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Humane Society of Logan County seeks financial support from the community to fund a new addition to the Lincoln shelter

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To the Editor:

The Humane Society of Logan County (HSLC) was formed as a 501(c)(3) in July 2006 and the shelter celebrated its 10th Anniversary this year. In these 10 years of operating the shelter, we have identified some revisions that would better serve the animals while living at the shelter. Most animals that arrive at the shelter have not had any vaccines. Animals are required to spend 14 days in isolation following vaccines. After 14 days they are considered fully protected and can be moved to general population.

Since inception, the HSLC has housed both dogs and cats in the same isolation room. Not only are the cats in the same room with barking dogs, but they can also hear the general population dogs barking. The added stress results in the cats not eating or drinking, becoming more withdrawn, hiding under bedding, urinating, and defecating outside their litter boxes, and sleeping in their litter boxes.

We are proposing the construction of a new dog isolation room and a remodel of the existing isolation room for cats. Both isolation rooms would require a separate heating, cooling, and air exchange system essential to aid in the of prevention of the spread of disease.
 


The current shared isolation room has one dog kennel and four cat kennels. As a result, we are unable to take in as many animals as we would like to, often having to tum away animals from Logan County and surrounding counties. In CY2021 and CY2022, through November, we took in 80 dogs and 161 cats, totaling 241 animals.

The new dog isolation room will have four kennels.

As he did with the original conceptual floor plans for the construction of the Humane Society of Logan County, Jim Manning donated his time and expertise to draw the proposed conceptual floor plans for Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the new addition.

Jeff Short, an Engineer, and HSLC Volunteer, has agreed to serve as Project Manager, and is in the process of getting the blueprints made. He is collecting preliminary estimates for the cost of the 400 sq ft construction addition. We do not anticipate the total construction budget to exceed $186,764.00

Please let us know if we can provide you with any additional information.

Thank you for your consideration in donating toward this important Logan County project!

Donations may be made in person or by mail to:

Humane Society of Logan County
1801 North Lincoln Parkway
Lincoln IL  62656

or visit the HSLC website for donations online via PayPal

Sincerely,
Lynnette Maske, Marilyn Wheat,
Judy Conzo, Kay Armbruster,
and Judy Hale
HSLC Board of Directors

 

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Front view, new addition to the right
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Rear view, new addition to the left
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Phase 1 proposed floor plan
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Phase 2 proposed floor plan
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[Posted December 26, 2022]

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