{"id":444800,"date":"2026-09-23T04:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T04:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444800\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T04:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T04:54:16","slug":"bexar-county-breaks-ground-on-new-132-kennel-facility-as-animal-care-runs-at-200-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444800\/","title":{"rendered":"Bexar County breaks ground on new 132-kennel facility as animal care runs at 200% capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new county animal care facility planned for San Antonio\u2019s Southwest Side is intended to ease chronic overcrowding at Bexar County\u2019s existing shelter system, which officials say is routinely operating far beyond capacity.<\/p>\n

The new facility is set to be built along Cagnon Road and will add 132 new kennels for the county.<\/p>\n

Dr. Andrea Guerrero with Bexar County\u2019s Public Health Department said the county\u2019s shelter in Kirby has about 60 kennels and is \u201cconsistently at 200% capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guerrero said the county takes in animals under a wide range of circumstances, including strays, abuse cases, pet surrenders, and situations involving an arrest or death of an owner. She called the additional space a major help for the county\u2019s unincorporated areas, saying, \u201cThe capacity that this is going to add is going to be an enormous resource for unincorporated Bexar County.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Even with the planned expansion, county leaders indicated more space will likely be needed. Commissioner Rebecca Clay-Flores, who attended the groundbreaking for the new facility this morning, said she is already pushing for the facility to be expanded further.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will need more. That\u2019s why I really advocated for it to be expanded. That\u2019s why it\u2019s now 132 kennels. I think initially the plan was for 96 kennels,\u201d Clay-Flores said.<\/p>\n

Until any additional expansion plans are finalized, Clay-Flores and Guerrero encouraged responsible pet ownership to avoid further straining the county\u2019s current animal care facilities.<\/p>\n

The project is expected to be completed in April 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new county animal care facility planned for San Antonio\u2019s Southwest Side is intended to ease chronic overcrowding…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-444800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}