Animal Control Facility Opens
Posted/updated on: December 7, 2016 at 8:13 pm
TYLER – Following Monday’s ribbon cutting ceremony, the new Smith County Animal Control facility in downtown Tyler is now open to the public. You can go to the shelter, at 322 East Ferguson, to adopt a dog. Dogs were brought in from the old shelter on Tuesday. The new location was selected because it is in downtown Tyler, which is centrally located within the county. The old facility in Winona has room for up to 40 dogs. The new facility will quadruple the capability of Smith County Animal Control Services, making room for up to 169 dogs.
Over 20 dogs are available for adoption. There are also eight Shepherd-Cur mix puppies that will be available for adoption in about three weeks. The litter of seven males and one female were born on November 17. The shelter will be open from 8:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday.
The Animal Shelter property was purchased, along with three other buildings, by Smith County on July 31, 2008. The building was part of the former Crescent Laundry properties, which now also houses Facility Services, the office of Constable Precinct 1, the Elections Administration Office and the R.B. Hubbard Center, “The Hub.” The county was able to save money on the animal control project by doing much of the renovations in-house, as well as having county employees assemble and install the kennels.
