The Brief
- Manatee County Animal Welfare is preparing to move its dogs from an aging Palmetto shelter to a new expanded campus in Bradenton.
- The move will unite operations on the 14-acre Bishop Campus, which was gifted to the county by SPCA in 2022.
- Phase One is expected to be complete by mid-December, with construction already underway on the next phase.
PALMETTO, Fla. – After 80 years in its Palmetto facility, Manatee County Animal Welfare is getting ready to relocate its dogs into a new, modern shelter on the Bishop Campus in Bradenton.
The move will allow staff to operate in one place instead of splitting animals between multiple sites.
The county’s Communications Coordinator, Michael Strollo, says the organization continues to exceed no-kill shelter benchmarks of 90%, with a 96.74% save rate last month and 143 adoptions in September alone.
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