On the Forefront of Animal Care
Irvine Animal Care Center expansion and renovation project helps the City’s animal and human communities thrive.
The Irvine Animal Care Center has helped thousands of animals since its inception in 1982 — nursing sick and injured pets back to health; matching families with furry or feathered friends; and taking in transfers from overcrowded shelters. Now, more than 40 years later, the City of Irvine has broken ground on the center’s long-awaited expansion and renovations. Once complete, the Irvine Animal Care Center will feature a new veterinary clinic, refurbished kennel buildings, additional pet interaction areas, a new multipurpose room, updated administration and reception spaces, improved storm water drainage and treatment systems, and renovated landscaping. “We are proud of the collaborative efforts from the center and the City that have gone into this project,” Irvine Animal Care Center Manager Mike Cribbin said. “There is nothing that brings out humans’ humility, passion, and integrity more than caring for animals.”
Animal well-being and the Irvine community are the focal point of center upgrades. A welcoming and spacious reception area will allow staff to easily interact with the public, air-conditioned facilities and segmented spaces will increase animals’ comfort, and dedicated rooms for visitors to meet with potential pets will create a calmer environment for adoptions. The Irvine Animal Care Center also offers enhanced medical care for animals. This project will bring a new, modern medical facility with a surgical suite, increased diagnostic capabilities, and a purpose-built clinic to lower animals’ stress. “All this contributes to a higher level of care and a faster recovery time for animals, which make them more adoptable and reduces their length of stay,” Chief Veterinarian Dr. Becky Ringwald said. “The slate of improvements from this project will keep us on the forefront of animal sheltering.”
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Inside Irvine
Winter 2024–25
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