What kinds of changes is DPVHS planning to make to the Union Street building?
A. While also housing a large animal shelter, this beautiful building primarily consists of the space used for the MSPCA’s emergency and specialty animal hospital. Because DPVHS does not intend to run such a hospital, we will make some changes to these areas to better serve the mission of the organization. You can look forward to: The addition of bright, sunny colony rooms for adult cats. The comfort of colony housing reduces disease and stress while making it easier for prospective adopters to interact with the cats. More and better housing for “other” animals. Animals like rabbits, gerbils, and guinea pigs need more space inside the adoption center. We will be making sure they get it. A high-volume, low-cost, high quality spay/neuter clinic. One of the keys to ending the euthanasia of adoptable animals is making sure animals do not enter shelters in the first place. Stopping them from breeding will be key. We anticipate neutering more than 5,000 animals each year with a clinic we wil
