Mahoning County breaks ground on new state of art dog shelter today

AUSTINTOWN

Mahoning County officials have launched a project designed to increase the county’s dog sheltering capacity and improve the quality of life for the dogs.

Today, they conducted the long-awaited ground-breaking for the new $3.8 million, state-of-the-art Mahoning County dog shelter on a 7-acre site at 1230 N. Meridian Road, near the interchanges of Interstate 80 and Interstate 680.

The new 14,212-square-foot shelter will replace the existing 40-year-old, 9,000-square-foot county dog pound on Industrial Road.

The new single-story shelter will be able to house between 80 and 90 dogs, compared with the current pound’s capacity of 50 to 60 dogs.

Unlike the current pound, the new shelter will have separate areas for large dogs, small dogs and puppies.

The new shelter will include a section to isolate animals with kennel cough, parvo and other diseases to minimize their spread.

Read more about the new faclity in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.