The Alachua County animal shelter is beyond capacity with adoptable pets, including about 50 canines having to be put in overflow crates. The Alachua County Animal Resources and Care Center is ...

That's getting tougher, however, as the shelter has more animals coming in now than it can adopt out amid other financial concerns. Sewage, of all things, has become a smelly headache.

“It's not just an Alachua County issue, it's not just regional. It's all over the state and the nation. A lot of animal shelters are having difficulty with overcrowding,” Smart said. Because ...

Alachua County commissioners received some good news Wednesday regarding overcrowding at the local animal shelter. Deputy County Manager Carl Smart reported that after being forced to pause all ...

Alachua County is negotiating with UF to build a new animal shelter on a 12.6-acre section of campus. The $3 million ground lease would allow Alachua County to occupy a section of the swine unit ...