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Animals moved into new Iowa City animal shelter
IOWA CITY - About 60 animals were moved Monday into the new Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center, marking another accomplishment in flood recovery efforts in Iowa City.
Liz Ford, supervisor of the shelter, said the move started around 4 a.m. Monday and ended shortly before noon as several dogs were moved into their new home.
'It's very exciting, a lot of people have worked hard for this,” Ford said.
The center will remain closed until Wednesday as volunteers and staff continue to settle and move into the new facility located at 2910 Napoleon Lane, near the Terry Trueblood Recreation Area.
The move comes seven years after the city's former animal shelter was destroyed by the 2008 flood. Since then the shelter has operated out of a temporary home, a warehouse on Sand Road, which the city leased.
Ford said community members stepped up in the days leading up to the move by adopting animals. Animal control officials asked people to help with the move by adopting some of the animals at the shelter. About 100 animals were adopted or moved to different facilities in the two weeks before the move, she said.
The $2.8 million dollar shelter will officially begin adopting and taking in new animals on Wednesday. A grand opening for the new center is scheduled for next month.
A cat named Jerry looks out from its cage as volunteers Deb Lee (front) and Chris Penn-Goetsch both of Iowa City, Iowa, prepare another cage for another cat as volunteers and staff move into the new Iowa City Animal Care & Adoption Center in Iowa City, Iowa, on Monday, August 10, 2015. The new center, 3910 Napoleon Lane, will open for regular business hours Wednesday, August 12. The new facility will include separate housing areas for different species as well as for sick and injured animals; a medical / surgical room; air exchange system in each room; and energy efficient geothermal heating and cooling systems. The new facility will serve Iowa City, Coralville, University Heights, the University of Iowa, and rural Johnson County. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A cat tests out his new bed at the new Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center, 2910 Napoleon Lane, after the shelter moved on Monday, August 10, 2015. (Mark Carlson/The Gazette-KCRG-TV9)
A cat looks out from its new enclosure as volunteers and staff move into the new Iowa City Animal Care & Adoption Center in Iowa City, Iowa, on Monday, August 10, 2015. The new center, 3910 Napoleon Lane, will open for regular business hours Wednesday, August 12. The new facility will include separate housing areas for different species as well as for sick and injured animals; a medical / surgical room; air exchange system in each room; and energy efficient geothermal heating and cooling systems. The new facility will serve Iowa City, Coralville, University Heights, the University of Iowa, and rural Johnson County. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Staff member Chad Mason of Iowa City, Iowa, coaxes a cat into its new enclosure as volunteers and staff move into the new Iowa City Animal Care & Adoption Center in Iowa City, Iowa, on Monday, August 10, 2015. The new center, 3910 Napoleon Lane, will open for regular business hours Wednesday, August 12. The new facility will include separate housing areas for different species as well as for sick and injured animals; a medical / surgical room; air exchange system in each room; and energy efficient geothermal heating and cooling systems. The new facility will serve Iowa City, Coralville, University Heights, the University of Iowa, and rural Johnson County. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Volunteers Deb Lee (left) and Chris Penn-Goetsch both of Iowa City, Iowa, carry a chest of drawers while a cat stretches in its new enclosure as volunteers and staff move into the new Iowa City Animal Care & Adoption Center in Iowa City, Iowa, on Monday, August 10, 2015. The new center, 3910 Napoleon Lane, will open for regular business hours Wednesday, August 12. The new facility will include separate housing areas for different species as well as for sick and injured animals; a medical / surgical room; air exchange system in each room; and energy efficient geothermal heating and cooling systems. The new facility will serve Iowa City, Coralville, University Heights, the University of Iowa, and rural Johnson County. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Volunteers Brad McGowan (left) of Kalona, Iowa, and Phong Pham of Iowa City, Iowa, roll a four-plex animal cage down a ramp as volunteers and staff move into the new Iowa City Animal Care & Adoption Center in Iowa City, Iowa, on Monday, August 10, 2015. The new center, 3910 Napoleon Lane, will open for regular business hours Wednesday, August 12. The new facility will include separate housing areas for different species as well as for sick and injured animals; a medical / surgical room; air exchange system in each room; and energy efficient geothermal heating and cooling systems. The new facility will serve Iowa City, Coralville, University Heights, the University of Iowa, and rural Johnson County. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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