Chesapeake council to discuss new animal control facility

spending money on this project is not prudent in light of the dismal, yet necessary budget cuts we face as a nation, state, and city. Funding a new facility sounds like an opportunity for a public/private partnership. I am sure that there are citizens with money or land to donate that will see building a new facility as a worthy cause. For now, we should focus on eliminating the deficit of manpower in our police force that was recently reported. When schools are overcrowded, we place children in moblile classrooms. If school enrollment is down this year, perhaps the school board could sell some of the mobile units to the city to serve as temporary shelters until our economy turns around. Just an idea.

Would it be great if one day all the neglected, abused, abandoned, euthanized pets came back and could do the same things to the humans who did it to them. Now THAT'S justice!

Like I said, Greenbrier would be an ideal place for a new facility. I believe an already-built-building should be utilized and redesigned.

These non supportive comments are amazing. This is not about people, it's about a city doing the right thing for the defenseless pets in its care. VB has committed to a new shelter. Norfolk has improved its facility, increased vet care and adoptions. Richmond moved into a new shelter and committed to "no kill" for all adoptable pets. Charlottesville has already achieved it. Portsmouth & Newport News would like to. It's what progressive cities do! Hooray for Chesapeake for getting out of the dark ages with regard to animal care! BTW, wouldn't you rather see an adoption fee earned than money spent to kill and incinerate an adoptable pet?

Cannot fix the roads and end up getting sued for millions. Cannot solve the traffic problems in the Deep Creek area, bridges about to be closed by the feds due to lack of maintenance but yet we can spend 5.3 million on a dog and cat shelter because the one off Cavalier Blvd is hard to find!
How about you pay me 2 million and myself and a dozen or so guys from little Tijuana (Galberry and S Military) will make the present one bigger and put a big neon sign on Military Highway!

Everyone will have an opinion on this. I say do it, atleast these animals who have been abused and neglected will have a safe clean place to life, for some it would be their last days before they are put down. It is much easier for people to fix their animals, but there are far too many irresponsible pet owners. Their animals get pregnant have babies and then the owner drops all of them off at the shelter. It happens year after year, and it doesn't get better. It just gets worse, more kittens and puppies, and more older dogs that have to be put down. If people were more responsible the city wouldn't have to build a new shelter.

There *has* to be an abandoned building around the Greenbrier area that could be turned into a new animal facility. Greenbrier is far more convenient and may help a lot more abandoned animals than the present facility's location. Of course, in a perfect world, people wouldn't do the crappy things they do to pets.....and children.

to have a better facility to house animals that are taken from or turned into the city by irresponcible pet owners !!

5.3 million is not a bad price-if you've ever been to Chesapeake Animal Control, which has one of the highest euthanasia rates in all of Hampton Roads, you would see that it isn't a bad deal at all...

This is wrong.. this is so wrong.