City animal shelter to remain closed to public indefinitely
MAS to remain closed to the public indefinitely as distemper outbreak still hasn’t been controlled.
Topic: Memphis Animal Shelter
RSSThere are 10 article(s) tagged Memphis Animal Shelter:
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March 2025
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MAS euthanizes another 104 dogs after second distemper outbreak
Memphis Animal Services staff have euthanized more than 200 dogs so far this year in attempts to control a distemper outbreak that has plagued the shelter since January.
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Distemper outbreak again closes Memphis Animal Services facility
For the second time in less than two months, Memphis Animal Services is shutting down its shelter after a distemper outbreak this week has led to the euthanasia of several more dogs.
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February 2025
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Memphis Animal Services interim director lobbies for new shelter
MAS Interim Director Mary Claire Borys said the outbreak might never have happened if not for the inadequacies at the city’s nearly 14-year-old animal shelter in Northeast Memphis.
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December 2024
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What does it take to be the next Memphis Animal Services director?
After the firing of Memphis Animal Services Director Ty Coleman, Memphians in the local animal community have differing thoughts on what attributes the next director should have.
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Memphis Animal Services director removed, city officials confirm
MAS Director Ty Coleman is out, city officials say, bringing an end to his tumultuous 14-month tenure as head of the city’s animal shelter.
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May 2023
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MAS director boosts shelter save rate; rescue groups say strays out of control
Being the director of Memphis Animal Shelter isn’t easy in a poor city where animals are often inexpensive security systems, companions in unfenced yards or are owned by people who can’t afford spay/neutering or rabies shots.
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Dog-gone: Memphis Animal Services director leaving
A city press release noted that under Alexis Pugh’s leadership, the save rate at Memphis Animal Services has “consistently improved” and finished 2022 at 86%.
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November 2020
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COVID-19 unleashes world of change at Memphis Animal Services
With no room for mass-scale adoptions, MAS is trying to keep pets with their owners, often going door-to-door to find them.
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December 2018
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After two years, it only took a can of cat food to catch wily chow
For more than two years and possibly closer to three, a black chow roamed Summer Avenue. He visited Walgreens at the corner of Perkins and Summer, hung around in the Aldi parking lot just west of the intersection, and finally settled on Elwood’s Shack as his go-to at meal time.
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