Brandywine SPCA eyes unused animal shelter in Georgetown

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The Brandywine Valley SPCA  announced plans  to operate  a currently unused animal shelter in Georgetown, as a Rescue & Rehab Center. 

The center will enable the BVSPCA to save  more lives by helping animals that otherwise not be adopted. 

“Saving as many lives as possible means giving hope to animals who need more help than typical adoption candidates  – cruelty survivors, disaster victims, newborns and infants, animals at risk in other shelters, and those requiring time and training to increase their adoptability,” said Adam Lamb, CEO.  “The Rescue & Rehab Center will expand our lifesaving resources to those animals with greater needs while allowing our three regional campuses to focus on finding homes for less complex cases and the rehabilitated graduates from the Rescue & Rehab Center.”

Animals in the BVSPCA’s care average a 13-day stay. Those with greater needs to be ready for successful placement can require up to 10 months of rehabilitation. “On average, we find it requires six weeks to provide the nutritional, medical and socialization care for animals that we would consider Rescue & Rehab candidates,” said Lamb.

The Rescue & Rehab Center will also enable the organization to increase its support to its national partners. This would be in response to increasing requests for the organization’s assistance with larger scale transports of at-risk animals, emergency response during natural disasters, and complex cruelty cases.

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The proposed location for the Rescue & Rehab Center is an 11,500 square foot facility set on 13 acres off of Shingle Point Road in Georgetown that will be sold at auction in June. Formerly known as Safe Haven, the building can house more than 2,000 animals per year. The facility has been empty since 2013.

The Safe Haven no-kill shelter closed in 2013 after suffering financial problems.

The organization is seeking the public’s assistance by pledging funding for the auction and subsequent repairs at the abandoned facility. Donations and pledges can be made at www.bvspca.org/rescue-rehab or by mail to: Brandywine Valley SPCA, 22918 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, DE 19947.

Founded in 1929, the Brandywine Valley SPCA is the first open admission no-kill shelter in Pennsylvania and Delaware.

The BVSPCA provides animal protective services for Chester County and much of Delaware County in Pennsylvania, and has  a five-year contract with the Delaware Office of Animal Welfare to provide state-wide animal services for dogs.

Animals are placed through four adoption centers: the West Chester Campus, the New Castle Campus, the Georgetown Campus, and a PetSmart  Everyday Adoption Center in Dover.

In addition, the BVSPCA provides families with safety net and low-cost veterinary services at its three clinic locations: the Malvern Animal Health Center, the New Castle Animal Health Center, and the Georgetown Animal Health Center. Further information is available at www.bvspca.org.

The Brandywine SPCA is not related to the Delaware SPCA, which operates a facility in Stanton. That site was closed for a time, but reopened last year.

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