Kent Animal Shelter

The employees were treated for smoke inhalation. No animals were hurt in the incident; all were taken into the clinic building prior to FD arrival.

With its expansion plans stalled before the State Central Pine Barrens Commission and the threat of a lawsuit looming even if its development application is approved, Kent Animal Shelter is looking for another location on which to build a bigger, more modern facility. But prospects are few, obstacles many and the shelter's future still remains very much up in the air.

Kent Animal Shelter offers $20 Beat The Heat cat spaying campaign during February

Kent Animal Shelter is offering Long Island residents $20 neutering for male dogs and cats during the month of January. “Neutering male pets is a...

Kent Animal Shelter to build tallest (virtual) tower ever: Seeks volunteer laborers

I’ve been working for more than 25 years to protect water quality and preserve open space. I’ve rarely experienced the kind and degree of...

Op-ed by George Goode: Richard Amper's hyperbole about the Kent Animal Shelter is the kind of spectacle that's made people lose respect for our political system, where a special interest group can tie our government in knots. Here's why he's wrong, point by point.

The Calverton animal shelter's application drew support from dozens of speakers and only a few detractors at yesterday's public hearing before the pine barrens commission — but one opponent, L.I. Pine Barrens Society executive director Richard Amper, has complained to the attorney general and is threatening a lawsuit if the commission approves the shelter's plans for a new facility.

Kent isn't an "aren't the doggies cute" operation, Pamela Green of Kent Animal Shelter argues, calling Richard Amper's opposition to the shelter's proposed renovation "misdirected" because the new facility will improve, not impair, the environment.

The shelter is looking to build a state-of-the-art facility capable of housing more than twice the amount of animals than its current kennel.