Guadalajara’s Centro de Control Animal is undergoing major remodeling, the first stage of which Mayor Pablo Lemus reckons will be ready in about four months.
Formerly known as the Anti-Rabies Center, the center, located on Calle Puerto Melo in the eastern sector of the city near the Gran Terraza Oblatos mall, opened more than four decades ago, becoming one of the first of its kind in the country. Time, however, has taken its toll, and the main building has been demolished to make way for a modern unit capable of attending to 60,000 animals each year.
Just over 9.5 million pesos ($US475,000) will be invested in the center in the first stage of the project. Besides administering vaccines, the center will provide other reduced cost veterinary services and treatments, including surgeries.