The Lee County Humane Society has reached capacity in its current shelter and is having an expansion building constructed next to the current building on site.
"We're expanding on the shelter," said Stacee Peer, director of public relations and development. "We're at capacity in the location at the shelter we're in, so we're going to create more room to better use the space that we have and have some extra areas to make sure we can care for the animals as best as we can."
The ground breaking ceremony is set for 10 a.m. July 28 at the shelter at 1140 Ware Drive.
"The overall goal is to try to improve the layout and the housing areas at the shelter, so we can provide better care for the animals and serve the public in a better fashion," said Pat Rynders, board secretary and former board president.
Rynders said members of the local government will be in attendance at the ceremony.
Refreshments will also be available.
"We did actually originally intend to use it to do spay-neuter surgeries on the shelter animals," Peer said. "And, we still hope to eventually do that one day, but we're waiting on approval from the Alabama State Vet Board for that."
Rynders said the program currently takes animals to Auburn's veterinary school or other local veterinary clinics to be spayed and neuter.
Once a license is granted, the Lee County Humane Society will be allowed to do the desired procedures on site at the shelter for all adopted and shelter animals.
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