Missoula animal shelter set to double space with facility expansion

Wearing a miniature hard hat, a dog up for adoption through Missoula Animal Control dug into a pile of dirt where an expanded facility will be built over the next year. 

The Missoula Animal Control breaks ground on a $3.5 million shelter expansion project on Friday, Sep. 6 in Missoula.

SHANNA MADISON, Missoulian

Local leaders broke ground on an expansion project for Missoula’s city-county animal shelter on Friday. The new 3,300 square-foot addition to the existing facility will double the size of the space on Butler Creek Road. 

“Staff here works seven days a week to feed, shelter and love pets separated from their owners or are surrendered to us and the shelter,” Mayor Andrea Davis said. “And very importantly, they vaccinate, house and provide necessary medical care for lost and stray pets and pets put up for adoption.”

Speakers said the needs of Missoula’s animal shelter have outgrown the space the current building offers, especially as Missoula’s population has ballooned in recent years. The Butler Creek location was first built over 20 years ago. 

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