Quincy Animal Shelter works to address community’s large need
A pregnant dog the Quincy Animal Shelter took in sits in a room with a blanketed plastic kitty pool for it to lay in.
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Quincy Animal Shelter Manager Jessica Kiehn greets a pair of puppies in one of the shelter’s yards. Kiehn said she has been running the shelter for about three years now.
Exterior of the Quincy Animal Shelter, located at 213 6th Ave. N.E. The facility was built around 2016, according to shelter Manager Jessica Kiehn, and can hold about 20 dogs, not counting puppies.
Quincy Animal Shelter Manager Jessica Kiehn attempts to hold an adult husky still. The dog is one of two (both adults and larger breeds) who have been at the shelter for more than a year and a half.
A row of outdoor kennels at the Quincy Animal Shelter connected to the dog’s indoor spaces, used for taking dogs out into one of the shelter’s yards.
A cat sleeps in a bed inside the Quincy Animal Shelter, which can hold a number of cats in smaller compartments in addition to the shelter’s 20 dog kennels.
QUINCY — The Quincy Animal Shelter is one of only a handful of shelters with larger facilities in Grant and Adams County, alongside Adams County Pet Rescue and Grant County Animal Outreach, and faces the same issues other shelters in the area do.
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