CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Starting July 1, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control will no longer fall under the police department.
It's a request animal advocates have sought for months from city leaders.
Every day at Charlotte-Mecklenburg ACC, each new animal brought into the building presents a new challenge.
"No, we don't really have any space," said Dr. Josh Fisher, the shelter's director. "Our shelter manager, she is a whiz when it comes to animal Tetris because that's honestly the name of the game every single day, is how can we make as much room as possible in the shelter so that we're continuing to facilitate these animals leaving the front door and not the back."
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Employees and volunteers are working hard to make sure they have space for every cat, dog and other small animal needing help.
"We're trying really hard to get to that 90 percent no-kill rate," said Fisher. "That's something we want to see happen for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community. That's something we know the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community wants to see."
City leaders are working to make that a reality. Council members decided to remove animal care and control from under police oversight, meaning a new logo and a new way of onboarding volunteers.
"This is huge for us as far as being able to expand and grow our volunteer program and really leverage our volunteers to help us with the life-saving work we do," said Fisher.
The goal is to streamline the volunteer process, making it easier for people to come in and give one-on-one attention to the animals. In their budget, city council members also approved $30 million for a satellite facility focused on adoptions, which will be built near the Jeff Adams Tennis Center off South Tryon Street.
"We've got to figure out how far we can make that $30 million go," said Fisher.
Logistics of when it'll open and how large it'll be are in the works.
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