Space in the back of the Junction CIty / Geary County Animal Shelter will be converted into a pair of rooms. That will be part of an upcoming renovation project at the facility.

Vanessa Gray, Shelter Director, said there will be an isolation unit and new exam room. “Isolation unit, if we do get any strays that sniffling, sneezing, have any signs or symptoms of anything that needs to be addressed that needs to be out of the general population that’s where they can go and we can treat them without it spreading so it reduces the risk of transmission.” The isolation room will also have its’ own air system.

Gray said the animal shelter is currently full. “Summer and spring, they’re usually our busiest time and we’re coming up on the 4th of July as well and that’s one of the busiest times.”

The next step in the process will be to go out for bids on the project.