This past Friday we took a tour of our Local Humane Society. It hasn’t been open very long and I have been wanting to go see what it looked like. The other building was really run down and they needed a new one. This one cost 5 million dollars and most of the money has, or will come, from fund raisers. The new building sits between two cities and they each gave money and a Provincial grant was also provided.
The building is really big and they are able to hold approximately 25 dogs, 100 cats and assorted other small animals, i.e. rabbits, rats, birds, guinea pigs. All the rooms are painted with free fear pallets which help with stress reduction. It is explained more thoroughly in the link above.
We were taken to a room and given a briefing on where the money came from, how many staff and all sorts of other questions. As to how many staff, we were told there are 21 staff; full time, part time and contract. They are looking to hire 3 more people and they have over 300 names on the volunteer list. One of the ladies who work there had a dog named Cocoa on a leash and she was able to come over to me to be petted, the dog not the lady. Cocoa was a sweetheart.
Cocoa 
Front Desk just inside the front doors 
Store beside the front desk 
To the right when you come in, see the fireplace and the main cat room is in behind it 
Nice, New, Clean building! 
They must do a lot of laundry! 
Guinea Pig 
Rats to the left and Rabbits at the back 
Cute little rat 
More rabbits! 
This little fella really wanted OUT, he was super cute and friendly 
Main cat room 
They also had a room for birds but we were not allowed to go in but a fellow showed me one of the birds through the window.
We weren’t allowed in this room so I took it through the glass 
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