Keep Mandarin Shelter Open

Recent news has announced that the Jacksonville City Council has decided to close our Mandarin adoption center effective September 2011.   We simply cannot allow this to happen and ask that you read and sign our petition to Jacksonville City Council and Mayor Brown requesting that they reverse their decision.  Time is of the essence, therefore we need everyone who is concerned with local animal welfare not only to sign this petition, but to forward it to everyone you can think of. 

The Mandarin Satellite location performs a critical service to our local community.  Without their loving care of the hundreds and thousands of animals they have rescued and placed for adoption over the years, most of these dogs and cats would have been euthanized.  Now more than ever, with economic hardships affecting so many families who simply can no longer afford to keep their beloved pets, Jacksonville Animal Control is an absolute necessity and one of the few lifelines available to the ever growing numbers of dogs and cats who are in need of loving homes. Jacksonville is the largest city in America and the fact that our city only runs one city animal shelter is ridiculous, we need this shelter to stay open....it's a necessity!

Please join us in petitioning the Jacksonville Council Members and Mayor Brown to revisit their budget and find somewhere else to take the $40k needed to keep this place open!.

Our goal is 9,323 signatures because that is the number of animals killed in 2010 in Jacksonville Animal Control Center. That number will drastically rise if Mandarin Center is closed! This is in memory of the 9,323 animals that we couldn't save. The lives of untold numbers of dogs and cats hang in the balance.  Please don't let them down.