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Animal shelter to open - Correction Appended

Animal shelter to open - Correction Appended

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
October 19, 2007 Friday
FIRST EDITION

Correction Appended

Copyright 2007 THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

Section: QUICK; Pg. 7

Length: 271 words

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It's not quite ready for the deluge of dogs and cats. But the shiny cages are in place, the outdoor pens ready for
action.

And tomorrow, Dallas officials will unveil the city's spacious new animal shelter for a first public viewing.

The long-awaited shelter, at Interstate 30 and Westmoreland Road in West Dallas, won't open to the public for
several weeks, said Willie McDaniel, division manager of Dallas Animal Services.

But he, his staff and city officials will gather there from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow for a preview day of tours,
activities and pet adoptions.

"It's like night and day," said McDaniel, comparing the $16.3 million, 52,000-square-foot center with the two
cramped and dreary shelters it will replace.

Those operations, in east Oak Cliff near the Dallas zoo and on Forney Road in Pleasant Grove, will close as the city
consolidates animal services - impoundments, redemptions and adoptions - at the six-acre site.

With almost 800 kennels for dogs and cats, the new facility will roughly double the city's current holding capacity for
strays and adoption animals.

The added space will allow the city to keep more animals beyond the minimum 72-hour holding period, in hopes of
finding owners.

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MAYOR THROWS DOG A BONE

A dog whose life was saved when crews demolished the American Inn motel in South Dallas has a guardian angel.
Workers at the Dallas animal shelter where the dog is being cared for have named the pooch Lucky. Veterinarians
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Animal shelter to open - Correction Appended

have determined that Lucky needs expensive amputation surgery. Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert learned about
Lucky's plight and is paying the dog's vet bills out of his own pocket.

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Correction

On Page 7 of Friday's Quick, there was an incorrect detail in a story about Lucky, a dog at a local shelter who
requires amputation surgery. Lucky lives at a shelter in Irving.
Correction-Date: October 22, 2007

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PHOTO(S): (REX C. CURRY/Special Contributor) This dog was held at the Oak Cliff shelter, which will be replaced
by a new, more spacious facility.

Load-Date: October 23, 2007

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