These limitations are causing us to miss out on adoption opportunities. This is not comfortable for our potential adopters or for our adoptable animals. If we have multiple adopters coming in, we have people sitting in their cars outside and/or lined up in the hallway. When potential adopters come to visit, we only have one small viewing room. We have an ancient fridge tucked in one room, counter space and cabinets in a hallway, a large sink and dish drying area tucked in another room, and food storage wherever we can find space. We do not currently have a dedicated area to prepare the dog and cat food, fill Kongs, and prep medications those things are done wherever we can find an open space at the time. This can be very scary and cause even the most gentle, submissive dog to become fearful. To make matters worse, for the dogs to reach the outdoor area where they are able to have some fresh air, sunshine, and grass under their feet, they must walk in front of other dogs in a narrow hallway to reach the door. Some are being held together with orange duct tape. The individual kennels are not only too small, but they are rusting, out-of-date, and in some cases falling apart. The current dog kennel has two areas, both are dark, with no natural light, cramped and loud. The existing kennels were not built to be long term homes, but as HART is a no-kill animal rescue and shelter, we do house our dogs until they find a home. When HART was formed, we took over a dated veterinary clinic, which we now own. Hoopeston Animal Rescue Team (HART) is excited to launch our next building campaign and it’s all going towards the dogs! (Last spring it was all about the cats!)
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