Animal Shelter

Home for good: Opening of new East Valley animal shelter turns thoughts to pet adoption

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors allocated $43 million for the Maricopa County East Valley Animal Care Center in Mesa that opened May 1.

Courtesy Jeff Brown

The shelter has 346 kennels that are larger than the former East Valley Shelter.

Courtesy Jeff Brown

The new shelter has 21 yards of play runs for dogs.

Courtesy Jeff Brown

To celebrate the opening of the new shelter, the county is taking part in the Bissell Pet Foundation’s national “Empty the Shelters” drive that reduces adoption fees through May 15.

Courtesy Jeff Brown

The opening of the new Maricopa County animal shelter in the East Valley was cause for celebration among animal lovers, but also a reminder that thousands of dogs and cats in the Valley have no place to call their forever home.

“It doesn’t create more kennel space in our community, it just creates better housing for them, which is a huge win,” said Heather Allen, president and CEO HALO Animal Rescue in Phoenix.

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