MANATEE COUNTY — Manatee County Animal Welfare is celebrating the completion of a major kennel expansion at its Bishop location (5718 21st Ave. W, Bradenton) with a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, December 17, at 11 a.m.
This investment significantly enhances safety, comfort, medical care, enrichment, and adoptability for the pets in the County’s care. It is a central component of MCAW’s long-term strategy to modernize its shelter system and responsibly transition operations away from the aging, legacy Palmetto Shelter. The expanded Bishop location will now serve as the primary hub for animal care, treatment, and enrichment. The MCAW “Cat Town” location (216 6th Ave. E., Bradenton) will continue to operate as usual.
The upgraded campus more than doubles outdoor play and exercise space, strengthens safety and security features and places high-quality, on-site veterinary care at the center of daily operations.
Highlights of the expanded campus include:
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David Daniels
Really? Dogs don't live in kennels? Are we that embarrassed that these new kennels are a disaster that we have to hope the public are so gullible as to believe "dogs don't live in kennels?" That's the county's defense for the complete failure of judgement and common sense that led to the decision to choose these cheaply made, too small, too cramped, too loud, unsafe, trailer kennel buildings over concrete block construction? It seems that, by making statements like "MCAW leadership emphasized reducing length of stay , not kennel size, is the most powerful driver...," they are admitting all of the criticism from people who have seen these kennels is valid. If reducing length of stay was as easy as saying so in a press release, why hasn't it happened over the last 10 years? The FACTUAL record that detailed MCAW history leading up to now, including the factual record showing the history of events leading up to taxpayers being stuck with these smaller, lower quality prefab kennels was documented in my December 6 commentary that The Bradenton Times has removed, without public explanation.The undeniable truth is that shelter dogs do live in kennels. Another undeniable truth is that, in Manatee County, no one in the administration is ever held accountable.
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willwebshop
What happened to the previous article? Was the lawsuit threat acted on?
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