Grant Helps Vincennes Animal Shelter Improve Care

VINCENNES, Ind. (We Are Knox County) - The Vincennes Animal Shelter is getting a boost thanks to a recent grant.

The shelter has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the national nonprofit Petco Love.

Shelter Director Leah Reagan said the money will go toward purchasing a bank of stainless-steel cages for the medical exam room.

The cages will give staff a safer and more sanitary space to house animals during the check-in process.

According to Reagan, the shelter currently uses a single wire crate.

“There is only room for one animal and it’s not easy to sanitize,” Reagan told WAKC News Now.

The shelter is gathering estimates and hopes to have the new cages installed within the next six weeks.

Reagan says the shelter is grateful for the grant.

“It allows us to help more animals.”