Carson City Animal Shelter

Carson Now reader Katie Farr writes: "These photos are from our morning walk today with the dogs on the path off of Airport Road across from the Carson City animal shelter. So many wonderful sights it was hard to choose what to share."

The Nevada Humane Society's shelters in Carson City and Reno are currently open and fully operational. Our primary goal right now is to reduce the number of animals housed at our shelters in an effort to avoid overcrowding should we need to restrict our services or close altogether.

Hello to everyone in Carson City. My name is Destiny Hernandez, and I am a senior at Carson High School. Just like all of the other seniors here at the school, I am working on my Senior Project, a graduation requirement, in order to benefit not only myself but also those animals in the community who need a home.

Courtesy of a grant from the Lake Tahoe-based Dave and Cheryl Duffield Foundation, homeless pets in Northern Nevada, including right here in Carson City, can find their forever homes with waived adoption fees.

The Jump Around Carson transit system permanently relocated its administrative office and bus yard to the former site of the Carson City Animal Shelter.

In an effort to keep Carson City safe from pet infectious diseases Pets of the Homeless is sponsoring a free pet wellness clinic. The clinic will be held at FISH, 138 E. Long St. on Saturday, May 19, 2018. The clinic will start at 9 a.m. the first 100 pets will be seen by veterinarians and their staff from Sierra Veterinary Hospital, Timberline Animal Hospital, Carson City Animal Shelter. As an added service, Pets of the Homeless will be sponsoring the free spay/neuters through CASI’s Critter Fixer program.

The Carson City Animal Shelter is closed for business today because of heavy snowfall in the region, Nevada Humane Society Communications Director Kimberly Wade said.

The dog days of August are almost over, but Saturday went to the dogs anyway at the Nevada Humane Society in Carson City to celebrate National Dog Day.

Nevada Humane Society in Carson City will offer a new clinic beginning this week to allow for low-cost spay and neuter surgeries. The clinic is part of the new Carson City Animal Shelter operated by NHS that opened October 2016.

Heavy equipment has begun clearing space on the old animal shelter property at 3770 Butti Way to make way for a new bus terminal, said Carson City Planning Division Assistant Planner Kathe Green.

There are dog parks, and then there are play spaces for man's best friend.

Dog Sports America in East Carson City is a place for your dog to play.

Construction of the play yard donated by Carson Animal Services Initiative at the new Carson City animal shelter began Tuesday. Green Lizard Landscape began excavating materials bright and early to prepare the ground for proper drainage.

Following his re-election for a third and final term, Carson City Mayor Robert Crowell is optimistic about what's ahead for the Nevada state capital in 2017.

He delivered his State of the City speech Monday night to dozens inside the Bob Boldrick Theater at the Carson City Community Center, reviewing the city's successes and challenges from 2016 while also reassuring residents about the future.

If you haven't asked your pets if they've been good for Christmas, now might be a good time.

Santa Claus will be at Benson's Feed and Tack, located at 2750 Highway 50 East in Carson City, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 for pictures with your best furry friends.

Let's put this silly claim by my opponent that he's the voice of reason to rest and use his supposed opposition to the 1/8th city sales tax hike to do it.

With the city Supervisor seat from Ward 4 in the balance, Jim Shirk once again wants to have things both ways in typical politician fashion by saying he voted against the sales tax hike and opposed the downtown Carson Street project, yet he leaves out important details about his voting record and value received.

As his opponent, I'm duty bound to point out the following:

The weekend is here and you’ll find plenty to do in Carson City and the surrounding valleys. Run from zombies in Virginia City as the REDRUN obstacle race returns. Find the perfect pumpkin at the annual Seeliger Elementary Pumpkin Patch. The long-awaited Animal Shelter has been built and is now home to adoptable pets waiting for a home: take a tour at their open house after the 10 a.m. ribbon cutting. Keep reading and you’ll find a great way to enjoy the weekend.

SATURDAY:

• Nevada Day Treasure Hunt: today’s clue at http://www.nvdaytreasurehunt.com/

More than $300,000 has been awarded to the Nevada Humane Society (NHS) by Maddie’s Fund, a nationally known family foundation based in Pleasanton, California, to expand life-saving efforts at the brand-new Carson City Animal Shelter.

