Animal Treatment & Adoption Middle Update and Information

ACAC is open up Monday through Friday from 11 am to 5 pm and on Saturdays from 11 am to 2 pm. ACAC is currently staffed by 8 workers. Lenor Teague is the Director, and she oversees the latest staff— an assistant director, an administrative assistant, a few Kennel techs, 1 animal handle officer, and a single portion-time place of work clerk. 870-773-6388 is the amount to connect with the shelter all through business hours. For unexpected emergency phone calls for the duration of afterhours please contact 911. Lately we have experienced issues with our voicemail getting whole, but we are self-assured that trouble has been fixed and really encourage citizens to get in touch with our workplace to report a missing pet, get information and facts about adoptions, or any other factor linked to the ACAC.

The latest Closures
The animal shelter has just lately been shut on various occasions associated to routine maintenance, cleansing, and the COVID pandemic. In late September the shelter was closed for intensive cleaning and reopened on November 5, 2021. The Shelter was also closed to the general public from November 17 right up until November 29, 2021, because of to COVID and yet again from January 13 to January 18, 2022, for COVID. We understand this has been an inconvenience for the general public. We do not foresee even further closings in the in close proximity to long run, and we hope there are no far more unpredicted closures in 2022. The health and wellbeing of our personnel and the general public with whom they interact is our highest priority. Thank you for your endurance and being familiar with.

New Developing Growth, Opening and Standing
The City of Texarkana, Arkansas, and the ACAC are fired up for the opening of an supplemental building manufactured final 12 months that will be utilised as an adoption centre. Unfortunately, there have been delays beyond our command that have saved us from opening the new developing. The important hold off has been shipping of kennels for the new facility. We are anticipating delivery in February. In addition to the kennels, there is also some unfinished inside building that must be completed right before the facility can open up. Contracts are at this time being awarded for the interior function. We want to ensure that every little thing is 100% comprehensive just before we open the new shelter so we can supply the greatest assistance and effectiveness feasible.

A single Million Greenback Donation
The Metropolis was blessed in February of 2021 with a a single-million-greenback donation from Neva Nell McCormick for the Animal Care and Adoption Centre, and there have been thoughts from citizens pertaining to how that funds has been expended. Below is a present breakdown of how people money have been disbursed to date.
July 2021 – Payoff Be aware of the new developing ($726,616)
August 2021 – Kennels for new constructing ($82,500)
October 2021 – A/C Device ($5,175)
November 2021 – Memorial signal ($833)
November 2021 – Glass for cat space ($5,076)
*Remaining dollars will be utilised for even further improvements and requirements at the new facility Repairs on Existing Developing

In addition to function that is becoming accomplished on the new making, there has also been a great deal of do the job completed on the present facility that contains painting, new glass home windows and doorways, Kennel maintenance, puppy dog place paint
and fix, pest-proof food items containers, steel cupboards for laundry room, washer and dryer repairs, animal bathing tub repairs, and a large amount more to appear!

Volunteering, Group Collaboration, and Animal Fostering
We have a good deal of prospects out there for all those who would like to volunteer. No matter whether you are an person or belong to an advocacy group that has curiosity in helping our animals, we are confident we can discover a way for you to assistance us. The method to develop into a volunteer demands that you arrive to the shelter and fill out a volunteer software sort with a copy of your ID and then we can assign you a situation based on your abilities and interests. There is also an opportunity for all those who would like to foster animals. Foster applications are easily accessible to anybody who is fascinated. There is also an prospect for sponsoring an animal, which contains paying for healthcare bills and/or food stuff for an animal which will make it significantly cheaper for a person who needs to adopt the animal as a pet. We have an understanding of that to be certain the very best probable final result for our animals it will get a comprehensive neighborhood work ranging from passionate groups and individuals to partner with authorities. We are grateful to every person who is willing to assist us make things much better.

Information and facts Outreach and Social Media
In earlier years Facebook has been a excellent resource to support join and communicate with the Animal Care and Adoption Middle. We realize there has been some confusion relating to the shelter’s presence on Fb. We currently do not have handle of the Facebook website page that had been employed by past staff of the shelter for a lot of several years and are now employing a new web site. We have tried to get hold of the previously known administrator of the aged website page in hopes that they would transform it about to us but have so far been unsuccessful in achieving them. We have submitted a ask for with Fb to get back command of the more mature web site and are waiting for a response. Even though that situation is becoming fixed, we urge absolutely everyone to use the freshly designed website page to correspond with us via social media, as perfectly as see the most up-to date information and facts regarding the shelter. This site can be ideal identified by putting “TKARKANIMALS” into the Facebook lookup bar and then clicking on the animal shelter webpage. The site can also be identified at this tackle: Facebook.com/TKARKANIMALS. If you merely search for “Texarkana Animal Shelter” on Facebook, there is a very good opportunity that you will appear across the outdated webpage, which is no for a longer period getting up-to-date. Be absolutely sure to place in TKARKANIMALS in the look for bar to ensure that you get the right web site.
Need-to-know Info

Animal Treatment & Adoption Centre – 203 Harrison St, Texarkana, AR 71854
Telephone number – 870-773-6388
M-F – 11 am – 5 pm Sat – 11 am – 2 pm
Fb.com/TKARKANIMALS
Puppy Adoption charge – $174-182
Cat Adoption price – $126-$146
Fall-off expenses
• $150 outside Town boundaries
• $150 Texarkana, Texas
• Free of charge to inhabitants within city restrictions with evidence of residency
Amount of adoptions Oct 2021 – Jan 2022 = 93
Variety euthanized Oct 2021 – Jan 2022 = 16