place, along with a refrigerator for medications, and all new stainless steel tables sink, and cabinets have been installed. The old washer and dryers have been replaced as well with new bigger models that allow laundry to be done in half the time it took with the outdated appliances.
Also new to the facility is a totally revamped website that is able to track new adopters, volunteers and donors. All off the improvements make it easier for rescue staff to do their jobs more efficiently and provide a better atmosphere for the rescued animals until they are placed with new owners.
“We’ve had to overcome a lot of obstacles to build and operate this new facility after the old one burnt down,” Thieme said. “If it hadn’t been for Kyya Grant … (the shelters president) and two or three stalwart volunteers this place (Adams County Pet Rescue) never would have made it. Kyya and her crew had to overcome some unbelievable barriers and still kept the animals safe.”
Look for more improvements in the coming weeks and months at the shelter.