The Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office new, state-of-the-art, animal shelter could possibly be completed in a year\u2019s time, according to Dog Control Program manager Partin Pangelinan. <\/p>\n
He declined to give an exact date but said he was informed that the shelter would be ready in possibly a year. \u201cI don\u2019t really want to say. All I\u2019m hearing from the leadership is \u2018soon.\u2019 They say it\u2019s going to happen in the span of one year but we\u2019re just waiting on [Federal Emergency Management Agency] money,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
The current animal shelter in As Perdido took a massive hit following Super Typhoon Yutu, with the entire facility losing its ceiling and the kennels being damaged. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe shelter is basically gone. We took a lot of damage and, until this day, we\u2019re still trying to recover. The kennels, on a scale from 1-10, they\u2019re at a 4 or 5,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Since Yutu, the shelter can only accommodate about 60 animals. According to Saipan Tribune archives, before Yutu, the shelter was able to house over 100 animals. <\/p>\n
Pangelinan said despite the sustained damage, repairs have not been made to the current shelter because they are waiting on the new shelter that has been in the works since Super Typhoon Soudelor. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Dog Control Program is trying its best to make the pound look good and tidy it up but it\u2019s really hard and I think the reason why we\u2019re not actually fixing the shelter right now is because we might have a new shelter soon, so it\u2019s just a waiting game. They\u2019re working on getting us a top-of-the-line animal shelter for the Dog Control Program but, until it does happen, we\u2019re just dealing with what we have and we\u2019re trying to make it work,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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