COMMISSION APPROVES ANIMAL SHELTER

February 19, 2010

A Department of Code Enforcement crew headquarters will become the new South Bend Animal Care and Control shelter, following unanimous support by the City's Redevelopment Commission of a $1.5-million rehabilitation and construction project.

South Bend Animal Care and Control has outgrown its current 17-kennel facility at 105 S. Olive St., a century-old, land-locked former South Bend fire house. Since 2007, the City has had architectural plans to renovate and expand an existing facility on the southwest edge of Kennedy Park at 521 Eclipse Place, but no resources for development. We are delighted that SBACC has secured the necessary funding for the construction of the new (and badly needed) facility. This funding has provided CARE the opportunity to reallocate the money we have raised so far toward providing assistance with the cost of medical care for the animals at SBACC. These expenses will include the following:

• Spay and neuter surgeries.
• Routine, as well as, emergency medical care (when needed).
• Assistance for the animals in the care of SBACC Foster Homes.
• Equipment for the new facility not provided for in the funding mentioned above.

With this new focus; CARE will continue to work diligently to conduct volunteer and fundraising activities on behalf of SBACC.

We hope you will join us in celebrating the construction of a new animal shelter for the City of South Bend. We believe that this new facility represents a significant step forward for all the residents of our community, both great and small.

Together we’re working to make South Bend a “No More Homeless Pets” community.

"You can judge the greatness of a nation and
its moral progress by the way its animals are treated."