The Connecticut Humane
Society Announces Expansion

Unfortunately, an unstable economy impacts both people and their pets.  This need for additional services to the community has set the stage for the next major project for the Humane Society, the expansion and improvement   of their Waterford Shelter and infrastructure, which includes our Companion Animal Sanctuary. 
The project will be designed by S/L/A/M Collaborative of Glastonbury, CT. and will take between 6-7 years to complete.  It will include 4 major construction phases.  The Connecticut Humane Society Board of Directors has recently voted to proceed with the architectural design for the first phase of this project.
The first phase will include a complete renovation of the main shelter, additional sanctuary cottages for the Companion Animal Sanctuary program, and improvements to the infrastructure.  The main shelter will house the adoption, education and community outreach efforts as well as a new, in-house medical department.  The medical department will allow Connecticut Humane Society staff and medical professionals to provide a full examination including vaccinations, spay/neuter and assessment/treatment of existing medical conditions without having to take the animals off-site.
The Connecticut Humane Society Companion Animal Sanctuary program, originally conceived in 1993, is currently available to pets, surrendered to the Society, who are more difficult to place and need a homelike environment to reduce their stress while they await placement.  It also serves as a residence to those family pets displaced by the death of their owner. 
The second phase of this project will include the establishment of a second Fox Memorial Clinic.  The original Clinic program in Newington, will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2009.  It is a full service veterinary hospital offering reduced fee vaccinations, preventative health care, surgical and spay/neuter services to families who are in financial need and would otherwise forgo veterinary services.
Phase three will include a quarantine facility, a pet cemetery and a nature trail.  The quarantine facility will provide an enhanced ability to control infection, which will serve to allow pets to move through the system more quickly. 
The fourth and last phase will include a second addition of sanctuary cottages, a storage facility and a second nature trail.  When this final phase is complete the Companion Animal Sanctuary capacity will be effectively quadrupled.
Overall, these improvements will make it possible to serve more animals and families from Southeastern CT; a region that is sorely needs these additional services for homeless pets.
The Connecticut Humane Society continues to be dedicated to a mission that has remained unchanged since it’s founding; to promote kindness and humanity toward people, animals and the environment.  The progressive improvements that are made to the organization as well as the creation of vanguard programs like the Companion Animal Sanctuary and the Fox Memorial Clinic, are all designed to serve the most needy members of our population, the pets that have no other place to go. 



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