Animal shelter lease approved by county

Wednesday, October 10. 2012
Plans to locate an animal shelter in Jackson County took a huge step forward Monday night when the board of commissioners approved a lease agreement with the Humane Society that will allow the group to construct a facility on county property. The site for the animal shelter is off of General Jackson Drive in the vacant field behind the health department and mental health center.  The lease will cover 11 acres and the amount to be paid is $100 per year.  The animal shelter will be operated by the Humane Society of Jackson County. The organization will board animals that are impounded by the county animal control department.
For the full story, see the Oct. 10 issue of The Jackson Herald.
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#1 Michelle Orr on 10/10/12 at 09:51 AM [Reply]
I have lived here in Jefferson since August 2005 and when I moved here my neighborhood had a overwhelming amount of abandoned cats. The Jackson Herald printed my story in their paper. It is about time that Jackson County has an animal shelter after seven years of not having one! I hope that the Humane Society of Jackson County is also going to start providing help for ferral and stray abandoned cats now that this animal shelter is going to built since they told me that they have had no funding or a program for ferral cats. I am financially hurting and I cannot continue to feed these stray cats by myself and it breaks my heart to see these cats continue to multiple, because I cannot afford to have them fixed and some of them get sick and have kittens and the kittens die. They do not get rabies shots or any kind of help.
#1.1 Funding on 10/12/12 at 12:45 PM [Reply]
The funding for the Humane Society comes primarily from donations, so they can only provide as much services as donations allow. They also still have to raise funds for the building before it can be built.
#2 Pet owner on 10/10/12 at 11:05 PM [Reply]
Michelle, a rabies vaccine isn't going to stop common illnesses. Second, the humane society is a non-profit orginization, there's only so much funding. Think if your one small neighborhood is having stray trouble, imagine what the entire county is going through. The county is giving land, buildings have already been designed for use of this land by the Humane Society. A non-profit organization.
The stray animal problem is awful. Folks are trying hard to help.
There's a program run by the state of Georgia, "Spay Ga" funded by the revenues from the spay/neuter tags. It's less costly, and allows freedom of Vet choice. And for now, with not having a shelter/clinic in the county, surrounding counties have very low cost clinics for spaying & neutering. It's long overdue, but I'm thankful to the volunteer staff at the Humane Society for working diligently towards getting our county a shelter. Be thankful for the help you do get.
#2.1 Michelle Orr on 10/11/12 at 06:18 PM [Reply]
That's just it I am not getting any help from anyone and every year the cats are multiplying around me and I feed them every day, but like I said I am financially hurting and soon I will not be able to continue feeding all these cats.
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