Construction workers are putting the finishing touches on the new $4 million Carson City Animal Shelter in preparation for the facility's Oct. 8 grand opening.

It isn't every day you find a dog willing to do something for a cat.

But that's exactly what happened Sunday morning at Riverview Park off East Fifth Street in Carson City when dozens of canines and their humans participated in CASI's annual 5K9 Run/Walk.

Carson City will break ground on the new Animal Services facility today, at 9:30 a.m. Attending the ceremony will be Carson City Public Works officials, the City Board of Supervisors, Carson Animal Services Initiative, and representatives of the Nevada Humane Society. The facility will be located on Airport Road in Carson, just south of the intersection of Airport Road and Butti Way. The public is invited.

WEDNESDAY
•*NV Day Treasure Hunt (www.NVDayTreasureHunt.com)
•*Artists Walter McNamara and Lynda Yuroff featured in the OXS Gallery at the Nevada Arts Council: 716 N. Carson St. (8am-5pm)
•*’Divergence’ by artist Katie Lewis at the CCAI Gallery in the Courthouse: 885 E. Musser (8am-5pm)
•*’Lines and Fields: Abstract Narrative Paintings’ by Liz Penniman at the Western Nevada College Main Gallery in the Bristlecone Building

Carson City will break ground on the new Animal Services facility on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 9:30 a.m. Attending the ceremony will be Carson City Public Works officials, the City Board of Supervisors, Carson Animal Services Initiative, and representatives of the Nevada Humane Society.

Carson City’s aging animal shelter will undergo scheduled maintenance and necessary repairs that will take approximately three to four weeks, leading to the temporary closure of the dog kennels at the facility. The cat adoption area, licensing, and main shelter will remain open as normal.

A $4.5 million animal shelter budget was authorized Thursday for Carson City’s proposed facility, but without breaching a $4 million cap in city sales tax money.

The Nevada Humane Society board of directors have agreed to raise $225,000 for a new animal shelter to be built in Carson City, officials said ahead of Thursday's meeting of the Carson City Board of Supervisors.

Supervisors will consider additional funding for the proposed new shelter project that is set to replace the current, aging facility. In a news release sent Wednesday, the Humane Society notes the funding gap regarding anticipated costs and said it will raise money to help defray some of the costs.

Here is the second of a two-part interview with Women to Women, Lisa Schuette founder and chair of the Carson Animal Services Initiative, a non-profit organization with a mission of raising money to assist Carson City as it builds a safe and modern animal shelter. Also featured in this interview is CASI's vice chairman, Chuck Crittenden. Go here for the first 30-minute segment.

Lisa Schuette is this week's guest on Women to Women. Lisa is founder and chair of the Carson Animal Services Initiative, a non-profit organization with a mission of raising money to assist Carson City as it builds a safe and modern animal shelter.

Last year's callous, unnecessary killing of Rollie, the tiny pet dog, at the city animal shelter justifiably ignited community outrage. This one event resulted in a $41,000 settlement to Rollie's owner for the wrongful death of her dog, paid, of course, by Carson's residents and business owners. The terminated animal shelter manager, under whose watch Rollie died, is suing city taxpayers for wrongful discharge from her position.

The event will take place at the Carson City Nugget on February 7th from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. The evening event will include wine tasting, appetizers, chocolate and entertainment.

Tickets can be purchased on line at www.friendsofcasi.org click on the donate tab, or by calling Lisa at 775-671-2413. Carson Animal Services Initiative (CASI) is a non-profit organization. Its mission is to raise funds to assist the municipality of Carson City, Nevada to build a safe and modern animal shelter for all animals in need.

The Carson City Chamber Leadership Institute Class of 2013 will graduate on Thursday, September 12 after an intensive nine months of learning about Carson City and will unveil their leadership project at the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada.

Management changes have been made at the Carson City animal facility, city officials confirmed Thursday. Gail Radtke, who served as the animal services manager, is no longer with the city.

Bob Elliott, who is the current Environmental Health Inspector with Carson City Health and Human Services, will be the interim manager. A permanent replacement will be done in a search.